Natalie Ramirez Email & Phone Number

• Builds and tracks department, program, and special project budgets, collaborating with finance and development teams to set department savings goals while continuing to meet grant and funding requirements.
• Directs the marketing and promotion strategy of over 30 annual programs, setting lead times and deadlines, managing content creation and copy editing for multi-faceted outreach campaigns that include digital.
• Oversees the project management of community focused LA Opera audience experiences including the LA Opera Simulcast and LA Opera Celebración de las Artes. Specializing in recentering events around underserved.
• Produces LA Opera Podcasts providing an accessible and educational resource for the public that features lectures and interviews with affiliated scholars, artists, and creatives to break down barriers to opera.
• Manages department payroll, purchasing, and invoicing; ensuring timely payments and maintaining vendor relationships while tracking financial obligations and income across all programs.
• Hires, onboards, and schedules all staff and contractors; prioritizing a diversity of staff and artists who reflect the communities they work in, working directly with 300+ project staff a year. Ensures department.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Paestum, Italy

• Supervised a team of seven undergraduate students excavating in trenches, collecting and categorizing finds at the Temple of Athena.
• Independently drew technical plans, recorded information for the superintendency, organized and catalogued all found material.

Hamilton, New York

• Conducted research on Picker’s permanent collection in order to respond to professional inquiries, lead class visits, and present accurate information for upcoming exhibitions.
• Managed a team of students over a six-month period to curate the annual alumni exhibition, meeting with and interviewing alumni collectors while fostering interactions between alumni and students in the arts.
• Wrote catalogue essays and extended wall labels; processed and edited information for exhibition catalogues in order to make relevant information accessible to visitors.
• Collaborated with head curators and collections manager to make curation decisions and assist with collections projects.

Hamilton, New York, United States

• Established and managed the student docent program in order to improve student involvement with the arts.
• Led gallery tours and exhibition presentations for students, faculty, and community members gaining experience in communicating artistic themes and intentions.
• Coordinated seminar activities and elementary summer programs for schools in upstate New York; created curriculum for K–12 students to promote arts education in rural areas.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Arts, Entertainment, And Media Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Art History And Classical Studies

Activities and Societies: Delta Delta DeltaGraduated Cum Laude