Natalie Blake Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Key member in event planning, preparation, set-up, and food replenishment for events ranging in size from 30-250 guests
• Conceptualized and created craft projects / instructions for a 14-chapter cooking and entertaining book published by Hyperion, Spring 2012: “Sweet Designs: Bake It, Craft It, Style It”
• Managed inventory of craft materials and styling pieces for book photo-shoot
• Buyer and set dresser for televised segments on NBC's Today Show featuring Amy Atlas

Brooklyn, NY

• Sourced and created props / graphics according to the Production Designer's vision
• Dressed, scenic-ed for practical sets; member of construction crew for set build
• Coordinated rental accounts with prop houses

Guilford, CT

• Maintained department budget, coordinated accounts with rental companies and business contracts for services rendered
• Designed and created hero / implied graphics for film production. Aided in buying, set dressing, propping, construction, and scenic design for sets
• Researched for period film accuracy, facilitated communication throughout department

Greater Boston Area

• Designed event presentation for Boston Marathon cocktail party for 100+ guests. Managed food and product orders and rentals and led team in set up and break-down of event
• Directed photo shoots and created copy for weekly product announcements and company updates, distributed to over 3,000 people through social media outlets each week
• Key member of visual merchandising team in store, designed and maintained floor and window displays. Participated in weekly product calls which determined opportunities and strategies for streamlining business

Greater Boston Area

• Designed gallery labels and illustrations for new Art of the Americas Wing (opened November 2010)
• Color-matched gallery signage, primed galleries for exhibition installations
• Prepared and installed way-finding materials (paper, vinyl, velcro, laminations)
• Collaborated on design aesthetic for exhibition artwork

Greater Boston Area

• Designed 8-page film guide printed 15,000 times, aided in public distribution of guide
• Introduced films and directors to audiences, coordinated film sessions
• Managed info booth, materials for directors, guests

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: Theatre, Campus Movie Fest, Art History, Tastemakers Music Magazine, No Limits Dance CrewGraduated Magna Cum Laude

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