Nick Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• NewFest presents year-round screenings and events that include New York’s annual LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which began in 1988. NewFest is dedicated to bringing together filmmakers and audiences to build a community that.
• Collaborate and work with the Executive Director in managing the day to day operations of NewFest, New York's leading LGBTQ+ Film and Media Arts Organization.
• Represent NewFest as a liaison with members, vendors, sponsors and partners.
• Curate and coordinate year-round screenings and events, as well as communicate with film distributors, media companies, filmmakers, talent, and sponsors.
• Oversee curation and manage all aspects of the New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which is presented annually by NewFest. The festival, which takes place in October, features six full days of screenings and events that.

Greater New York City Area

• Vet and curate films by new and emerging artists for non-profit multidisciplinary art space, as well as coordinate and host screenings and post-screening talkbacks at The Tank and ancillary venues in NYC
• Serve as liaison with new filmmakers to provide a comprehensive marketing strategy and program

• Brainstorm relevant feature ideas with head editorial team
• Edit reviews, interviews, and features; communicate with writers to create balanced and cogent pieces

• In charge of communications and coordination relating to the production of television and digital programs focused on women in the Middle East and North African region
• Provide support to President Zainab Salbi in all projects from daily life to professional events and work

• Evaluated screenplay submission for the 2013 Sundance Institute grants, with a focus on international filmmaking, as well as new and emerging filmmakers.
• Wrote repots and feedback based on the effectiveness and promise of each submitted screenplay

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted in a variety of tasks—such as researching, editing, acquiring permissions, and organizing—essential to the creation of English books, ranging from pop-culture essay readers to AP literature texts
• Served as developmental editor on ancillary texts and book companion websites
• Offered feedback on design, content, and marketing decisions throughout the cycle of a book’s development
• Provided administrative support to senior editors, as well as act as a liaison for authors and professors, on a daily basis

• Provide editorial and administrative support around the office through copyediting and mailings
• Research and compose reports for upcoming feature stories
• Write art, theater and film reviews ranging from 60 to 500 words for publication and website

• Searched through file archives and browsed contracts for information on e-book rights and territories
• Updated information on digital media e-book rights in Excel and content management systems

• Wrote succinct, 150-word capsule reviews
• Copyedited and fact-checked A&E pages of Boston’s leading alternative weekly
• Researched and compiled information on featured artists, writers and directors

• Communicated with press agencies to arrange screenings/interviews and distribute assignments to staff writers and correspondents
• Edited articles for style, grammar and tone and collaborate with the writers to develop a cogent article that still maintains their voice
• Attended preview screenings and interview high-profile actors, writers and directors
• Designed weekly page layout using InDesign CS2

• Researched local art, cinema, music, and cultural events for daily newspaper
• Wrote informative and witty capsules on Boston happenings
• Composed full-length previews for high-profile festivals and interviewed bands for upcoming concerts

• Assisted editors with production and clerical duties for art, history, literature, and English college textbooks
• Maintained art database, organized page proof, checked galleys and proofread text for typographical errors
• Inserted page numbers and information into table of contents, indexes and credits for manuscript preparation
• Attended weekly editorial meetings and disclosed my progress on a variety of projects