Olana Brooks Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Manage year round summer camp, after school and youth classes communications and special event operations for ~1200 children ages 4-12.-Oversee marketing, website updates, and graphics in partnership with the 14Y marketing team. -First point of contact for new inquiries via phone and email. -Working with the larger team of 5 to implement and communicate policy and procedure changes for annual enrollment. -Create and execute communications calendar for Youth Programs to manage family data, enrollment, and provide need-to-know information for programs.-Work on the grounds of camp over the summer to take and upload daily photographs for camp families. -Hire and manage the seasonal Office Administrator - trained in voice, policy and procedure of the department.

Oakland, California, United States

•Partnered with Third Slant, a creative technology studio to provide new brand standards and web design for for Youth Alive, an Oakland based non-profit specializing in violence prevention and national in-hospital intervention•Conducted long form interviews and workshops with Youth Alive employees, donors and interested parties to identify design shortcomings. •Created compelling proposals for vision, mission, programming and impact narrative in varying color and typography schemes.•Built web designs in Figma.•Held weekly meetings with Youth Alive development team to illicit feedback and share updates.•Worked with Mangrove Web to set a road map for design hand off and development.

New York, United States

•Led UX design for a GMAT studying web platform that pairs students based on test date, subject interest and availability. •Designed website including information architecture, chat and help portals, user profiles and resource sharing. •Worked in tandem with developers on coding schedule and plug in opportunities to speed up development saving weeks in build time.

Remote

•Developed targeted discussion guide for national and local EcoWomen leadership•Work with teammate and EcoWomen to understand current website functions and challenges•Designed features for user engagement during COVID•Conducted usability tests to determine success of website changes•Prototyped and created micro interactions on Figma

New York, United States

•Work hand-in-hand with founders to create a responsive web platform for their podcast•Design membership portal to attract listeners and supporters•Research convention and best practices of audio and patron supported media

New York, United States

• Worked on a team of 4 UX designers to create a photographer centric social and networking website.• Worked with our client to address concerns and execute product vision.• Conducted business research and user interviews.• Analyzed research results to create website feature designs.• Created prototypes for usability testing.

New York, United States

• Designed time boxing feature for the Apple Notes application to help students manage their busy schedules.• Designed responsive website focused on providing youth sexual health knowledge from licensed professionals.• Redesigned the Brooklyn Museum's website to better facilitate guest planning and visits.• Designed a speculative immersive nature native application for users who don't have the ability to access nature on a daily basis.

Greater New York City Area

• Party coordinator for all NYC area locations of Ample Hills Creamery. • Managed personal and parties emails, online booking platform, weekly staff scheduling and payroll. • On site duties: maintained physical party spaces, equipment and supplies.• Facilitated supply transfers from all greater NYC locations.• Hosted school and non profit trips for youth at Ample Hills Gowanus location.

Greater New York City Area

• Key staff member reporting to the Camp Director and supervising hiring and off season office administrative tasks. • Pre-camp duties: being in contact with past employees encouraged their return for summer 2019. • Attended job fairs at NYC colleges, and presenting at local high schools for summer jobs. • Managed the hiring process over 3 online programs and working with HR to finalize on boarding.

Greater New York City Area

• Key staff member reporting to the Assistant Director and supervising office aides and utility staff• Pre-camp duties: being in contact with lead and registered families concerning registration, reaching out to local parent coordinators to market camp at their school, secure rainy day contingency spaces. • Summer month duties: daily bus deployment from Brooklyn and Manhattan to Staten Island campgrounds, managing daily deliveries of lunch and snack, supervise pre-camp set up and post-camp breakdown.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managing the San Francisco bureau of Al Jazeera Media Network. • Was a daily resource for visiting staff, hosted tour groups, administering calendars.• Stocked/cleaned the break room, and ordered supplies. • Sat on the staff Culture Committee to create community events. • Ran monthly check-ins to update all staff on new staff and projects.

• Maintained the front desk and reception area for the San Francisco bureau of Al Jazeera Media Network. • Answered the front desk phone, forwarded faxes, received packages and guests.• Ordered weekly break room supplies.• Submitted maintenance requests, issued key cards and was the point of contact for building management.• Accounting duties include: invoice data entry with corresponding paperwork, and packaged weekly envelopes for the New York finance department.

New York City

• Understanding the operation and safety features of 4 planes.• Assisted in medical situations.• Confirmed information from pilots and ground operations.• Delivering inflight service to domestic and international destinations.

Brooklyn, New York

• Handled the weekday and weekend maintenance of a small local business. • Checking out customers.• Re-ordering from vendors.• Filling online orders.• Assisted buyer with high volume receiving. • Cleaning and restocking.

Certificate Of Completion, Uxdi Immersive Course

Associate'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Education record

High School Diploma