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I served as primary hospitality and logistics contact for 24 feature film teams and 15 short film teams, which entailed the following: - Arranging filmmaker travel support, including flight and hotel reservations while adhering to a strict budget.- Coordinating interpreters, car service, and security on-site and lead team of volunteer talent liaisons- Requesting and collecting ticket order forms from studios for internal ticketing department to process- Generating itineraries with screening schedules, travel booking confirmations, and event invitations- Creating Welcome Packets, event invitation lists, and credential needsI also consistently and accurately updated Eventival festival database with Q&A participant details and filmmaker travel dates, and maintained multiple spreadsheets for internal, interdepartmental tracking of budget and talent attendance.

As Artist Relations Coordinator for the Midnight, Viewpoints, and Critics’ Week sections of the 21st annual Tribeca festival, I served as primary point of contact for 26 filmmaking teams and as liaison between film teams and other internal departments such as press and print traffic.I communicated screening schedules, travel and badge benefits, and ticketing allocations to directors, producers, distributors and sales agents according to a strict timeline, and arranged tickets and credentials. I collected time-sensitive information and materials for Tribeca website, press release, and social media, and likewise recorded notes on Q&A participants, seat holds, and other special requests for venue staff daily reports. I introduced film screenings and moderated Q&As for screenings with filmmakers and cast, including the world premiere of Attachment from Gabriel Bier Gislason to be released on Shudder, and the 2nd ever screening of Huesera, whose director Michelle Garza Cervera won Best New Narrative Director and the Nora Ephron Award.For premieres, I escorted film teams and talent from red carpet to auditorium, and connected them with the theater manager and Tribeca programming team representative introducing the film and/or moderating post-film Q&A.

I handled guest programming: securing and scheduling local expert guest speakers to provide pre-recorded and in-person introductory remarks, and moderate virtual and live Q&A panels with talent for hybrid events. I also handled Community Engagement, overseeing Community Engagement Committee of 75 volunteers and coordinating Listening Tours, an initiative to collect and synthesize feedback from partner organizations. I established community partnerships and outreach campaigns, such as for AJFF North, a special event to cultivate and expand audiences in new geographic areas and demographics.I launched and spearheaded new programming initiative AJFF In Conversation: The Jewish Film Podcast; I planned podcast seasons from development to scheduling of episodes, to identifying and inviting guests, and created preparation documents for podcast guests with research, key questions, and technical instructions. I managed Jury process from choosing Jury members and eligible films, to communicating all logistics.

Greater Atlanta Area

I supported the selection, orientation, and communications for Film Evaluation Committee of 300 volunteers; and arranged travel, hotel, car service, meals, educational talkbacks, gift bags and itineraries for visiting talent.

I mediated all planning and debriefing discussions between film festival staff and Emory University faculty, staff, and students for AJFF On Campus mini-festival, and recorded detailed meeting minutes for Executive Director and Event Operations Manager. I arranged special performances by student groups and faculty speakers for AJFF On Campus screenings. I created Event Planning documents for screenings including personnel requirements and venue specifications.

Brooklyn, Ny

I designed and disseminated digital and physical marketing materials to academic librarians tailored to their institutions, who had already subscribed to Docuseek2, an educational streaming service. I also handled sales to colleges and universities in the Northeast and Canada.

Brooklyn, Ny

I developed and maintained relationships with non-theatrical customers, including professors, staff and librarians of colleges, universities, and other educational institutions, as well as non-profit organizations, high schools and public libraries.

Greater New York City Area

I conducted in-depth internet research into organizations, institutions, academic programs, and businesses, gathered and organized contact information using Google spreadsheets. and coordinated outreach campaigns via email, phone and social media to help promote fall releases.Responsibilities also included various administrative duties such as taking phone calls and shipping promotional materials, DVDs/Blu Ray screeners and DCP trailers via both FedEx and USPS.

Greater New York City Area

Usher: Checked theaters for sound quality and masking/framing and focus, communicated with projectionist, ripped tickets, cleaned theaters and other areas (lobby, bathroom), seated late guests.Box office: Sold tickets and memberships.(Summer 2012, Summer 2013, and May 2014-October 2015)

Manhattan, New York

Conducted research/outreach campaigns for advertising premiere films, archived web press coverage digitally with Microsoft Word, assisted in press release mailings, checked DVD screeners for critics, assisted in various deliveries and pick-ups.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

Served as a tutor for the drop-in writing center, a writing associate for upper-level Documentary Research class, and a writing assistant for various film-related First Year Seminar classes: held tutoring sessions and communicated analytic tools to freshmen in order to help them adjust to college level academic writing as thinking.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

Sold tickets to students, staff, faculty and general public in person and over the phone for all Muhlenberg College Department of Theatre and Dance main-stage performances using the Provenue computer ticketing system, and oversaw all opening and closing procedures (including handling money and keeping records of donations & mailing list members).

Welcomed comedians to campus, helped set up for and introduce their shows, presented possible performers to MAC’s general membership (by compiling ballots and researching representative clips), and contacted agents to discuss pricing and dates.

Facilitated various events and activities throughout orientation weekend for freshmen adjusting to college.

Tribeca, New York

Sorted, tracked and delivered mail and used Neopost machine for outgoing mail, booked conference rooms using Microsoft Outlook, answered and redirected phone calls, assisted editorial department in transcribing interviews for Tribeca website.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Film And Media Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Film Studies & Media And Communication (Double Major), Current Cumulative Gpa: 3.879

Activities and Societies: Muhlenberg Activities Council (Executive Board: Comedy Committee Chair), Student Advising, Writing Center