Steven Samson Email & Phone Number

Glenview, Il

Lake Forest, Il

• Managed artist and partner relations as well as curatorial planning for more than 200 exhibitions. • Lead curator for the largest exhibition in UICA’s history featuring more than 70 artists from 8 countries. The show resulted in 4 people’s choice awards and was enjoyed by 150,000 visitors.• Developed an extensive personal network of groundbreaking emerging and mid-career artists from across the U.S. as well as Latin America, Asia and Europe. • Assisted in the design of UICA’s new LEED-certified facility featuring two film and performance theatres, 15 galleries, 3 studio classrooms, and a rooftop sculpture terrace. • Supervised the completion of all interior finishes for the new arts center; managed communications with more than a thirty trade professionals• Trained and managed all gallery preparators, technicians, lighting and maintenance staff

(Part Time)

Managed database, lead generation and recognition activities for a $10 million capital project. Assisted in production of donor cultivation events, print and e-mail campaigns, as well as management of a 60-member, all-volunteer, fundraising board.

(Part Time)

Responsible for all marketing and public relations activities of the Council. This included all aspects of media, vendor and community relations as well as the development of print and online communications for more than 30 multidisciplinary programs each year. Widely varied Council programs include 2-D and 3-D exhibitions, large-scale theatrical performances, concerts, youth and adult educational offerings, and public art projects.

• Co-founder of a public art, hardscape and landscape design studio serving commercial and residential clients• Grand Prize Award Recipient; Festival Regional Arts Competition• Juror’s Award Recipient; West Michigan Regional Arts Competition• Advanced Master Gardener (Michigan State University Extension)• Chosen from a national search to create the Dirk Koning Memorial Garden Walkway, part of the Wealthy Theatre complex. Design featured a large video and sound installation, memorial sculptures and arch, as well as a pedestrian walkway and garden.

• Developed and supervised a 7-member team to provide comprehensive sales training and support to international affiliate staff in South Africa, India, Romania, and the Philippines• Led an 7-member team in conducting corporate education and sales training simultaneously in five cities across India• Guided the development and introduction of a revolutionary client management tool into the markets of Italy, New Zealand, Netherlands, Belgium, Thailand, Spain and Portugal• Facilitated communications, management training and problem-solving for the world headquarters and its sales departments in 11 Latin American countries• Key member of a New Market Development Team which launched overseas affiliate offices in Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Colombia

• Guided a large multi-disciplinary team through the two-year development and launch of the Health and Fitness product line in France• Set strategic direction and led all introductions / revisions of European supplement products• Spearheaded the re-design of the Pan-European marketing plan based on EEC directives

• Hired, trained, and supervised a staff of 28 customer service and telemarketing professionals• Established policies and procedures for selling satellite TV programming to a customer base of 50,000 subscribers

• Hired, trained, and directed a staff of 6 lab technicians• Led the engineering of the first Southern Pine waferboard to be approved by the American Plywood Association• Designed and established the manufacturing plant testing laboratory• Researched and tested waferboard products to maintain optimum board quality

• Nike; Beaverton, Oregon • Latin American Chamber of Commerce; Portland, Oregon• Oregon State Dept. of Economic Development

Portland, Oregon Area

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Art Institute Of Boston

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Sculpture And Studio Furniture Design

• Concentration in functional art and sculpture • Merit Scholarship Award recipient • Josephine Ringold Scholarship recipient • Alumni.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Spanish Language; Postgraduate Certificate In Latin American Studies

Two years of study in three international exchange programs in Madrid and Valladolid, Spain and Bogota, Colombia

Education record