Summary of Qualifications
- “Digital Outreach
Manager”, “Production Assistant” “Photographer” and “Cinematographer” for 2013
Sundance Documentary “99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film.”
- Experience designing multimedia content in a variety of formats including video, Prezi and GIF.
- Well versed in a variety of databases including EBSCO, PubMed, LexisNexis and many others.
- Over twelve years of customer service and research experience.
- Over fifteen years of marketing experience, offline, online and via social media.
- Has presented and instructed in a variety of environments including the ALA annual conference.
- Experience with grant-work and proposal writing.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, comfortable with a diverse clientele.
- ITU certified in YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, G+ marketing and Google Analytics.
Education
- Master of Library Science, SUNY at Buffalo, May, 2011
- Bachelor of Arts Philosophy, SUNY Purchase College, May, 2002
Work History
New York University - West Village, NY - 01/2013-Present
Adjunct Business Reference Librarian
Trader Joe’s - Chelsea, NY - 10/2011-01/2013
Crewmember
IDS, South Campus, Health Sciences Library, UB - Buffalo, NY - 12/2009 -- 05/2011
Student Assistant, Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC) Knowledge Base Tutorials On-Demand Program, RBDB Grant
EmbroidMe Midtown – NYC - 08/2008 -- 09/2009
Office Manager
Tony Cordoza, Photographer, NYC - 09/2005 -- 07/2008
Photo Assistant and Studio Manager for commercial photographer
Freelance Work
Photographer/Videographer - 05/2004 -- Present
Graphic Designer, Retoucher, Color Corrector, Web- optimizer & Digitizer - 09/2005 -- Present
Adjunct Business Reference Librarian
- Handling business reference virtually and in person in a busy digital commons environment.
- Updating and troubleshooting Virtual Business Library FAQ content.
- Producing video-based instructional modules for the library website.
- Consulting on various video tutorial and educational media projects.
- Filming, editing and posting UnCommon Salon guest speaker series.
- Editing and updating Libguides, including the addition of Qualtrics surveys
Trader Joe’s - Chelsea, NY - 10/2011-01/2013
Crewmember
- Customer service and care, advice, and assistance.
- Stocked shelves, worked the register, cleaned and organized location that saw upwards of 6,000 customers per day.
IDS, South Campus, Health Sciences Library, UB - Buffalo, NY - 12/2009 -- 05/2011
Student Assistant, Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC) Knowledge Base Tutorials On-Demand Program, RBDB Grant
- Researched, co-wrote, recorded video and audio for, edited, posted, keyworded, marketed and tracked analytics for tutorials about library resource sharing applications and platforms.
- Performed project management and administrative duties including recording statistics and grant work to ensure the success and continuation of the on-demand video tutorial program.
- Reached out to WNYLRC member libraries conducting surveys and marketing
EmbroidMe Midtown – NYC - 08/2008 -- 09/2009
Office Manager
- Managed office workflow, researched, set appointments, and ran advertising campaigns.
- Worked with customers to design projects, digitized art, set up, fixed and ran various machines.
- Researched and worked with vendors of all types and sizes to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Conducted business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing and vending.
Tony Cordoza, Photographer, NYC - 09/2005 -- 07/2008
Photo Assistant and Studio Manager for commercial photographer
- Managed studio workflow, researched, set appointments, and ran advertising campaigns.
- Assisted and organized during shoots including set-up and break-down of sets and lighting.
- Helped organize major shoots including catering, locations and equipment rentals.
- Maintained advanced camera equipment and repaired computers as needed.
Freelance Work
Photographer/Videographer - 05/2004 -- Present
- Shot, stored, organized and archived well over 1.5TB of digital video and photography.
- More than 790,000 total Youtube hits as of May, 2015.
- Covered Occupy Wall Street, Flight 1549, Arizona wildfires, and numerous performances.
- Work appeared in the New York Times, Sound & Vision Magazine, G4 Network, The Museum of the City of New York, Blarney TV.
- Photos and videos appeared in the Sundance documentary “99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film”.
- Created video tutorials and Youtube channel TutorialSmith to help friends and family.
Graphic Designer, Retoucher, Color Corrector, Web- optimizer & Digitizer - 09/2005 -- Present
- Photograph and slide scanning, restoration and color correction for print and web optimization.
- Graphic design, layout, logo, poster, postcard and promotional materials creation.
- Complete digitization of issues of the Northeast Historical Archaeology Journal, including delicate one of a kind issues from the 1970’s.
- Digitization of family histories, including that of the President of the French Institute Alliance Française in New York City.
- PDF creation, cropping and optimization including metadata implementation and Optimal Character Reading.
- Audio and video cassette digitization.
Software Proficiency
Qualtrics, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Premier, Illustrator and Acrobat, Audacity, Sound Forge, ILLiad 8, Camtasia Studio 6-8, Pinnacle Studio Ultimate 12, Windows Movie Maker, iLife, and scanning software including B-Scan. Zotero, Google Hangouts, Google Drive and Prezi for remote group projects. Basic HTML.
Hardware Proficiency
Installation of drives, RAM, and setup of PC and Apple, computer systems. Experienced with variety of scanning equipment, both professional grade and not. Experienced with digitizing equipment (for transfer of audio and video cassettes) and sound mixers. Experienced with a wide variety of camera equipment and accessories. Familiar with network setup.