Award winning leadership skills, with extensive experience managing and mentoring diverse groups with consistent success. Passionate about helping people achieve their dreams by creating stable, positive and productive environments to increase business productivity. 

Summary of Qualifications

·         16 years of experience coordinating events.
·         Well-organized, self-motivated individual with ability to rapidly learn new tasks.
·         14 year track record for consistently meeting goals and delivering a high level of job performance.
·         Strong networking abilities and utilization of resources.
·         Proven ability to build strong customer/client relationships.
·         9 years’ experience implementing marketing strategies and branding.

Professional Experience

Bellingham Film Festivals   July 2012 - Present

Owner/Operator
  • Overseas all aspects of website and manages volunteer authors and editors. 
  • Facilitates all events associated with Bellingham Film Festivals.

Hand Crank Films   July 2012 - Present

Line Producer | Production Manager
  • Work with client and director to ensure all elements of production are in place.

Production Designer | Art Director
  • Work with Director to create overall look and feel of film.
  • Manage all aspects of the Art Department.

Casting Director
  • Work with pre-production team to define talent needs.
  • Recruit actors for films.
  • Host casting calls.
  • Manage talent on set.

Washington State Studio Network  January 2013 – May 2014

Director of WSSN Film Showcase
  • Plans, oversees, and manages all aspects of The WSSN Film Showcase, a film showcase featuring short films from a variety of genres, commercials, music videos, and more.

Pickford Film Center  2013 – 2014

Director of Guerilla Film Project
  • Plans, oversees, and manages all aspects of Guerilla Film Project, an annual 65hr film competition for high school students in Washington State.

Bleedingham Film Festival  2012 – 2013 

Director of Bleedingham Film Festival & Co-Founder
  • Plans, oversees, and manages all aspects of Bleedingham Film Festival, an annual horror short film festival.

ServiceMASTER Clean  August 2010-December 2012

Cleaner                                                                                                                                                
  • Clean commercial and medical facilities.
  • Build relationships with clients.
  • Assist in training new employees.

Center for Expressive Arts & Experiential Education  September 2009 – April 2010

Office Manager                                                                                                                                  
  • Developed internal policies, procedures and contracts.
  • Managed all aspects of private party/event rentals and scheduled classes.
Program Director                
  • Worked independently and with local organizations to plan monthly and weekly community events.
  • Mentored 10 independent educators to help develop and market their programs.
  • Facilitated local meetings to combine resources and identify needs in the community.
Gallery Curator
  • Booked new local artists each month.
  • Organized events for the monthly Downtown Gallery Walks.

Great Links Resorts  January 2007 – April 2009

Appointment Setter                                                                                                                             
  • Employee of the month for two months consecutively.
  • The ability to connect and persuade customers, through booking appointments for timeshare tours.
  • Traveled the state representing the company at trade shows and events.

Whatcom Community College – Activities Committee   March 2007 – March 2008

Chair of Activities Committee                                                                                                             
  • Led, managed and mentored a committee of 8- 15 college students and advised students/clubs on planning events.
  • Booked talent and lectures for weekly shows, as well as developing promo pieces for these events.
  • Solely organized an art show with a silent auction.
  • Attended weekly WCC Student Government meetings. Participated in meetings with departments, clubs, schools, businesses and organizations and increase communication between these groups.
  • Organized the first ASWCC student-wide survey.

Whatcom Community College  September 2007 – March 2008

Event Staff                                                                                                                                          
  • Worked independently and in a team for events at WCC. Positions: team member, building manager, tech, cashier.
  • For one event I single handedly filled in for the Lighting tech while still maintaining my original position of building manager for a circus performance with a staff of one.

Consumer Vision  2003 – 2005

Data Entry 
  • Imputing results from surveys in order to meet complex qualifications.
Recruiter/Onsite Recruiter
  • Calling clients and filling out surveys to see if they qualify for focus groups.
  • Going out to the community to recruiting people for focus groups on short notice and qualifying them on the spot.
Interviewer/ Focus Group Leader 
  • Interviewing clients about products, in order to gain information on product marketing and design.

Awards

  • OSSTF District 12 Status of Women Award for Positive Community Impact. 2004
  • Patricia L. Monk Award for Student Leadership.2004
  • Sears Festival Award for Distinctive Merit 2004

Education

Western Washington University,  B.A. Humanities and Social Science
Major: Non-Profit Business Management
Minor: International Business
 Accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business 

Whatcom Community College, AA in Arts and Sciences

Volunteer  and  Internships

Makshift                                                                                                 October 2013 - Present
  • Help Coordinate their annual Haunted House. 



Womencare Shelter   (Domestic Abuse)                                       September 2011 - Present
  • Member of the fund development committee
  • Created a database and developed a tracking system for current and potential grants within the organization and wrote letters of intent for 8 grants.

Youth Outreach Club (Western Washington University Club)   September 2011 - 2013
  • Advise club leaders and organized an annual winter clothing drive. 


Amy’s Place… for Youth (Old Town Christian Ministries)           October 2009 – May 2011
  • Developed a volunteer intake system, training program, ongoing educational workshops and facilitate volunteer meetings.
  • Worked with director to establish branding, graphic designs, newsletters, fundraising and marketing strategies.
 
Bellingham Theatre Guild                                                         August 2010 – October 2010
  • Managed Facebook page resulting in increased traffic to both their Facebook page and website.
  • Created a new history section of their website and aided in tech support for historian’s lectures.