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| Entertainment Weekly |
January 2008 - Present |
| Editorial Intern – Los Angeles Bureau |
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- Pitch and write posts for the PopWatch blog.
- Assist editors with transcribing interviews and researching stories.
- Help coordinate the coverage of San Diego Comic Con, 2008
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| EW.com Archivist |
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- Format and upload old articles to EW.com
- Write copy and update old copy to take advantage of the online medium.
- Contribute ideas and write blurbs for online galleries.
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| Daily Bruin Newspaper |
September 2003 - August 2007 |
| Assistant Manager – Ad Production |
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- Coordinate three departments (marketing, production and editorial) to meet hourly and daily deadlines
- Paginating the entire paper and sending it electronically to the printer.
- On call 24/7 to help troubleshoot ad production, daily pagination and night pagination
- Ensure quality control over every advertisement that runs within the newspaper.
- Train a staff of 8 in the use of Adobe Photoshop and other image editing programs in the production of advertisements.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Ad Production department when the manager is away.
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| Graphic Designer – Ad Production |
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- Design, review and edit advertisements to be printed in the Daily Bruin.
- Design on a MAC platform using multiple graphic editing programs including: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop InDesign, Quark XPress, MultiAd Creator 6.
- Formatting Classifieds using Quark XPress.
- Designed the DB Magazine cover and inside layout for the May 20th-26th, 2004 issue.
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| Arts & Entertainment Writer – Editorial |
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- Pitch and write reviews, articles and features about comic books and creators.
- Write various video game features and articles concerning the latest consoles and games.
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| Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons (CLICC) |
September 2003 - January 2008 |
| Classroom Administrative & Technical Assistant |
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- Conduct day-to-day operations in classrooms, oversee set-up, and assist instructors and students with use of CLICC resources.
- Coordinate staff and user training; assist with resource scheduling and deployment as will as test hardware and software.
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| Classroom Specialist |
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- Instructor for Adobe Photoshop workshops; average class size: 15 people.
- Hold weekly Adobe Photoshop office hours to help students use the program for various projects.
- Oversaw the remodeling of the computer classroom commons over the summer of 2006.
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| Graphic Designer, Computer Lab Consultant |
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- Redesigned the CLICC web site (www.clicc.ucla.edu). Worked in conjunction with web designer; designed using Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver.
- Redesigned a scalable ‘CLICC’ logo to be used in web, poster and stationary work, using Adobe Illustrator.
- Counsel an average of 100 students a week on troubleshooting numerous computer applications on both MAC and PC platforms.
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| Campus Events Commission (CEC) |
September 2004 - May 2006 |
| Graphic Designer –Advertising |
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- Design newspaper ads, promotional flyers and campaigns for a variety of campus events including concerts, movies, speakers and workshops.
- Designed promotional magnets for distribution on campus to thousands of students.
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| Personal |
May 2007 - Present |
| The Bispectacult - Comics Podcast |
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- Design logo, infrastructure of main site and RSS feeds for The Bispectacult podcast
- Prepare show notes and discussion topics for a weekly podcast on comics and comics related fields.
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TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY |
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- Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Quark XPress, Creator 6, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Power Point
- Programming: HTML, CSS
- Platforms: MAC, PC
- Operating Systems: OS 9, X, Windows XP
- Languages: English, Hebrew
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