Client List:
DAILY NEWS UNITED NATIONS
GRUBER PHOTOGRAPHY TELEVISON WEEKLY MAGAZINE
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER AOL
RCN ENTERTAINMENT READING RAINBOW
JEWISH WEEK WOMEN IN NEED
NY FAMILY BIG CITY MOMS
ADORAMA THE SPIRIT
ON SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT
Exhibitions:
2002-present
The Jewish Community Center, New York, NY.
NYU Commons, New York, NY.
Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY.
Kimmel Center, New York, NY.
International Center of Photography, New York, NY.
Barney Gallery, New York, NY.
Work Experience:
7/03-present Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, New York, NY.
Director of Photography & Digital Media
Solely in charge of photography and digital media programming
for all ages and skill levels.
Create programming in photography for people ages 8 through 60.
Hire instructors, design curriculum, market programs, manage budget, darkroom & digital labs.
Teach photography classes, and offer portfolio reviews.
Curate photography exhibits in gallery from start
to finish. Exhibits include: “Elliot Erwit’s Handwork”, “
Create lecture series. Artists include: Annie Liebovitz, Eugene Richards, Paul Fusco, Elliott Erwitt, Bruce Davidson, Lois Greenfield, Joe McNally, Shelby Lee Adams, Brian Leighton, Amy Arbus, among others.
Event Photographer.
8/99-1/03
ACTV INC.,
Executive Producer/Senior Project Manager
Managed a team of artists, producers, & technical engineers in development, production, & implementation of eSchool software.
Oversaw and approved all video and web content for K-12 market.
Worked closely with clients and staff to conceptualize look and feel, overall design, instruction & functionality of interactive programming.
Responsible for all client management and relations.
Created project plans, schedules, and budgets which eSchool team followed.
Helped lead international marketing effort to promote, create, and sell eSchool programs.
Supported sales team with contracts and negotiations.
Led focus group testing of software and content.
3/00-4/00
AOL,
Freelance Digital Photographer
Took digital photographs of restaurants and nightlife in
11/98-7/99 MAMAMEDIA,
Freelance Research Associate
Conducted and evaluated focus group testing of children using the internet for entertainment.
9/98-7/99
SIMON
& SCHUSTER ONLINE,
Freelance Asset Auditor
Researched and programmed in HTML book related content.
3/98-9/98 HEARST
NEW MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY,
8/97-11/97 Production Editor
Developed, wrote, photographed and produced interactive stories.
· Edited and transposed content from leading magazines for interactive, online programming.
Created and programmed content in HTML for interactive online media.
Researched and investigated career resources for new MSN site.
12/97-2/98
DISNEY/ABC CABLE,
Freelance Associate Producer
Researched program concepts for new television network, ABZ.
4/96-8/97 KINDERACTIVE INC.,
Project Manager
Product managed updated edition of award-winning CD-ROM, “Morphabet Soup.”
Supervised team of composers, artists, and programmers.
Created focus group testing program & child/parent/teacher evaluation for product development.
Worked with key educational technologists to create customized curriculum as foundation to base all content for Internet site & CD-ROM series.
8/95-3/96
ELEGANT FILMS,
Production Assistant
Assisted with pre-production for documentary film.
Created props and assisted with set dressing on location, managed talent, etc.
7/95 NICKELODEON,
Art Production Assistant
Created props and assisted with set dressing for pilot series, Blues Clues.
Managed extras on location and attended all shoots.
1/96-3/96,
LANCIT MEDIA PRODUCTIONS,
9/95-6/95 Researcher Assistant/Lead Art Production Assistant
Investigated & selected footage for 13 part educational science series for children.
Managed art department production assistants.
Education:
NYU & INTERNATIONAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
MA in Studio Art - Photography, May 2004
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
MA in Educational Communications and Technology, Summa Cum Laude, June 2000
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA
BA in Sociology; Cum Laude, May 1995
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Spring semester, 1994
Lectures/Awards
Guest lecturer at
Skills:
Color/Black & White Analog & Digital Photography, Negatives and flatbed scanning, Macintosh and PC Platforms; HTML, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint. Working knowledge of Adobe Lightroom, Illustrator & Quark.