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2000 - 2002 Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra Vancouver, BC
Arts Administration Assistant
- Wrote and published concert programs, advertising materials, correspondence, handbooks, and a monthly newsletter
- Created and maintained databases
- Designed and maintained website
- Designed original graphics, programs, posters, handbooks, and forms for all concerts, events, and organizational needs
- Organized all aspects of exchange program tour to Montreal for 30 students including travel arrangements, finances, concert appearances, insurance, accommodations, bookings, instrument transportation, chaperoning, coordinating of parent volunteers, and all educational and cultural activities for the 30 Montreal students who came to Vancouver
- Maintained a music lending library
- Organized concerts, fundraising events, and music camps, including a tour to Montreal
- Coordinated volunteers
- Collected tuition fees and fees for music materials
- Typed applications for arts grants
- Maintained an arts office - filing, ordering supplies, responding to inquiries
2001 - 2003 insight to success Vancouver, BC
Brochure Design and Layout
- Design of advertising brochures and layout for same, including original graphics.
2001 - 2003 Arthur Polson Vancouver, BC
Editing, Layout and Design
- Editing and layout for book about the history of model aircraft, design of original graphics for advertising handbills
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pulpfiction Vancouver, BC
Granville Book Company Vancouver, BC
Belly Button Books Vancouver, BC
West Coast Books Vancouver, BC
Pacific Books North Vancouver, BC
Burnaby Books Burnaby, BC
Browning's Books Edmonton, Alberta |
Bookstore Manager and Bookbuyer
- Management and bookkeeping for retail store
- Correspondence and administration of a catalogue
- Ordering and selling of new books
- Ordering, organization and selling of periodicals
- Buying, selling, and evaluation of antiquarian books
- Shipping and receiving
- Organizing Author events and attending industry events
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1996 & 2000 Black Cat Productions Edmonton, AB
Illustrator
- Children's music book illustration for publication. "In the Groove" and "Celebrate Our Diversity"
1988-1989 Dogwood Foundation Vancouver, BC
Archivist
- Creation of archive of BC labour history
- Creation of archive of the Vietnam war
- Creation of database for archival materials
- Receiving and cataloguing of books, periodicals and other materials
- Assisting patrons with research
- Selection and ordering of archival preservation materials and fixtures
1986-1988 Tools for Peace Edmonton, Alberta
Volunteer Coordinator
- Recruiting, training, supervising, and encouraging volunteers
- Organizing public events and "work bees"
- Designing advertising, displays, and promotional items
- Shipping, receiving, and warehouse organization
1984-1986 St. Albert Public Library St. Albert, Alberta
Library Worker
- Cataloguing, shelving and checking out of books
- Organizing "Story Time" for children
- Designing displays
- Assisting patrons with research
- Working at the Circulation Desk
1981-1982 Elmer S. Gish School St. Albert, Alberta
Assistant School Music Teacher
- Teaching music to elementary students and teaching in a junior high band program
- Designing teaching materials
- Organizing concerts and tours for the band
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| Web Page Links |
Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra
Complete Site
Demian Mark (Tippy Agogo)
Complete site. Designed to be printed in pages as a press kit.
The North Shore News
Layout, Graphics, and Typography from July 19, 1999 to February 21, 2000.
Dennis E. Bolen
Complete Site
Jones Soda
Graphics, Labels and Layout
Friendship Trail
Complete Site
LightVision Media
Site Updates and Maintenance between July 1999 and February 2000
Ask Chris Carter
Site Updates and Maintenance between July 1999 and February 2000
Syncros
Graphics of Bicycle Parts between July 1999 and February 2000
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| Relevant Computer Skills |
Microsoft Office
(Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, et al.)
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Adobe Suite
(PhotoShop, PageMaker, Acrobat, Illustrator, et al.)
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Macromedia Suite
(Flash, Dream Weaver, Fireworks, Freehand, et al)
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Web Authoring Software
(DHTML, JavaScript, Go Live, Coffee Cup, FrontPage, Dream Weaver, Hand-coding, Etc.)
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Other Applications
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| Education |
1995 - 1996 Intensive Computer Program North Vancouver, BC
1984 - 1986 University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
Arts, Humanities and Social Science Courses
1982 - 1984 Grant MacEwan Community College Edmonton, Alberta
Music Program, specializing in Music Theory and Composition
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| General Interests |
- Computer work- website design, graphics, learning programs and programming
- Literary pursuits- reading, history, writing and research
- Art projects, puppetry and photography
- Creating logic puzzles and learning Latin
- Games and educational game creation
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