Aram Zucker-Scharff

Current

• President at GMU Israel Club
• Technology Manager at The Office of Student Media, George Mason University
• Community Outreach Director at George Mason Hillel: The Jewish Student Association

• Lead Writer at Angels Fall First Universe

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Past

• Chesapeake-area Lead Resident Technician at George Mason University
• Featured Blogger for The Voice of Young Voters at United Press International
• Prose Editor at Volition Magazine

• Student Media Freelancer at George Mason University
• Resident Technician at George Mason University
• Managing Editor at Broadside
• Student President at George Mason Hillel: The Jewish Student Association
• Copy Chief at VoxPop
• Copy Chief at Broadside
• Copy Editor at Broadside
• Religious School Teaching Assistant at Larchmont Temple
• Recreation Room Supervisor at Mamaroneck Music Camp

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Education

• George Mason University

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Industry

Online Media

Aram Zucker-Scharff’s Summary

Content creator with experience in both writing and information technology fields. Focused on creating interactive content for convergent technologies. Experience with fiction writing, journalism, social media, community management, information technology systems, IT security, editing, and game design.

Aram Zucker-Scharff’s Specialties:

Content creation, social media, website design, game design, network repair, computer repair, network security, training.

Aram Zucker-Scharff’s Experience

• President

  GMU Israel Club

  (Education Management industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  I lead George Mason University's Israel Club.

• Technology Manager

  The Office of Student Media, George Mason University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  I am responsible for researching, developing and deploying technology solutions for the Office of Student Media. I also manage solutions and educate users on deployed solutions.
  
  I work with all Student Media outlets at George Mason University, helping to converge content from the student newspaper, TV station and radio station.
  
  I also work to help manage the online community that interacts with the Office of Student Media's online properties.
  
  Projects Managed:
  
  I have developed, deployed and am now maintaining http://masonvotes.gmu.edu - a social media-based website to inform Mason students about the election.
  
  I conducted a full redesign of our Drupal-based convergence website Connect2Mason.
  
  I've built and am managing our WordpressMU community site onMason.

• Community Outreach Director

  George Mason Hillel: The Jewish Student Association

  (Religious Institutions industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  The Community Outreach Director is responsible for reaching out to post-graduate members of the community, coordinating with associated and affiliated organizations, working with other student organizations, and helping student leaders find contacts.

• Lead Writer

  Angels Fall First Universe

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  July 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)

  AFFU is a group of independent game developers working on a multi-game, multi-platform project. The team creates property in the universe to be used over a number of platforms and engines. As Lead Writer, I take charge of all textual content for the Universe as well as coordinating to create content with the Art Lead, Project Lead, and all others within the group.

• Chesapeake-area Lead Resident Technician

  George Mason University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Responsible for being on stand-by via an advanced phone system or instant message for 10 hours a week. Maintained and repaired student systems on-site. Consulted with clients and repaired systems on-site. Responsible for managing other Resident Technicians and working with the MAGIC ticket system.

• Featured Blogger for The Voice of Young Voters

  United Press International

  (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

  December 2008 — January 2009 (2 months)

  I write three times a week on the economy as it relates to the Presidential Transition and help manage other bloggers writing on the same topic for the UPI feature site The Voice of Young Voters.
  
  I take the lead in the VoYV presidential transition forum as a featured blogger. My job is to spark lively debate, build an audience and, by expressing my opinions, ensure that all sides of the youth vote are represented.

• Prose Editor

  Volition Magazine

  (Publishing industry)

  September 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  Responsible for reading all prose submissions to Volition magazine. It is then my responsibility to select submissions for publication. I coordinated with other editors and the editor-in-chief.

• Student Media Freelancer

  George Mason University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)

  While I was a Freelancer for the Office of Student Media, I wrote a number of articles for our online site Connect2Mason and wrote a multimedia events blog.

• Resident Technician

  George Mason University

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)

  Responsible for being on stand-by via an advanced phone system for 10 hours a week. Maintained and repaired student systems on-site.

• Managing Editor

  Broadside

  (Newspapers industry)

  December 2007 — April 2008 (5 months)

  Coordinating coverage of multiple campuses. Organizing a team of editors and staff members. Overall organization and design of a weekly newspaper. Checking budgets and enforcing deadlines. Copy editing 8 to 22 pages a week. Coordinating various internal departments. Providing support and mentoring to students who needed it. Overseeing the proper formatting and insertion of nationally vended advertisements. Training staff.

• Student President

  George Mason Hillel: The Jewish Student Association

  (Religious Institutions industry)

  April 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  During my tenure I increased attendance, filled long-empty leadership positions, created an advertising plan, trained new student leaders, coordinated with student and post-graduate community leaders, and managed and expanded the organization's overall budget.
  
  I led the creation of an advertising plan, branding campaign, and a number of outreach programs.
  
  I also worked with representatives from other organizations, including the Israel on Campus Coalition of Greater Washington, national-level Hillel, the Religious Action Center, Taglit-Birthright, other campus Hillels and numerous Mason organizations.
  
  I dramatically expanded the overall scope of the organization and expanded GMU Hillel's overall advocacy activities.
  
  I created a detailed action plan for the entire organization. I was also responsible for helping to bring the George Mason Hillel in line with recommendations made by a national accreditation committee.

• Copy Chief

  VoxPop

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  December 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Responsible for coordinating a team of four Copy Editors. I coordinated schedules and contacted copy editors and writers in order to insure quality and accuracy. I was also responsible for formulating a style guide to determine the overall style for writers of the magazine.

• Copy Chief

  Broadside

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)

  Responsible for hiring and coordinating a team of four copy editors. I worked with section editors and writers, trained copy editors, and helped form a production schedule. I was also responsible for formulating overall style rules for the publication.

• Copy Editor

  Broadside

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  February 2007 — July 2007 (6 months)

  As a copy editor, I worked with a team of other copy editors to read, fact check and ensure the quality of the student newspaper.

• Religious School Teaching Assistant

  Larchmont Temple

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

  September 1999 — February 2005 (5 years 6 months)

  Responsible for supervising other Teaching Assistants, secretarial work, organizing call scripts, and working with young children in order to help create a educational experience.

• Recreation Room Supervisor

  Mamaroneck Music Camp

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Music industry)

  June 2000 — September 2004 (4 years 4 months)

  This position is responsible for administrative duties. The promoted position was responsible for creating activities and art projects for young children, working with other camp employees, and organizing activities throughout the summer.

Aram Zucker-Scharff’s Education

• George Mason University

  BA, BS , English, Information Technology , 2005 — 2011 (expected)

  Information Security concentration in Network Administration and Security. English concentration in Creative Writing.

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Epsilon Pi (held the positions of Treasurer and Vice President), Hillel: The Jewish Student Association, VoxPop (student magazine), Volition (student literary magazine), Broadside (student newspaper), Resident Technicians, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Honors Program, Connect2Mason (student news website), Mason Votes (election education initiative).

Additional Information

Aram Zucker-Scharff’s Interests:

Information technology, website design and upkeep, computer repair (software and hardware), computer security, writing, editing, convergent technology, ubiquitous computing.

Aram Zucker-Scharff’s Groups:

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Epsilon Pi, ICCGW

•    Alpha Epsilon Pi
•    Tweeple
•    "friendfeed" friends
•    Mason Nation
•    Plurk
•    Safer Schools and Streets Forum
•    Web 2.0 for Nonprofit Organizations
•    Larchmont Temple Community
•    Larchmont Temple

Aram Zucker-Scharff’s Honors:

Top Honors Award for Most Effective Technology Tool for Mason Votes

Recipient of the 2008-2009 CHSS Dean’s Challenge Scholarship

The 30th Annual Business and Computer Awards Program of the College of Westchester: Awarded, Computer Education Award for Outstanding Achievement 2003-2004.

Completed University of Cambridge’s Literature Summer School, Achieving Class II:I (GPA 3.84)

Awarded First Place, Absolute Power Productions “Summer/Fall 2003 Fiction Contest.”

Awarded First Place, Penpushers’ “Competition II” Writing Contest.

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