Technology and Online Programs Coordinator at Arts Engine, Inc.
Greater New York City Area
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- Technology and Online Programs Coordinator at Arts Engine
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- Festival and Outreach Coordinator at Arts Engine, Inc.
- Freelance Production Assistant at Prep for Prep
- Freelance writer and graphic editor at Memebox, LLC
- Research Assistant at Ithaca College
- Research Assistant at Ithaca College
- Chief Photographer at Ithaca College's Newswatch16
- Nometne 2004 DVD Producer (Self-employed)
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- Ithaca College
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Austra Zubkovs’s Summary
Seven years of multimedia experience with a passion for media research, education, and grassroots outreach. Interested in combining multiple talents towards effective running of a socially-conscious company.
Austra Zubkovs’s Experience
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Technology and Online Programs Coordinator
Arts Engine
(Non-Profit; Media Production industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Maintain four company websites and numerous online social media sites. Edit and publish articles, blog posts, and other content for MediaRights.org. Write, create and send monthly email newsletter to over 11,000 subscribers. Design all in-house material including web graphics, advertisements, business cards, and festival materials. Maintain database of user-generated content for MediaRights.org including event, film and organization directory listings. Assemble and send out mass email blasts for MediaRrights.org, Media That Matters Film Festival, DocuClub, and Big Mouth Films. Continued improvement of websites in an effort to provide more traffic, user-interactivity, and earn revenue. Train new staff and interns on technology and web interfaces used at Arts Engine.
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Festival and Outreach Coordinator
Arts Engine, Inc.
(Non-Profit; Media Production industry)
November 2007 — June 2008 (8 months)
Conducted outreach, promotion, and partnership building for the annual Media That Matters Film Festival. Researched and assisted with event, workshop and conference programming for audiences of varying ages. Presented workshops on media literacy and outreach, distribution and activism through social issue film. Created and implemented content management systems to record Festival & Outreach Department’s work. Created and edited online content for mediathatmattersfest.org. Published articles for MediaRights.org and coordinated festival content for monthly membership newsletter. Managed festival's online presence on various social networking and event posting sites. Assisted in launch of the eighth annual festival including world premiere screening, awards ceremony, workshop, additional screenings and wrap party.
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Freelance Production Assistant
Prep for Prep
(Non-Profit; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
February 2008 — April 2008 (3 months)
Oversaw sound and lighting for the production of a promotional video for the non-profit's annual fundraising gala, as we interviewed past program participants, leading entrepreneurs in the New York City area, and others.
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Freelance writer and graphic editor
Memebox, LLC
(Online Media industry)
January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)
"Scan" and write blurbs for articles, videos, websites, and other found future-focused content onto site. Created graphics for the blog of this cutting edge, future prediction tracking site. Wrote on topics such as the future of education and financial regulation in virtual worlds.
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Research Assistant
Ithaca College
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
November 2006 — April 2007 (6 months)
Worked closely with professor and documentatian Mara Alper on her documentary of the vanishing Huichol tribe of Mexico. Created and coded transcripts and researched grant and funding opportunities.
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Research Assistant
Ithaca College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2006 — April 2007 (8 months)
Worked closely with professors Kim Gregson and Rachel Wagner on the significance of religion in the on-line virtual world Second Life. Conducted extensive qualitative and quantitative research that culminated in participation on two panels for the American Popular Culture Association 2007 Conference. Papers were entitled: “SecondLife, Afterlife: Virtual Reality, Ritual, and Religious Experience Online” and “Sacred Spaces in Virtual Reality: The Role of Religion in Building Community in SecondLife.” Also presented the presentation in-world in an hour long lecture and Q&A. Research to be published in the 2009 edition of Eric Mazur's "God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture."
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Chief Photographer
Ithaca College's Newswatch16
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
September 2003 — April 2007 (3 years 8 months)
Staff for College-Emmy award-winning Tompkins County news station. Fall 2006 to spring 2007 - Chief Photographer. Supervised six photographers and managed field shoots. Collaborated with reporters to shoot and edit stories myself. Fall 2003 to spring 2005 – Ran camera, still-store, tape operation and floor direction. Photographer and editor.
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Nometne 2004 DVD Producer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Media Production industry)
August 2004 — April 2005 (9 months)
Solely produced, shot, and edited an hour-long video on my summer camp that was sold to parents.
Austra Zubkovs’s Education
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Ithaca College
BS , Television, Video Production, International Communications, Anthropology , 2003 — 2007
Final project Qualitative research project on “Religious Imagery in Second Life” with Rachel Trager.
Independent Study entitled “The Simpsons of the South Pacific: The global flow of diaspora media" under the direction and building upon research of Professor Katalin Lustyik
Final quantitative project on “Why Do People Play Videogames,” with Anna Bulley and Sharon Ulak.
Study Abroad in Perth, Australia for two months obtaining a hands-on overview of Australian television and radio, indigenous studies, literature, and environment
Other Notable Media Classes: Intro to Media Production, Intro to Mass Media, Media Writing, Presentation Media and Design, Intro to Communication Theory, Media Aesthetics and Analysis, Television Production and Directing, Intro to Web Programming, “Take Me to the Pilot,” Government and Media, New Telecom Technologies, Media and Message in Australia, Global Flow of Information, Critical Thinking, European Mass Media- Activities and Societies:
- Dean’s List (all semesters), Dean’s Scholarship, Park Senior of the Year, Chief Photog for ICTV's Newswatch 16, ICTV.org Web Moderator, IC Unbound dance team, Philosophy Club, Study Abroad Ambassador
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Austra Zubkovs’s Interests:
Documenting global social issues, social media, traveling, ancient and modern world cultures, future studies, research, critical thinking, drawing and painting, tap dance, Latvian language and traditions, life-long learning
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Intelligent Social Media
Austra Zubkovs’s Honors:
• Cum Laude honors, 2007
• Dean’s List eight semesters, Dean’s scholarship, 2003-2007
• Park School Seniors of the Year, 2007
• Who’s Who in America, 2003-2007
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