
Marketing Director at Muckenthaler Cultural Center // Executiive Director at ISM: a community project
Greater Los Angeles Area

Marketing Director at Muckenthaler Cultural Center // Executiive Director at ISM: a community project
Greater Los Angeles Area
Kevin Staniec was born in Chicago and raised in Southern California where he graduated from the school of Film and Television at Chapman University. He is an independent filmmaker, photographer and author of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays.
A dynamic, results-driven Marketing Manager/Creative Director who has demonstrated the ability to lead and contribute to a team environment with continued success in high pressure, deadline driven settings. With extensive experience in creative programming, public and private relations, production management, design and sales for print and online publishing and a strong established network of industry professionals and corporate clients.
• Published author and photographer in books, literary periodicals, and multimedia magazines.
• Writer, director, and editor of numerous short films and several feature length screenplays.
• Published essay in Juxtapoz Arts/Culture Magazine.
• Produced a short film for the American Film Institute.
• $5,000.00 grant recipient from Chapman University annual script competition.
• High School Senior Class President.
(Museums and Institutions industry)
September 2008 — Present (2 months)
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2003 — Present (5 years 10 months)
• Published internationally distributed quarterly culture/arts Magazine.
• Responsible for fundraising, the design and layout of all editorial content and marketing/publicity strategies, including print, web and promotional material.
• Developed public relations strategies while collaborating with international media contacts.
• Coordinating a staff of artists, photographers, and writers with time sensitive deadlines.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
June 2008 — September 2008 (4 months)
• Responsible for scheduling, tracking, producing, and delivering advertising and collateral materials.
• Coordinating graphics jobs with other museum departments; dealing with outside print vendors and in-house and freelance graphic designers.
• Managing marketing campaigns for the institution, individual museum exhibitions and special events.
(Museums and Institutions industry)
November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)
• Develop and implement advertising campaigns for print, online and street marketing.
• Cultivating and supporting ongoing institutional relationships with community groups, art organizations, and opinion leaders among targeted demographic groups.
• Planned, organized, and implemented activities and programs within major organizational policies, reporting progress to senior leadership through reports, presentations, and conferences.
(Events Services industry)
January 2002 — December 2006 (5 years)
• Marketing and development for special events including gallery exhibitions, film festivals, literary performances and musical concerts averaging between 500 – 1500 attendees.
• Responsible for all aspects of advertising and promotions (print, online and word of mouth campaigns)
• Developed relationships with corporate sponsors and local businesses.
• Responsible for all audio and visual curation.
• Past venues include Orange County Museum of Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, The Lab/Camp, Memorial Hall (Chapman University), Fox Theater (Downtown Fullerton), Galaxy Theater, J Flynn Gallery and the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art.
(Education Management industry)
April 2006 — August 2006 (5 months)
• Developed and instructed scriptwriting program focusing on key storytelling techniques including character development and dialogue.
• Lectured and prepared workshops for directing and cinematography.
• Trained students in both beginning and advanced editing.
(Education Management industry)
August 2000 — May 2006 (5 years 10 months)
• Creative Writing, Scriptwriting, and Film and Television instructor.
• Designed curriculum and scheduling for both the Creative Writing Department and Film & Television Conservatory.
• Orchestrated specialized programs to help develop an understanding of the publishing industry, the business behind cinema, and marketing.
(Education Management industry)
May 2004 — January 2005 (9 months)
• Implemented Lindamood-Bell programs in order to help students improve processing capabilities in the areas of reading, comprehension, and math.
Minor, English, 1997 — 2001
BFA, Film & Television, 1997 — 2001
Publishing, design, photography, film editing, literary editing, writing, film directing, producing, special event planning, teaching, marketing, gallery curating, music, sports, art, galleries, museums, non-profits, theater, movies, acting, singing, dancing, drawing, painting, journals, books, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, scripts, documentaries, polaroids... to be continued.