Description
Objective: Actively seeking employment in media/arts industry which offers room for growth
Experience
• Film Series Coordinator (freelance)-Green Edge Collaborative (July 2009-present)
• Organized environmental films/speakers/vendors/press for solar powered film series
• Associate Producer-Mindseye Productions, Brooklyn (June 2009-present)
• Coordinated post funding and outreach for POV submission, Sperm Donor X
• PR, Manager, Director-“Concord, Virginia”, A Southern Town in Eleven Stories (February 2003-present)
• Associate Producer-Pureland Pictures, Brooklyn (May 2008-October 2008)
• Produced feature film, Toe to Toe, a 2009 official Sundance selection
• Coordinated events/outreach for NYC theatrical release of All of Us, a POV submission
• Managed educational sales and advised on curriculum for Take It From Me, a POV selection
• Sales/Event Production Manager-Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival (May 2007-September 2007)
• Managed filmmaker/talent travel & accomodation and planned events
• Produced all PR related promotional materials and sold/managed advertising content
• Editor/Publicity Manager- Film-Truth Productions (February 2007-July 2007)
• Created programming, publicized documentary series online & with fundraising events
• PR/Marketing Director-Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce (Sept 2006-July 2007)
• Managed all media and event planning for island of Martha’s Vineyard
• i.e. Rachel Ray’s Tasty Travels, Jaws Fest, Zagat
• Sales/Event Production Coordinator-Martha’s Vineyard Independent Film Festival (June 2006-March 2007)
• Managed 80+ production team, art direction, advertising sales
• Production Director-Somerville Community Access Television (April 2005-June 2006)
• Produced, directed, and edited various television programs
• Directed local youth program
• Curated art gallery, wrote press releases, coordinated artists’ events
• Managed website, generated editorial content
• Production Assistant/Art Curator-KINODANCE, Somerville, MA (April 2006-December 2006)
• Obtained standards and legal for clearance and video rights
• Curated Music Video/Video Music program and screened other submissions
• Assisted on production of Traces of the Trade, a POV selection
• Youth Director-AmeriCorps VISTA/Home, Inc. Boston, MA (January 2005-June 2005)
• Created Public Service Announcements within Boston Public Schools
• AmeriCorps Educator-Providence Children’s Museum, Rhode Island (Sept 2003-Sept 2004)
• Designed and implemented activities for 300 children in 21 inner-city community centers
• House Manager-Theater at Lime Kiln, Lexington, VA (Summer 2003)
• Coordinated artist logistics i.e. travel/accomodation/rider request
• Maintained outdoor theater; managed live venue productions
Skills & Qualifications
• Management, planning, and implementation of field production, studio work, documentary film
• Marketing, art/film curation, and arts administration
• Skilled with Mac OS X, MS Office, Excel, Quark, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Power Point, Access
• Research, writing, and editing
Education
James Madison University, B.A. in Media Arts and Design, Digital Video Concentration, Minor in Creative Writing
*References available upon request
Christy Park has been in the industry since 2003.