EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONALDesigner | Bruin Advertising & Marketing team | Los Angeles, CA 10/2015 - Present The Bruin Advertising and Marketing Team is an award-winning entirely student-run organization that brings together all types of creatives from the UCLA campus, operating like a professional advertising agency with strategic planning, creative, media planning, and design subteams. Each year, the Bruin AdTeam competes in NSAC, a national advertising competition hosted by the American Advertising Federation, where companies such as Snapple, Pizza Hut, Nissan outline a comprehensive case study about their product, and teams must research and create complete advertising and communications solutions to pitch to a panel of industry judges. bruinadteam.com Magazine Journalist/Photographer | The Paper Mixtape Magazine | Los Angeles, CA 10/2015 - Present The Paper Mixtape is a student-run magazine at UCLA that covers topics regarding art, music, and culture/entertainment in the Los Angeles area. Magazine Journalists write about a wealth of topics that interest them, examples as diverse as a profile on modern architecture in LA to internet art, a critique of art exhibitions taking place in the area, etc. As Journalist and Photographer, responsibilities include contributing articles for the print magazine alongside photography of different LA architecture. tpmmag.com Admissions Assistant | UCLA Department of Urban Planning | Los Angeles, CA 01/2015 - Present Camp Counselor/English Instructor | The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) | Lugano, Switzerland 06/2015 - 08/2015 Programming Team | UCLA Dashew Center for International Students & Scholars | Los Angeles, CA 09/2014 - 12/2014 Alumni Admissions Advisor | Global Citizen Year | Oakland, CA 09/2013 - 06/2014 Lifeguard/Water Safety Instructor | Carmel Valley Community Youth Center | Carmel Valley, CA 06/2009 - 06/2013 Senegal Fellow | Global Citizen Year | Palmarin Ngounoumane, Senegal 08/2012 - 04/2013 |
VOLUNTEERInstructor of Arts and Crafts | Jardin d'Enfant Soeur Marie Agathe Diouf | Palmarin Ngounoumane, Senegal
08/2012 - 04/2013 Founder and President | Bruin Voyagers Club at UCLA | Los Angeles, CA 2015 Co-Advisor of English Club | College de Palmarin Fakao | Palmarin Ngounoumane, Senegal 08/2012 - 04/2013 Founder and President | Peru Project Club of Carmel High School | Carmel, CA 08/2010 - 06/2011 |
SKILLS |
Rhinoceros 3D
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign VRay |
Grasshopper3D
Microsoft Word Powerpoint Excel Processing |
LANGUAGES |
English (fluent)
Japanese (fluent) French (intermediate) |
Swedish (beginner)
Serer (beginner) Wolof (beginner) |
INTERESTSarchitecture, graphic design, urban planning, green design, international development, socially responsible design
other: water polo, basketball, hiking/backpacking, learning languages, travel |
Details and references available upon request.