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Jennifer N. Garcia

021 074 1445

garciafilm@gmail.com

https://www.angelfire.com/film/garciafilm/RealJob.html

 

Summary

Ø      Computer literate in both Mac and PC environments

Ø      Five years experience doing general office tasks

Ø      Knowledge of a wide variety of applications, including both Adobe software and Microsoft Office

Ø      Four semesters training in digital photo editing

Ø      Team player with excellent interpersonal skills

Major Tools

Ø      Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint

Ø      Avid Express Pro

Ø      Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, Acrobat

Ø      Quark Express

Ø      FileMaker Pro

 

Experience

 

Fire and Security/Stage Crew                                                             University of Auckland, Music Department

August 2005 – Current                                                                          Auckland

 

Providing, security for leased School of Music venues or acting as front of house staff for single night performances. 

 

Post Production Logging/Digitizing Contractor                                South Pacific Pictures

June 2005 – July 2005                                                                            Henderson, Auckland

 

Logged and digitized raw footage for New Zealand Idol using Logit and Avid.  Worked mainly night shifts creating logging reports for the morning editors.  

 

Substitute Teacher                                                                                                       West Contra Costa County Unified School District

September 2004 – February 2005                                                           Richmond, California

 

Substitute taught for age ranges between 5 and 18 including ESL classrooms.

 

Personal Care Provider

Periodic November 2003- February 2005                                                Private Residence

                                                                                                            Pinole, California

 

Providing at home post injury and operative nursing along with meal preparation.

 

Stage Manager                                                                                   Western Stage

May 2002–September 2002                                                                    Salinas, California

 

Stage managed the Steinbeck centennial celebration production of Of Mice and Men. Assistant stage manager for follow-on production of Man of La Mancha. As stage manager, I did the following:

·       Took notes at all production meetings then typed and routed the notes to production personnel

·       Organized and supervised all rehearsals and performances

·       Assembled and maintained the prompt book, together with cue sheets, plots, daily records, etc.

·       Worked closely with the Director and coordinated and communicated with the heads of all other departments during rehearsals and after opening

·       Called light and sound cues during the production

·       Supervised and trained the Assistant Stage Manager

 

Hotel Room Service Casher

June 2001-Augest 2001                                                              Westin St. Francis Hotel

                                                                                                                                San Francisco, California

 

Cashiering, order takeing, floor Management, data entry, costumer service

 

Hotel Front Desk

May, 2000-August                                                                     Summer Conference Housing, UAF

                                                                                                Fairbanks, Alaska

            Clerical work, data entry, cashiering, costumer service, reservation handling

 

Retail Sales

November, 1999-January 2000                                                   The Body Shop

                                                                                                Richmond, California

 

Retail sales, stocking, ordering, gift wrapping, and the occasional make over

 

Retail Sales                                                                             B. Dalton Books

November, 1999- January 2000                                                  Richmond, California

 

Basic, sales, cashiering, stocking and ordering

News Intern                                                                            Zapata County News

June 1999–August 1999                                                             Zapata, Texas

Zapata County News is a small weekly paper in Southeastern Texas.  As an intern there, I did the following:

·       General office work and occasional reporting

·       Word processing, data entry, and page layout

·       Used Word, FileMaker Pro, and Quark

·       Organized archives, helped at the front desk, took classified orders

·       Helped upgrade their computer systems

 

Publicity Manager                                                                  Ensemble Production Company

September 1998-June, 1999                                                        Larkspur, California

Managed the publicity efforts of a small theatre company.  Created posters and press releases.  Developed newspaper contacts.

 

Sales                                                                                        Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Innyard Games

1995-1998, 2003 Seasonal                                                                      Novato, California

 

            Seasonally worked sales and games for Innyard Games.      

 

Internal Documentation Production Assistant                                  Oacis Healthcare Systems

April 1992–August 1997                                                            San Rafael, California

Oacis Healthcare Systems was a cutting-edge company that created medical informatics software. In this position I did the following:

·       Set up and maintained sales contact database using Microsoft Access

·       Assembled materials for trade shows and responded to unsolicited requests for information

·       Copied and distributed in-house documentation 

·       Copied and shipped the production releases of the software 

·       Did general administrative tasks for the sales and marketing departments

 

 

 

 

Education

Ø      Currently studying towards a Masters of Creative and Performing Arts at The University of Auckland.

Ø      Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude. University of Alaska, Fairbanks December 2003
Major: Theatre, Emphasis: Directing, Minor: Film

Ø      Redwood High School – Graduated in June 1999, with honors in Theatre.  Achieved Golden State Scholar status in Biology, Algebra, and English Literature and Composition

 

Volunteer Activities

Ø      Publicity Manager and Student-Faculty Liaison, University of Alaska Student Drama Association

Ø      Committee Chair of Theta Theatre Productions

Ø      Counselor and instructor in Outdoor Education with Camp Fire Boys and Girls

Ø      Red Cross moulage technician for Wilderness First Aid and First Responder classes