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Heidi H. Carrell
3 Ellis Ct., Woburn, MA 01801 • heidicarrell(at)gmail.com • 781-883-4706
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXpressAcrobat, Fetch, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, FilemakerPro, Advance/Adonis. At ease on both Mac and PC, with skill in troubleshooting issues. Can learn new software rapidly.
EDUCATION
Web Design for Arts Organizations and Non-Profit Fundraising graduate courses, Boston University.
B. A. English (Hon., Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Minor Fine Arts, University of New Hampshire.
EXPERIENCE
10/2008– Present Film Study Center at Harvard University
Office Manager
- Event Management: Arrange event facilities, and associated support (caterer, bartender, florist, guard staff, etc.) Arrange for visiting faculty and honored guests, from visa arrangements to hotel to airport pickup. Create event programs, arrange poster graphic design, manage print production process, and arrange for distribution. Facilitate advertising and PR of events within Harvard and with local media.
- Website: Update of Flash and HTML, writing up-to-date copy, and managing images.
- Project Managment: Consult with collaborating academic and arts organizations on diverse new projects with a film aspect; from a Human Rights Center campus-wide multimedia presentation, to a Graduate School of Design artistic installation rethinking media images of Boston architecture. Support includes research assistance, grant materials, PR, events consulting, and print design/production.
- Administrative: Support programming, financial details, and respond to various faculty, student, and collaborating organizations' requests in an arts academic environment.
01/2002 – Present Freelance, Various Clients
Marketing and Development Communications
- Design and Writing: Created fliers, postcards, posters, signage, and advertisements, including design of art and writing of marketing copy. Facilitated outside designers’ work and created original work while maintaining graphic standards of client. Managed print production process, interacting with external contacts regarding project specifications (paper stock, graphic content, list generation, and fulfillment.) Creation of website and e-newsletters, from initial design, wireframe, writing of copy, creation of graphics, and writing HTML. Redesign of development presentation materials to enhance corporate fundraising.
02/2007 – 01/2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Administrative Assistant II, Alumni Fund
- Fundraising Support: Designed and wrote fundraising print pieces. Managed print production process including organizing the editing process, requesting quotes and insuring we met all deadlines. Performed regular website updates. Maintained FileMaker Pro donor database. Used Advance to run donation record and alumni reports, and participated in database user group.
8/2002 – 7/2006 Boston Playwrights' Theatre at Boston University, Boston, MA
Senior Staff Assistant
- Graphic & Web Design: Designed dynamic newspaper advertisements, newsletters, postcards, posters, and Annual Fund letter. Managed print production and QA. Designed, created, and managed website and broadcast emails for theatre and graduate program. Solicited advertisements to fund program book production, designed advertisements and layout, and coordinated publication.
- Fundraising: Worked with management and greater BU Alumni Relations staff, and consultants to design nonprofit fundraising strategy, including writing donor correspondence and grants.
- Marketing/PR: Responsible for creating visibility for the theatre and Graduate Playwriting program events and programs, including securing media coverage of performances, writing marketing copy, building audiences for events, and reaching out to the University, Greater Boston, and alumni constituencies to build community. Maintained database files and organized mailings and emails.
- Event Management: Aided in coordination of the BPT regular season of plays, supported use of our venue by outside theatre companies, and managed several aspects of large charity fundraisers.
- Administrative: Supported programming, teaching, financial details, and responded to various faculty, student, and arts organizations' requests in a busy theatre arts academic environment.
8/2001 - 11/2001 Amadeus Travel Collaborative, Boston, MA
Graphic & Web Designer
- Web Design: Designed website graphic mockups of extensive site under tight release deadlines.
- Marketing Graphics: Designed PowerPoint presentations and banner ads.
- Project Management: Created design archiving project to enhance the QA process, tracking Web site changes through meetings, product specification sheets, and site maps.
(please note – short duration was due to travel market-wide layoffs in the downturn following 9/11)
2/2000 - 8/2001, 01/2002 - 7/2002 Kaon Interactive Inc., Cambridge, MA
Graphic Design and Photo / 3D Model Production Project Manager
- Graphic Design: Created and maintained Web site, including site layout, graphics, and copy. Also designed all logos, branding, and Web and print marketing materials including brochures and posters.
- Photo Editing & Project Management: Managed digital photography and 3D model production process including all editing of digital photography, QA, and delivery to customer.
- Training: Developed training program for photographers and 3D modeling software user base, reducing error and speeding the production process.
9/1997 - 12/1999 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Computer Lab Assistant
- End-user Support & Training: Supported Photoshop, MS Office, and a wide variety of software. Maintained PCs, Macs, & printers. Learned new software to a level where I could train others.
BUSINESS REFERENCES:
- Kate Snodgrass, Artistic Director
Jacob Strautmann, Managing Director
Boston Playwrights' Theatre at Boston University
617-353-5443 - Dan Hunter, Executive Director
Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities
617-725-0155 - Scott Jahnke, Director, Student and Young Alumni Development, Stanford University
(Formerly Assistant Director, MIT Alumni Fund)
617-233-4465 (cell) - Jon White-Spunner, Director of Community Development
Stoneham Theatre
781-279-7885
