Experience
University of Chicago, Regenstein Library | Chicago, IL | 10/08 - Present
Interlibrary Loan Rush Assistant/Library Assistant II

• Manage and process incoming lending requests via ILLiad, DOCLINE, and email.
• Supervise student employees directly and coordinate retrieval requests from branch libraries.
• Establish department deadlines both independently and in a team.
• Handle Express/Rush level requests and problem loans with clients directly via phone and email.

Chicago History Museum | Chicago, IL | 6/08 - 8/08
Collections and Archives Intern
• Processed, rehoused, and managed conservation concerns for a 15 linear feet collection in 64 hours.
• Cataloged and rehoused blueprints, photographs, and cabinet cards dating between 1890 to 1970.
• Created finding aids, appraisal records, and cataloging records for museum’s research library.
• Determined conservation priority for pest and fire-damaged photographs and documents from Essanay
.. Film Studios, Carson Pirie Scott, and Chicago’s historic Iroquois Theater.

Newberry Library | Chicago, IL | 5/07 - 8/07
Reference Library Assistant
• Codified insurance certificates dating as late as 1898 from the Polish Women's Alliance of America
.. to distinguish and separate restricted materials.
• Prepared public materials for open research within the Genealogy & Local History Collection.

Diocese of Savannah, St. John's Cathedral | Savannah, GA | 9/07 - 11/07
Archival Intern
• Spearheaded a community education project regarding Polish heritage in Savannah, Georgia in order to
.. create a presentation piece directed towards parishes and local schools.
• Complied an accomplished cultural archive of Polish heritage in Savannah with the archive's materials
.. and outside resources.
• Cataloged original blueprints, photography, and documents dating as late as 1778.

Jen Library, Special Collection Department| Savannah, GA| 3/07 - 4/07
Special Collections & Archival Librarian Intern
• Rehoused and preserved the Don Bluth Animation Collection within a team of interns, including animation cels
.. and musical score of the feature length movie, Secret of NIMH.
• Prepared material for the exhibit “Behind the Cels” shown at Gallery See in Atlanta, GA between
.. July 7-31,2009 in conjunction with the Society for Animation Studies Annual Conference.
• Implemented the institution’s archival protocol for animation cels and arranged finding aids.

The Spring Air Company | Chicago, IL | 10/05 - 9/06
Graphic Designer & Web Master
• Maintained all web and internet applications, including an online shop for wholesale merchants.
• Designed print, television, and web materials for Spring Air and its smaller brands.
• Worked with the PR department to create brand identities and promotional materials

The Well Advertising | Chicago, IL | 2/04 - 5/05
Graphic Designer & Art Director
• Directed and supervised photographers and camera crew for print and video advertisements.
• Worked independently as well as with copy writers and designers in conception, design and direction
.. for all print and web material.
• Handled market research, brand strategy proposals, and presentations of actionable insights
• Responsible for developing brand identity, packaging and in-store pieces for clients such as
.. The Great Escape, Student Ambassadors People to People, Forsythe Technologies, Tressler Law
.. & Chicago Chamber of Commerce.

Zegers DDB | Santiago, Chile | 9/03 - 10/03
Graphic Designer

• Worked in a team of 5 in the trademark and design department.
• Aided in catalog layout and advertising campaign conception and design.

Media & Lectures
Correspondent, Indiana Public Radio, NPR Affiliate
Interviewed for a story about letter writing and penmanship as a representative of The Letter Writer's Alliance for WFIU's "Artworks" program. Originally Aired April 20, 2010.

Correspondent, BBC World Service’s The World Today
Represented The Letter Writers Alliance to discuss letter writing and its relationship with technology.
Aired on October 30, 2009.

"Everything Will Be OK: Temporal Art, Social Permanence"
Keynote speaker, Art History Paper Competition Symposium
Savannah College of Art & Design, May 9th 2007


Honors

2007 Art History Paper Competition Winner, First place, Graduate Section

"Everything Will Be OK: Temporal Art, Social Permanence"


Languages
Spanish: Proficient in reading and writing. Working knowledge of conversational speech.
French: Fundamental knowledge in reading, writing, and speaking.


Technical Skills

Digital
Well-versed in Horizon, ILLiad, BSCAN, Ariel, Odyssey and ARCHIE. Proficient in html, Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fetch, Image Ready, Fireworks, Microsoft Office, Cumulus and Flash.

Analog
Practiced in book binding/restoration. Skilled in digital, 35mm and medium format photography as well as black and white film processing. Knowledgeable of welding and jewelry making techniques.


Education
Master of Library and Information Science
Candidate, University of Illinois LEEP Program

Master of Arts, History of Art
Focus in Contemporary Art & Museum Education
GPA: 4.0, Graduated November 2008
Savannah College Of Art & Design, Savannah, GA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, August 2003
Savannah College Of Art & Design; Savannah, GA