D a m i é n G a r c í a
San Diego, CA
Tel: (619) 414-8606
mailto:damien@damienweb.com
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO (UCSD), SUMMER & FALL 2009
Extension - Flash I, II
SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, SUMMER 2007
Tri-Certificate Program, Interactive Media Certificate Program (IMCP) – Print, Interactive Media, Web
- Volunteer graphic design and print services to San Diego LGBT Community Cyber Center
- After Effects (digital animation), Flash, Dreamweaver, Sony Acid (digital audio enhancement and film/TV sound effect), Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro (digital audio), Garage Band, Motion, Swift 3D, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Professional
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2001
BA, Cum Laude Honor Graduate – Gallatin School Individualized Study: Communication & Social Justice
- Honor Graduate, Deans List and Honor Society Member, 3.67 GPA
- Inter-Residence Hall Council Representative and Conference
- Loyola University Martin Luther King, Jr Speech Competition and Scholarship Winner
EXPERIENCE
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE & COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, 05/2008 - 04/2009
Web Designer Consultant, Research Staff Assistant
- Web maintenance for 100 websites that are part of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College & Columbia Medical Schools
- Streamline administrative processes with database initiative, pdf and electronic form request submissions
- Assist with all department administrative requests including financial reports, expense reports and travel
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 10/05 – 09/06
Systems Operations Administrator (Graduate Admissions), Secretary (Information Technology Services)
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES: design and develop intranet site (MS FrontPage), build departmental database: ITS Torch; redevelop and design all department administrative forms (fax cover sheets, travel request, laptop/equipment request forms) with Adobe Acrobat Professional; developed digital form submission process
- NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, HAUSER GLOBAL LAW PROGRAM: maintain applicant database, and spreadsheet software applications
ESTĒE LAUDER CORPORATION & MAC COSMETICS INC, 9/03 – 8/05
Administrative Support & Project Coordinator (Internal Short & Long-Term Assignment Staffing Team)
- MAC COSMETICS SALES & RETAIL OPERATIONS: Project Coordinator for the Access Database Initiative at MAC Sales Operations: MACcess; design, build and distribute multi-user MS Access database for tracking retail operational data for MAC Stores and employees in North America; write, design, edit and co-produce MyBOOK welcome manual for all retail managers in North America; redesign all operations forms; revise, develop new office supply order process systems, retail store forms, purchase guidelines
- MAC COSMETICS HUMAN RESOURCES: Design and distribute employee review database
NBC NEWS NEW YORK & NBC SAN DIEGO, 6/94 – 2/02
News Writer (NBC 7 San Diego), IT Operations Specialist (NBC News New York), Production Assistant (NBC Nightly News)
- NBC 7 NEWS SAN DIEGO: Write, edit and research 5 to 10 daily news scripts, teleprompter, IT and production operations responsibilities
- NBC NEWS IT NEW YORK: Mobile computing manager, manage laptop imaging, rollout, training, support and database tracking of 250 IBM ThinkPads for 2000 Olympics and Elections coverage; Democratic & Republican National Conventions: 1996 and 2000, San Diego and Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, Helpdesk Support
- NBC NEWS PC Initiative: Assist with Rollout of 2,000 Hewlett Packard PC’s to NBC News division worldwide
- NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM BROKAW: Assist production staff of 30 in news-room, studio, control room; meetings, script, graphics and tape distribution for Weekend Nightly News
- KNSD NEWS SAN DIEGO: "NBC Listens" public relations outreach program intern, Multi-Cultural Journalism Workshop participant, Co-anchor of half-hour teen-produced news broadcast
SKILLS COURSES & ACTIVITIES
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Microsoft Office: Access, FrontPage, Publisher, Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint |
Microsoft Expression Web |
Adobe CS2/3: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, After Effects, Premier, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks |
Other: Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Garage Band, Sony Acid Pro, Microsoft Expression Web, DVD Studio Pro, Roxio My DVD Studio Premier |
CSS, Spry/Ajax, RSS |
Type Speed: 75 WPM |
COURSES & SEMINARS
MS Access Database |
Public Speaking |
Journalism (6 semesters) |
Interactive Media (two semester) |
Project Management (NBC-GE) |
English for Business (2 semesters) |
Foreign Visions of America |
Labor & Working in America |
Photography |
Communication Practices & Processes |
Web Design (IMCP) |
Intensive Writing (2 semesters) |
Multimedia (IMCP) |
Print Design (IMCP) |
SENIOR VOLUNTEER
- 2006 GLAAD Media Awards New York (table host, responsible for collection of $10,000 fundraise)
- 2005 GLAAD Media Awards New York (celebrity escort Team Leader)
- 2004 GLAAD Media Awards New York (crowd-flow/security Team Leader)
- GLAAD at Long Beach Pride, 2002
- 2002 GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles (crowd-flow/security Team Leader)
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