Events and Operations Assistant at the Detroit Observatory

• May 2023 - Present

Festival Coordinator

• Aug 2021 - May 2023

• Managed day to day activities including business correspondence, copying, mailing, filing and general organization or retrieval of items from storage, including ordering supplies, facilitating equipment procurement and maintenance, maintaining online store, reconciling sales, paying monthly sales tax and fulfilling orders. • Ensured payments were recorded and deposited, and that all bills were paid on time; generated invoices in QuickBooks, documented and recorded financial information for contracted accounting services which processes payments and generates financial reports. Managed cash boxes and petty cash. • Managed all contract administration (DocuSign), awards administration and payments. • Led sponsorship administration activities. Acted as green room committee liaison and developed sponsorship relationships for in-kind contributions. • Hired, trained, managed festival interns and worked directly with seasonal festival production staff, including production manager, online festival manager, and box office staff contract staff including Guest Services Coordinator, Online Festival Manager, Production Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, and others. • Coordinated all activities related to festival week operations including set-up and tear-down; ordering and managing all rented equipment. • Managed constituent database (Neon CRM). • Supervised contracted volunteer coordinator to plan staffing of festival week events. Show less

Site Based Program Specialist

• Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

• Completed recruitment, enrollment and matching process for youth and volunteers, including orientation, interviewing, screening, and pre-training. • Created and executed innovative activities to support curriculum. • Wrote and investigated successful grants for our programming. • Nurtured relationships with corporate/school partners as well as volunteers and community members while being main point of contact. • Assisted with activity planning and coordinating each event for volunteers and students to meet up Show less

Camp Director

• Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

• Facilitated and created curriculum for summer camps for children ages 5 to 8 years old• Established, maintained and grew relationships with kids and parents• Managed a team of co-counselors to help run camp

Teen After School Program Specialist

• Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

• Facilitated and oversaw inclusion program for diverse group of teenagers aged 10 to 14 using Y values• Worked with a team to implement each daily lesson and schedule• Helped foster learning environment embracing diverse abilities and needs• Lead and coordinated sessions of Middle School Leaders Club during employment

Camp Counselor

• Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

• Facilitated summer camps for children ages 5 to 10 years old• Established, maintained and grew relationships with kids and parents • Received promotion to camp director during employment

Teacher

• Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

• Helped teach several art-integrated 6th grade language arts classes • Helped lesson plan and prepare for each day of teaching • Worked with at-risk youth to promote education through art and writing • Helped teach several art-integrated 6th grade language arts classes • Helped lesson plan and prepare for each day of teaching • Worked with at-risk youth to promote education through art and writing