VALERIE MARINE GIANNI

aca3eo@r.postjobfree.com / www.valeriegianni.com / 872-***-****

SKILLS

ABODE CREATIVE SUIT, MICROSOFT OFFICE, SOCIAL MEDIA, FINE ART, PUBLIC

SPEAKING, WEBSITE DESIGN, PERFORMANCE, ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITALITY,

PROMOTION, LEADERSHIP, EVENT PLANNING, VIDEOGRAPHER, MANAGEMENT,

DSLR PHOTOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO BFA STUDIO ART DRAWING & PAINTING,

POLITICAL SCIENCE MINOR, CLASS OF 2013, CHICAGO, IL

GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS, JAN 2012- AUG 2012,

AMSTERDAM, NL

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, Auc 2011- JAN

2012, AMSTERDAM, NL

OPPORTUNITIES

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE ARTE STUDIO GINESTRELLE, MOUNT SUBASIO, ITALY,

SEPTEMBER 2013

FIELD MUSEUM CURATORIALJOB SHADOW CHICAGO, IL, JAN. 2013

CENTRAL ST. MARTINS ART & DESIGN COURSES LONDON, ENGLAND, SUMMER

2007

AWARDS

WINNER 1 ST PRIZE: REDEFINITION SPOKEN WORD & SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST,

HET CONCERTGEBOUW OPEN, AMSTERDAM, NL, MAY 2012

WINNER 2ND PRIZE: AMSTERDAMS STUDENTEN FESTIVAL THEATRE

CATEGORY 2012, AMSTERDAM, NL

SELECTED ARTIST: BEAUTY OF BIOLOGY ART COMPETITION & EXHIBITION,

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, APRIL 2013

VOLUNTEER

CITIZENSHIP INSTRUCTOR OSCAR ROMERO CENTER, CHICAGO, IL, SEPT. 2009-

MAY 2010 Educated immigrants working towards the US Naturalization exam on the

political, social & cultural elements of the United States.

ART INSTRUCTOR & MENTOR HOPELINK, BELLEVUE, WA, SEPT. 2008-MAY 2009

Duties included creating lesson plans that would enrich & stimulate creativity between

children aged four to thirteen. Class size averaged five-ten students with individual

instruction/mentor to each child.

EXPERIENCE

GALLERY ASSISTANT GERVASUTI FOUNDATION, VENICE, ITALY SEPT. 2013-Nov.

2013

Facilitator to the daily running of this contemporary arts space. Duties include gallery

maintenance, exhibition coordination, gallery attendance, web-content writing, handling

of artwork, archiving, visual documentation, website maintenance, artist assistance,

graphic design, press communication, event planning, social media, and other

administrative tasks. Reports directly to the Curator in Residence & Artistic Director.

JOURNALISM INTERN Now You KNOW EVENTS, CHICAGO, IL SEPT. 2012- APRIL

2013

Assisted in the daily coordination/management of the online events company. Covered

biweekly events as a photographer and journalist. Responsibilities included: web-

content writing, photo-editing, interviewing, social media, creative brainstorming. Strong

emphasis on SE0 Utilization, meta keywords, descriptive tagging, HTML, product

descriptions, and writing skills. Title increased from Social Media & Photography intern.

FREELANCE ARTIST VALERIE MARINE GIANNI, CHICAGO, IL SEPT. 2012-

CURRENT

Hired for artwork, photography & graphic design commissions. Implements proper

management, representation, administration, and set deadlines to interactions with

customers. Social media presence at www.facebook.conn/valeriemarinegianni.

RETURNING ORIENTATION LEADER LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, CHICAGO,

IL JUNE 2010 - AUGUST 2012

Duties included developing, organizing & leading interactive programming for incoming

freshman class. Focus on office administration, writing, researching, event-planning &

assisting department Deans. This experience gave me an opportunity to work in higher

education administration & facilitating student groups. Mentor to at-risk high school,

first-generation college & creative arts students.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT LIBERTY FINANCIAL GROUP, BELLEVUE, WA MAY

2007-SEPT. 2008

Duties included event planning,office administration & basic clerical tasks, data entry,

maintaining databases, coordinating personal/company affairs, and office facilitation.

Directly assisted executives of company.

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