Event Manager, Social Media, Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant
Resume:
Candice Michelle Franklin-Cox
New York, NY *****
adjhr7@r.postjobfree.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
Personal Assistant
Mary Campbell Gallagher & Co., Inc. - New York, NY, 2005 -
Current Personal Assistant to National Speaker responsible for Bookkeeping/Quickbooks, Vendor Correspondence, Phones, Video Editing, Databases, Proofreading, Email Marketing, Social Network/Push Marketing, Travel Scheduling, On-site Registration/Set-up for Events
Master Teacher in Jazz/Audition Adjudicator
Joffrey Ballet School - New York, NY, October 2007 to March 2021
I'm a Master Teacher in Jazz Dance and Adjudicator on the Joffrey Ballet School Audition Tour team in which I teach the routines at the auditions as well as select the students and scholarship recipients that get into the Joffrey Ballet School Summer Dance Intensives and Trainee programs. I’ve also been commissioned multiple times to choreograph on the pre-professional trainees.
Producer/Choreographer
Jazz Ain't Dead - New York, NY, January 2006 to September 2018
I'm the Producer and Artistic Director/Choreographer of the Live Urban Jazz Music and Dance Production, Jazz Ain’t Dead ® in which I’ve been responsible for performances at Cultural Arts Events, Music Conferences and Jazz Festivals throughout New York City and the United States. I’ve been also responsible for negotiating concerts with Arts Presenters and Producers including the creation, proposal, and execution of tour budgets. In addition, I’ve been responsible for implementing marketing campaigns including email drip campaigns, websites, graphic design, press releases, and social media integration. Moreover, I’ve been responsible for casting all musicians, singers, actors, and dancers, multi-media artists, music arrangers, composers, writers, and all other artistic collaborators as well as hiring lighting designers, stage managers, and other essential production crew.
Head Choreographer
Chez-zam Event Group, CEG, LLC - New York, NY, December 1997 to March 2018
20 years of experience with High-End Theatrical Event Planning Company in which I choreographed dance and movement staging (Hip hop, Broadway Style, Circus Arts, and Bollywood) as well as contributed additional production needs for CEG live stage shows, in which I was intricately involved in theatrical conception to completion from casting performers and auditions all the way through final production.
Casting Intern
Stuart Howard & Associates - New York, NY, 2005
Casting Intern where I answered phones, set up audition appointments, organized auditions and check-in, organized sides, videotaped actors, read scripts, filed submissions, gave two cents when asked, etc.
School Administrator/Dance Instructor/Development Officer Uptown Dance Academy - New York, NY, 1996 - 2005
Wrote grants and designed programming for dance students as well as handled student billing, designed marketing materials, secured theater contracts, and ran audience development for the performance season in addition to teaching and choreographing dance.
Corporate Match Sponsorship Coordinator
WNYC Radio - New York, NY, 1998 to 2000
Worked in the Development Office in the Membership Department as a Membership Officer, Head of Corporate Match. I also was the Volunteer Coordinator for the WNYC pledge drives and writer of the first-ever WNYC Volunteer Newsletter.
Administrative Assistant & Cultural Arts Series Coordinator
Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association, MMPCIA - New York, NY, 1996 to 1998
Worked as a Curator organizing and administrating a Harlem Monthly Cultural Arts Series, organized the Annual Historic House Tour, wrote grants and official correspondence, as well as answered phones, light graphic design, and bookkeeping in QuickBooks.
EDUCATION
Southern New Hampshire University – Masters in Business Administration Candidate, Expected MBA Graduation December 2021
University of Kansas – Lawrence, KS 1991 to 1995 B.A. in Fine Arts, Major in Dance, Minor in Business Administration, 4-yr. Scholarship
Additional Dance Education:
Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, New York- Certificate Student,
Ballroom Dance Teacher’s College, New Mexico, DVIDA Full Associate Certificate – Bronze Rhythm Syllabus
Steps on Broadway, New York- Scholarship Student/Work-Study,
Santo Rico, New York –Advanced Salsa Technique Student, Institute of
Dunham Technique Certification, USA - Certificate Candidate in Katherine Dunham Technique
SKILLS
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office WORD & EXCEL, PowerPoint, QuickBooks, Filemaker Pro, CONCUR, Social Media Integration, Websites, Blogging, Email Marketing, Gatekeeper, Event Planning, Production Management, Type 50 wpm, Choreography, Arts Advocacy, US Passport
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