Alan Haburchak *** Marcy Ave Apt * Phone: 347-***-****
Brooklyn, NY 11206 Email: **********@*****.***
Web: www.alanhaburchak.com
Caixin Media - Beijing, China - Multimedia Editor/Producer Sept. 2011 - July 2012
Journalism
Developed/edited/produced multimedia for website of leading Chinese business magazine - english.caixin.com
Experience
TIME Magazine/TIME.com - New York, NY - Multimedia Intern/Contributor Sept. 2010 - July 2011
Shot, edited and produced video & multimedia journalism for TIME.com/video and TIME's iPad Edition
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism - New York, N.Y. - Digital Media Fellow June 2009 - June 2010
Worked closely with faculty and technology staff to teach and expand digital media in the school's curriculum
Freelance Videographer/Photographer - New York, NY & Beijing, China Aug. 2009 - Present
Portfolio of news feature videos, motion graphics and shorts docs online at vimeo.com/ahaburchak/videos
Circuit Media, LLC - Denver, Colorado - Reporter Jan. 2008 - May 2008
Wrote for weekly newspaper Law Week Colorado, covering Colorado's legal community and State Legislature
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism - New York, N.Y. - Adjunct Professor July 2010 - Present
Teaching
Taught courses in digital media disciplines such as video, photography, interactive graphics and social media
Experience
Web editor & advisor for Columbia's News21 Project - columbia.news21.com
Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China - Visiting Lecturer Sept. 2011 - Dec. 2011
Taught multimedia production course to journalism majors at the School of Communication and Design
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism - New York, N.Y. Aug. 2008 - May 2009
Education
M.S., New Media Concentration, May 2009
Focused in digital video and web development, reporter and editor for online digital magazine - nyc24.com
University of Colorado - Boulder, Colo. Aug. 2000 - May 2005
B.A., Triple major in Chinese, History and Asian Studies, May 2005
3.54 GPA, Magna Cum Laude Honors in History
Editor of Colorado Historian, Department of History's academic journal
LegalView.com - Denver, Colorado - Content and SEO Manager May 2007 - Jan. 2010
Technical
Online content editor for a large legal information website, oversaw a staff of 8-10 copywriters
Experience
Content/search engine optimization (SEO) manager; retained over 40K unique pageviews/week
TellSell Consulting - Frankfurt, Germany - Market Research/Analyst Sept. 2005 - Aug. 2006
Coordinated an international research team on innovative broadband technologies
Wrote and edited bi-weekly reports for the executive board of T-Com, subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom
Production software: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier/After Effects, Photoshop/Illustrator, Flash and Pro Tools
Skills
Very proficient in web development: HTML5, jQuery/Javascript, CSS 3, also basic PHP and Ruby on Rails
Well versed in online content management systems including Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla!
Languages Intermediate Mandarin Chinese (spoken as well as written) Conversational German
Duy Linh Tu, Digital Media Coordinator, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism ****@********.***
References
Craig Duff, former Director of Multimedia, TIME Magazine/TIME.com *****.****@************.***
Li Xin, Managing Editor, Caixin - China Economics and Finance *****@******.***