Mark Tyson

917-***-**** ac6ie7@r.postjobfree.com

Volunteer Field Program Assistant (previously Zone Gardener & Foreman) Central Park Conservancy

February 2012 – March 2018

Lead volunteers with hands-on instruction for those that may lack experience and need to be taught or trained to accomplish daily projects.

Process new volunteers that are interested in helping out in the Park, by keeping up-to-date records in their file.

Foreman; responsibilities were managing a team that was responsible for the daily upkeep of about 88 acres with 9 baseball/soccer fields (seasonal modifications). This included making sure that everything was up to our quality of safety and guiding those that needed that little bit extra help and motivation.

Gardener responsibilities include overseeing the safety of perimeters, general upkeep of water features for playgrounds

Volunteer Work

2010 - 2012

Developed skills necessary to change careers for gardening.

Associate Art Director/Department Head

Source InterLink/Primedia Inc./Soap Opera Digest, 261 Madison Ave, New York, NY

(October, 1999 – February, 2009)

Managed a team of artist/designers, making sure all aspects of the job ran smoothly.

Working on a tight time schedule to help create page layouts for a national weekly magazine.

Other responsibilities included training, equipment maintenance, supplies, technical support and upkeep of the department.

Communicating with clients such as; Time Warner Inc., Macy’s, American Express, Sony Music, and New York University.

Skills

Northeast weed identification

Microsoft office - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher

Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, (versions)

Quark Express, Quark Dispatch