Aspiring Journalist

MISIA LERSKA

adim51@r.postjobfree.com (+*) 530-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michalinalerska/ https://mlerska.wixsite.com/website EDUCATION

Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA September 2016 – May 2021 Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies and Peace and Justice Studies. Harvard Business School CORe Program Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA January 2020- May 2020 Online Credential of Readiness consisting of three courses: Business Analytics, Economics for Managers and Financial Accounting. I completed this program in order to gain a better understanding of marketing and audience development. EXPERIENCE

Marketing Coordinator and Digital Content Creator Polish Jazz Network Remote April 2020- Present Oversees marketing and distribution plans, social media and branding; designed the Polish Jazz website, manages the Polish Jazz Twitter page (with over 235k followers), and is spearheading a podcast series about the history of Polish Jazz. Director of Photography Claudia Joskowicz Films Wellesley College, MA, USA May 2019– Present Directed the camera and light crew working on renown video artist Claudia Joskowicz’s new film: How I Finally Lost My Heart. The film will be exhibited in spring of 2021 in New York City. Assistant Wellesley Media Production Equipment Cage Wellesley College, USA January 2019– March 2020 Taught and managed media production equipment for Wellesley College students. Equipment includes Sony DSLRs, Canon DSLRs, audio recording equipment, lighting setups, camera dollys, Ronin stabilizers, and analog cameras. Fellow The Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Wellesley College, MA May 2018- January 2020 Selected by the Albright Institute to participate in a highly competitive interdisciplinary winter session. Presented and discussed with Madeleine Albright about an extensive research project discussing memory and trauma in the Balkans. Developed skills such as open source research, exploratory analysis, and verifying hypotheses across datasets. Intern Janine di Giovanni Paris, France and New York City, NY June 2018– December 2019 Assisted acclaimed war journalist Janine di Giovanni with administrative work, social media coordination, open source research and interviewing for articles about Sean McFate, Sir David Richards, and Christian Exodus in the Middle East. Intern Killer Films New York City, NY September 2019– December 2019 Provided script coverage and administrative work for Killer Films: a film production company known for movies such as

"Carol" by Todd Haynes, "Still Alice" by Richard Glatzer, and "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" by John Cameron Mitchell. Grant Recipient Emily Cohen MacFarquhar Internship Wellesley College, USA May 2019-August 2019 Received a stipend through the Emily Cohen MacFarquhar '59 Internship for International Journalism. Conducted an independent documentary project in Poland documenting political non-participation in light of recent elections, with a particular focus on the divide between urban and rural communities. The feature will be released in April of 2021. Intern La Oficina de Migrantes of the Valparaíso Municipality Valparaíso, Chile July 2017 – December 2017 Improved the new immigration department of the Chilean government, organizing awareness events, coordinating social media and helping with Spanish classes for Haitian immigrants from Valparaíso, Chile. I gathered my experiences and research into a short documentary.

SKILLS & LANGUAGES

Editing: Adobe Creative Cloud Final Cut Microsoft Office Video Production: Audio Equipment Canon DSLR Dolly Setup Lighting Setups Ronin Stabilizers Sony DSLR Social Media: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Slack Snapchat Tumblr Twitter YouTube Computer Coding: JavaScript Maya Processing Python Languages: English, native French, native Italian, conversational Polish, fluent Spanish, fluent