Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Karina Kovac

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Plainview, New York, 11803 Phone: 516-***-****

SKILLS:

Adobe Premiere Pro 2020, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, amateur photography, decision making, critical thinking, problem solving, working with others, leadership.

EMPLOYMENT:

REPORTER AND REVIEWER, THE CATALYST: THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT SUNY OLD WESTBURY, OLD WESTBURY, 11568 January 2019-May 2021

Pitched, researched, and wrote on a wide variety of beats

Participated in staff meetings to review contributors’ article ideas

Had internal dialogue between editors and staff to work on a finished product

Saw many of my own photographs taken on site of the story published

ASSISTANT, VJ UPHOLSTERY, HUNTINGTON STATION NY, 11746 August 2020-Present

Interacting and understanding clients is essential to conducting business

Working and all aspects of commercial sewing

Emphasis on deconstruction and then reproduction of a pattern or object with attention to details

Implemented unique problem solving skills

SOUS CHEF, PURE DESIGN FOODS, SEA CLIFF NY, 11579 September 2016-August 2020

Learned how to cook and prepare different types of health food

Made food, packed it, created nutrition and delivery labels

Crafted my own recipe for production in the store Get Healthy America

Got hands on experience into the ins and outs of the hospitality services

HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT, HICKSVILLE NY, 11803 January 2015-June 2015

Organized and take care of a household for an elderly man with a disability

Filled essential paperwork

Chauffeured man to doctors and other necessary places

EDUCATION:

AA Degree in Liberal Arts, NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE August 2019

BA Degree in Media and Communication, SUNY COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY May 2021

GPA 3.58

AWARDS:

SUNY Old Westbury honors Writing Award

SUNY Old Westbury honors Certificate of Academic Excellence

Nominated for three Media and Communication (MAC) awards at SUNY Old Westbury for news

ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS:

Volunteered at Glen Cove Animal Shelter for three years. Submitted an independent study titled, “Rewriting History and The Narrative of African Americans Through Contemporary Fine Art: An in Depth Look at Three Artists Collections” to Discordia Journal which will be published in their fall volume. Have thirty published articles in The Catalyst: The Student Newspaper of SUNY Old Westbury including:

Brian Clarke’s First United States exhibit “The Art of Light” Now on Display at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC

An Emergence of Pronouns in Bios: What Does it Mean for the LGBTQ+ Community and Should You Participate?

The Racial Fetishization of Asian Women is Pedophilic in Nature

Surrealists Draw Inspiration from Them: Women Artists Who Were Overlooked

Are Deepfakes the New Identity Theft Aiding with Blackmail?

Yayoi Kusama Draws in Big Crowds at New York Botanical Garden for “KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature” Exhibit

REFRENCES FURNISHED UPON REQUEST

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