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Moving Image Curator resume example with 20+ years of experience

Jessica Claire
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Experience
03/2004 to Current
Moving Image Curator National Beverage Baltimore, MD,
  • University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections collects, preserves and makes accessible rare books, manuscripts, papers, records, photographs, moving images and architectural drawings.
  • Acquire, manage, preserve and provide access to a large growing collection of moving image materials (films and videotapes) in Special Collections that serves as a resource for scholarship and study for faculty, staff, and students, as well as, national and international researchers and filmmakers.
  • Serve as an expert consultant in moving image history, interpretation, management and technology for both UW campus, national and international researchers, and the local community.
  • Represent UW Libraries in the community and in the professional archival world.
  • Ensure that there is support for the collections through funding and other options, including identifying and writing grants on all levels--local, state and federal.
  • Supervise, teach, and train students, interns, and volunteers on the techniques, practices, history, and methodology of preserving and making moving image collections accessible.
  • Serve as a mentor and resource for students and others looking to work in the field of moving image preservation.
  • Consults with institutions to guide interested students to work in the field of moving image preservation.
  • Develop relationships with filmmakers, broadcasters, local media organizations, and heritage institutions across the region in order to further the cause of preservation in the PNW.
  • Interact with a variety of vendors, equipment service providers, and suppliers.
  • Created moving image processing procedures, digitization workflows, and training materials.
02/1999 to 03/2004
Administrative Assistant Bridgestone Corporation , ,
  • Small video production company offering teleprompting, editing and film to video transfer services.
  • Responsible for inside sales, including client education.
  • Cleaned and repaired small gauge film.
  • Created film-to-tape transfers and performed linear editing for client projects.
  • In charge of administrative tasks including invoicing and billing.
  • Created marketing materials, improved office structures, and established relationships with members of Seattle's film community thereby increasing sales and visibility.
05/1991 to 12/1998
Service Manager Mangetout Catering , ,
  • One of Seattle's premiere full-service catering companies.
  • Organized, planned, and managed events from two-person sit-down dinners to receptions for eight hundred.
  • Hired, trained and supervised a team of free-lance servers.
  • Compiled content for company's first web site, wrote monthly marketing newsletters, created comprehensive staffing manual, established guidelines for event management.
Work History
03/2004 to Current
Moving Image Curator
University of Washington Libraries Seattle, WA
  • University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections collects, preserves and makes accessible rare books, manuscripts, papers, records, photographs, moving images and architectural drawings.
  • Acquire, manage, preserve and provide access to a large growing collection of moving image materials (films and videotapes) in Special Collections that serves as a resource for scholarship and study for faculty, staff, and students, as well as, national and international researchers and filmmakers.
  • Serve as an expert consultant in moving image history, interpretation, management and technology for both UW campus, national and international researchers, and the local community.
  • Represent UW Libraries in the community and in the professional archival world.
  • Ensure that there is support for the collections through funding and other options, including identifying and writing grants on all levels--local, state and federal.
  • Supervise, teach, and train students, interns, and volunteers on the techniques, practices, history, and methodology of preserving and making moving image collections accessible.
  • Serve as a mentor and resource for students and others looking to work in the field of moving image preservation.
  • Consults with institutions to guide interested students to work in the field of moving image preservation.
  • Develop relationships with filmmakers, broadcasters, local media organizations, and heritage institutions across the region in order to further the cause of preservation in the PNW.
  • Interact with a variety of vendors, equipment service providers, and suppliers.
  • Created moving image processing procedures, digitization workflows, and training materials.
02/1999 to 03/2004
Administrative Assistant
Pro-Image ,
  • Small video production company offering teleprompting, editing and film to video transfer services.
  • Responsible for inside sales, including client education.
  • Cleaned and repaired small gauge film.
  • Created film-to-tape transfers and performed linear editing for client projects.
  • In charge of administrative tasks including invoicing and billing.
  • Created marketing materials, improved office structures, and established relationships with members of Seattle's film community thereby increasing sales and visibility.
05/1991 to 12/1998
Service Manager
Mangetout Catering ,
  • One of Seattle's premiere full-service catering companies.
  • Organized, planned, and managed events from two-person sit-down dinners to receptions for eight hundred.
  • Hired, trained and supervised a team of free-lance servers.
  • Compiled content for company's first web site, wrote monthly marketing newsletters, created comprehensive staffing manual, established guidelines for event management.
Accomplishments
  • Washington State Film Preservation Manual: Low-Cost and No-Cost Suggestions to Care for Your Film, Nicolette Bromberg, Jessica Claire, Libby Burke.
  • Starting from Nothing: The Art of Creating a Film Archive.
  • Nicolette Bromberg with Jessica Claire, The Moving Image, Volume 13, Issue 1.
Education
Expected in 2014
: Theater Arts Program
University of North Carolina - Greensboro,
GPA:
  • David Douglas Award from the Washington State Historical Society,,
  • Bronze Telly for Grays Harbor Happenings,
  • Seattle's True Independent Film Festival Selection for Grays Harbor Happenings, 204 Selected Grant Projects
  • Expected in 2013
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    GPA:
  • Sleep Deprivation, Producer, WNYCs Radio Lab, NPR
  • Expected in 2010
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    GPA:
  • Women's History Consortium funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ruth and Louis Kirk Moving Image Collection
  • 2010 Apex Foundation, Newsfilm of Grays Harbor County
  • 2011 National Endowment for the Humanities, Mountaineers Film Collection
  • 2014, 2016, 2017 Friends of the Libraries Award
  • 2017 Allen Signature Award, Selected Production and Event Experiences
  • Home Movie Day, Regional Coordinator, International Event
  • Expected in 2009
    National Film Preservation Foundation, Basic Preservation Grant, Aberdeen and Its People, Nitrate Collection (Part 2):
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    GPA:
    Expected in 2009
    National Film Preservation Foundation Summer Grant, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure Film:
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    GPA:
    Expected in 2007
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    GPA:
  • The Day My Mother's Head Exploded, Writer, Performer, Producer, NPR
  • Expected in 2006
  • 21st Century, Streaming Video Project
  • 2007 21st Century, Archival Screening Nights at the Northwest Film Forum
  • 2008 21st Century, Ruth and Louis Kirk Moving Image Inventory Project
  • 2008-2009 The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, University of Washington Campus Moving Image Project
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    GPA:
    Expected in 2005
    National Film Preservation Foundation, Basic Preservation Grant, Aberdeen and Its People, Nitrate Collection (Part 1):
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    GPA:
    Expected in 2005
    Washington State Preservation Initiative Grant, Washington Film Preservation Project and co-author of the Washington Film Preservation Manual, Low-Cost and No-Cost Suggestions to Care for Your Film:
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    GPA:
    Expected in 2004
    Bachelor of Fine Arts: Performance
    North Carolina School of the Arts - ,
    GPA:
  • The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Regional Archive Meeting,
  • Twilight Dance, Assistant Producer, Documentary, KCTS Television
  • Expected in 2003
    Certificate, Documentary Production Program:
    University of Washington - ,
    GPA:
    Washington State Preservation Initiative Grant, Film Preservation Project
    Expected in 1999
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    GPA:
  • A Leonard Cohen Afterworld, Craft Service, Feature, New Line,
  • Microsoft Missouri, Craft Service, Training Video, Vision,
  • Chaos Theory, Extra, Pilot, MTV/Paramount,
  • Washington Mutual, Teleprompter Operator, Training Video
  • Summary
    Moving Image Curator with over 20 years of experience building a nationally recognized film preservation program at a top academic research library. Specialties include grant writing and management, supervisory skills, donor cultivation and collection management. Known for great people skills, being a collaborative colleague, entertaining public presentations, creating a fun learning environment, being a mentor to newcomers to the field and innovative problem-solving, especially DIY solutions when resources are slim.
    Affiliations
  • National Production Assistant's Workshop, Terry Terry Productions
  • Jack Straw Productions, Artist Assistance Program
  • Association of Moving Image Archivists, Member, 2001-present
  • Founding member of Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound, 2014-Present, Association of Moving Image Archivists, Seattle Area Archivists, Northwest Archivists, American Library Association, Section on University Archives and Research Institution Archives-International Council on Archives Awards
  • Washington Museum Association Project of Excellence Award, 2014
  • Highlights
    • Multiplied holdings to over 250 audiovisual collections
    • Grew reproduction revenue from $2,000 per year to over $15,000
    • Increased visibility of moving image preservation program regionally and nationally
    • Managed 12 multi-year grant-funded projects from federal, regional and private funders
    • Co-Founded Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
    • Administrative, Video
    • Premiere, Video production
    • Basic, Vision
    • Billing, Web site
    • Consultant, Author
    • Content, Writer
    • Client
    • Editing
    • Event management
    • Film
    • Free-lance
    • Grants
    • Image processing
    • Image
    • Inside sales
    • Interpretation
    • Inventory
    • Invoicing
    • Linear editing
    • Marketing
    • Marketing materials
    • Materials
    • Mentor
    • Access
    • Office
    • Newsletters
    • Producer
    • Radio
    • Sales
    • Servers
    • Sound
    • Staffing
    • Streaming Video
    • Television
    • Training materials
    Skills
  • Administrative, premiere, Basic, billing, consultant, content, client, editing, event management, Film, free-lance, grants, image processing, Image, inside sales, interpretation, Inventory, invoicing, linear editing, marketing, marketing materials, materials, mentor, access, office, newsletters, Producer, Radio, sales, servers, Sound, staffing, Streaming Video, Television, training materials, Video, video production, Vision, web site, author, Writer
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    Resume Overview

    School Attended

    • University of North Carolina
    • North Carolina School of the Arts
    • University of Washington

    Job Titles Held:

    • Moving Image Curator
    • Administrative Assistant
    • Service Manager

    Degrees

    • National Film Preservation Foundation, Basic Preservation Grant, Aberdeen and Its People, Nitrate Collection (Part 2)
    • National Film Preservation Foundation Summer Grant, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure Film
    • <li>21st Century, Streaming Video Project</li><li>2007 21st Century, Archival Screening Nights at the Northwest Film Forum</li><li>2008 21st Century, Ruth and Louis Kirk Moving Image Inventory Project</li><li>2008-2009 The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, University of Washington Campus Moving Image Project</li>
    • National Film Preservation Foundation, Basic Preservation Grant, Aberdeen and Its People, Nitrate Collection (Part 1)
    • Washington State Preservation Initiative Grant, Washington Film Preservation Project and co-author of the Washington Film Preservation Manual, Low-Cost and No-Cost Suggestions to Care for Your Film
    • Bachelor of Fine Arts
    • Certificate, Documentary Production Program

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