cultural projects, planning + engagement

General Management

 
Credit: Joshua Albanese

Credit: Joshua Albanese

 

general management

Collaborator and Capacity Builder: Client relationship management and partnership-building experience, developing and delivering projects with creative organizations of national and international stature and impact in the arts and broadcasting communities, incl. top orchestras, opera companies and festivals (L.A. Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Glimmerglass Festival), world-class literary and oral history organizations (Newberry Library, Poetry Foundation and Studs Terkel Radio Archive), leading public media outlets (NPR, European Broadcasting Union, Radio New Zealand and the BBC), community organizations (South Shore Cultural Center and Beverly Arts Center), schools (University of Limerick and Royal Irish Academy of Music) and civic bodies (City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events).

Convener and Leader: Recruited variety of creative and technical personnel, assembling teams for projects and events, overseeing activity across 5 time zones. Through goal-setting, meeting training needs, using iterative and adaptive approaches and leveraging the right tools for each setting, have successfully launched initiatives, navigated complex, changing environments and delivered outcomes on time.

Project Manager: More than a decade of turning ideas into reality, shepherding projects from conception to completion and evaluation, ranging from websites, sound archives and podcasts to live events, broadcasts and community music-making.

Communicator: Drafted and edited press releases, copy for print, web and social media, presentations, and program notes. Issued monthly and long-range planning schedules, project progress briefing documents and final reports to colleagues and external stakeholders. Extensive proofing of season brochures and program books. Also, media relations specialist, representing the most popular syndicated classical radio program in the U.S., From the Top, to more than 200 stations across the country. Writing samples.