Athena Taylor
408.234.4738
Summary of Qualifications
Graphic/Web Design
- Using Photoshop 5.5 and Dreamweaver, designed graphics for banners of the radio station KUSP's Web site. Web master and arts editor of Fine Arts section of KUSP Web site.
- Incorporating images, text and a concept, published mock CD insert utilizing Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXPress
- Importing files from Photoshop, produced video art piece with sound, using non-linear video editing in Avid
- Collaborated in the printing of the posters, invitations and flyers for a group show with twenty other artists. Exhibition featured Performance, Installation and Video Art at The Lab gallery in San Francisco, December 1999
Marketing
- Successfully publicized above group exhibition, using posters, press releases and radio announcements which resulted in a larger than anticipated audience
Office Administration
- Working for the Human Resources department of a large corporation, produced letters of offers of employment and benefits packages. Maintained employee database for wage payments and attendance records
Management Experience
- As Program Director, trained and was responsible for a staff of twelve counselors and sixty children at a summer camp that provided sponsored programs for underprivileged and terminally ill participants
Software Knowledge
MS Word, Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks,HTML, Avid
Employment History
KUSP NPR radio station, Santa Cruz, CA June 2000 - present
Web master, Arts section editor
Manpower Inc. Head Office, London, UK May 1994 - July 1995
Human Resources Administrator
The Pacific Bank, San Francisco, CA July 1991 - November 1993
Receptionist/Administrative Assistant
St. Dorothy’s Episcopal Summer Camp, Sebastapo, CA May 1989 - August 1989
Program Director
University of California at Santa Barbara, CA September 1987 - February 1991
Arts and Lectures Department
Theater Officer
Education
The San Francisco Art Institute September 1998 – January 2000
BFA candidate
University of California at Santa Barbara September 1986 – March 1991
BA degree English Literature
