Professional Summary
Experienced non-profit radio professional seeking part-time/ temporary work during a long-term career transition into international development project management. 10 years experience as radio on-air host, board operator, technical troubleshooting, equipment maintenance, and audio production. 4 years experience training others in board operation, on-air legal compliance and audio production. Former radio Station Manager, with full exposure to the challenges of the radio environment, and demonstrated capacity to quickly analyze and resolve diverse problems.
Work Experience
On-air Host
October 2008
- May 2010
WKCR-FM, Columbia University
New York, NY
+ On-call
volunteer on-air host and board operator for special programming.
+ Regularly held 2-5 hours/week of self-programmed features on Jazz artists from modernist Dave Douglas to lost master Herbie Nichols.
Publication Manager January 2009 - May 2010
Jazz at Lincoln Center Library Editions New York, NY
+ Project management of digitization, design, layout and editing for scholarly republication.
+ Independent research at specialized archives including Library of Congress.
Journalism Internship May 2009 – July 2009
Radio Azattyk (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
+ Conducted
recorded and edited interviews for international broadcast and web audio features.
+ Contributed
to translation, style editing, audio production, and voice-over of pre-election candidate profiles
Station Manager June 2006 – May 2008
KRTU-FM, Trinity University San Antonio, TX
Responsible for station operations, programming, fund-raising, strategic planning, and budget management. Specific duties and accomplishments included:
+ Managed team of 5 full-time employees, 40 university interns, and 20 community volunteers.
+ Developed and monitored $400,000 annual operating budget. Used leadership skills to eliminate $80,000 deficit through more responsible expenditure tracking and increased membership revenue.
+ During tenure helped double annual membership revenue, increase underwriting by 150%, and laid the foundation for KRTU endowment, planned giving, sub-carrier licensing, and other alternative revenue streams.
+ Initiated organization’s first grant writing program. Responsible for proposal writing, budget development, project documentation and final reports to funders for 7 awarded local grants totaling $47,000.
+ Successful project management of $300,000 AT&T station-wide digital upgrade grant. Included station-wide renovation and installation of first non-commercial HD radio transmitter in San Antonio, TX.
+ Instructed University courses in Radio Journalism, On-air Hosting, and Sports Broadcasting.
+ Regularly held 6-10 hours/week of live and pre-recorded on-air host responsibility.
+ Managed and produced in-studio and remote recordings and live broadcasts.
Operations Manager October 2003 – May 2006
KRTU-FM, Trinity University San Antonio, TX
+ Maintained all station broadcast, on-line, and associated technical and computer systems.
+ Trained 50+ students and volunteers in legal compliance and technical operations of broadcast equipment.
+ Fast-paced trouble-shooting involved creative solutions and independent skills acquisition.
+ Various tasks assigned by General Manager including legal research, graphic design and web development.
+ Managed and produced in-studio and remote recordings and live broadcasts.
+ Regularly held 10-20 hours/week of live or pre-recorded on-air host responsibility.
Education
Columbia University GPA 3.95
Master of Arts in Islamic Studies, May 2010 New York, NY
Trinity University GPA 3.64
Bachelor of Arts in History & Ancient Mediterranean Studies, May 2004 San Antonio, TX
Technical Skills
Computer Software: Expert in the use of MS Office 2000-2010 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint), audio editing (Audition, Audacity, Sonic Foundry), graphic design (Photoshop), and website development (Dreamweaver, CSS, HTML). Experience in video editing (Premier), desktop publishing, transcription (Express Scribe), academic reference (EndNote), and GIS coding (Google Earth).
Audio Hardware: Expert on RCS systems, Telos Axia digital routing consoles, and Telos Zyphr ISDN and POTS systems. Experienced on various Mackie, Soundcraft, and other analog mixers in live and studio environments.
Languages: Intermediate French; University studies in Arabic and Ancient Greek.
References from KRTU-FM, WKCR-FM and Columbia University supplied upon request.
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