Caira Moreira-Brown

I am responsible for managing and updating the Canvas Course Sites weekly. I attend classes where I take attendance, keep track of student participation, presentations, and grades, and maintain clear records of all these activities. Additionally, I assist with grading papers, preparing digital slides for course sessions, and downloading and running PowerPoint presentations prepared by both students and the instructor. Before the class, I help prepare the classroom and clean up after the presentations. I also participate in final classroom CRITS and help organize final presentation receptions.

As a facilitator for the Director of Exhibitor Relations and Patron Logistics, I assist in organizing group visits from patrons by reaching out to museums and other organizations in a strategic manner. Additionally, I collaborate with the Director of Patron Logistics and Exhibitor Relations to curate personalized VIP itineraries for patron groups. Another responsibility of mine is to establish VIP pass distribution portals for exhibiting companies, sponsors, and partners of EXPO ART WEEK. Together with the Director of Exhibitor Relations and Patron Logistics, I identify significant VIPs and stakeholders and contribute to the collection and management of VIP event portal registrations. I also support the editing, monitoring, and updating of all VIP event details as required. Moreover, I maintain and keep track of RSVPs for all VIP events, including unique events exclusive to a particular group itinerary. To communicate with the VIPs, I create VIP email campaigns, such as invites and event confirmations, using MailChimp in collaboration with the Director of Exhibitor Relations and Patron Logistics and the Director of Marketing and Communications. I also aid the Director of Patron Logistics and Exhibitor Relations in planning on-site VIP visits and serve as the primary point of contact for temporary employees stationed at VIP Info and Will Call desks. Lastly, I assist in staffing various EXPO CHICAGO/ART WEEK events, managing private event spaces and aiding groups on-site.

As a seasoned writer operating in a fast-paced online environment, I pitch, write, and report visual art reviews and features for print and websites, including New City Chicago, Cultbytes, Hyperallergic, Mana Contemporary, FAD Magazine, and Sixty Inches from Center as a regular contributor. I am also a confident interviewer covering a range of topics and can work with a fast turnaround time and meet deadlines appropriately.

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My responsibilities as a Senior Business Development Representative at Waterline Renewal included identifying leads, and educating prospects on products through calls, training, and presentations. I developed ambitious sales targets based on extensive market research and analysis, and checked in on clients weekly to ensure needs were being met, and supplies were being filled.

As an Account Executive at Yelp, Inc., I maintained a pipeline of small to medium-sized businesses in varying industries, organized in Salesforce. I educated, strategized, and successfully sold Yelp advertising programs through a high volume of outbound sales calls. I also met and exceeded monthly sales quotas while adapting to changing products and CRM. Moreover, I maintained a trailing three-month average of 30,000 in revenue and was selected for the Management development program due to performance and leadership in the company and Manager for a day when current managers are out of the office.

As an Executive Assistant to the President of Project&, my responsibilities included organizing the administrative work for the Pan Chicago performance that was featured in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. I provided administrative and personal assistance to the President/Artistic Director, performed accounting functions for expense reports, invoicing, tracking donations, cash flow management, and Expensify management. Moreover, I served as the board liaison, preparing and modifying board meeting documents including correspondence, reminders, memos, financial reports, and agendas. I provided assistance where needed to the Production Manager. Organized and managed schedules, meetings, travel, email threads, logistics, errands, tasks, coordination, research, and other personal support as needed. I also managed general office administration, including maintaining office supplies and equipment, tech troubleshooting, various HR-related tasks, designed office templates, stationery, and website maintenance.

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As a Marketing Intern at Scholastic Reading Club Creative Services, my responsibilities included assisting the Reading Club magazine with organizing for marketing events and completing a contact database daily consisting of learning professionals across the U.S. I also assisted with design drafts for the magazine.

As a Gallery Assistant Intern at Castor Gallery, my responsibilities included writing press releases for upcoming exhibitions, delivering and packaging artwork for clients, monitoring the front desk, and managing client and artist relations.

As a Gallery Assistant at 67 Gallery, I was responsible for general administrative tasks, special projects involving artist- and exhibition- related research, cataloging archival and reference materials, assembling press kits, and organizing the gallery's library of exhibition catalogs and artists' visuals. I frequently worked at the front desk and engaged with viewers and clients.

As a Traveling Exhibition Intern at Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards, my responsibilities included collecting the networking data for the 2016 National Poet Scholars reception at The White House, taking the inventory of the student artist work, assisting in planning national traveling exhibitions, maintaining relationships and strategic outreach with current and future partners, researched local events, and conducted special programming for upcoming traveling tour locations. I organized images and other assets for the archives database, analyzed tour costs, and prepared estimates for planning purposes.