Cynthia Carvajal
Austin
Summary
Art professional with proven expertise in curating exhibitions and managing collections. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adapting seamlessly to changing needs. Keen eye for detail and passion for fostering artistic innovation. Highly reliable and driven by commitment to delivering impactful and meaningful art experiences.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Sewing Teacher
City of Austin Parks and Recreation
09.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: TCTA is a nationally recognized, award winning art outreach program teaching at risk teens skills such as sewing and textiles
- Fresh Threads teacher for 2023 - 2024 school year evening classes
- Maintain a working environment for all the teens, hauling textiles, sewing supplies, sewing equipment, patches, dyes and mannequins to each recreation center
- Work individually with each teen teaching hand sewing machine stitching, dying techniques, patchwork, draping, fashion design and modifying up-cycled garments
- Curated student's fashion work for annual TCTA Mexic-Arte and Dougherty Arts show
Marketing Director
MotionLasers
03.2018 - 07.2023
- Created creative content for video ads for Facebook, Instagram and website banners
- Black Friday ads received 90,000 views, 300 likes and 20+ shares
- SEO marketing and ads in Facebook and Instagram
- Edited all video content in Premiere and After Effects
- Became skilled in Photoshop by editing photos for social media ads
- Built the Instagram from scratch from 0 to 1k followers in 3 months
- Updated Facebook posts every day and established a following
Visual Merchandiser
Calypso St. Barth
01.2017 - 02.2018
- Created captivating visual artistic displays and product merchandising
- Increased the clientele database in one year while building rapport with new clients
- Consistently exceeded all monthly sales and revenue goals
- Successfully built relationships with clients and follow ups for return business
Executive Assistant
Keefe, Bruyette and Woods
01.2014 - 11.2016
- Tracked staff expense reports and program-related expenses
- Handled confidential and sensitive information with discretion and tact
- Managed executive calendars, scheduling meetings and appointments and coordinating travel arrangements to optimize time
- Streamlined executive communication by managing emails, phone calls, and scheduling appointments
- Organized and coordinated conferences and monthly meetings
- Coordinated events for staff members, promoting team-building activities and boosting morale within the workplace
Designer
SOTU Productions
03.2010 - 12.2013
- Assisted CEO with fashion research, fabric shopping and fashion construction
- Sewed fashion garments for high end events, fashion shoots and ad companies
- Sketched and built award winning fashion garments for Phonak commercial
- Assisted Fashion Designers with sewing construction from their patterns
- Developed innovative design concepts for improved brand recognition and customer engagement.
- Managed multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
Education
Bachelor of Behavioral Sciences -
Metropolitan State University of Denver
01.2008
Skills
- Creating engaging content
- Social media management
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft Word
- Graphic design
- Customer Service
- Creative mindset
- Photography
- Reliable
- Dedicated
- Communication abilities
- Relationship building
- Organization and multi-tasking
- Flexible and adaptable
- Video editing
- Event coordination
- Sales expertise
- Administrative support
- Marketing campaigns
- Event planning
- Punctual and reliable
- Detail-oriented
- Website management
- Verbal and written communication
Timeline
Sewing Teacher
City of Austin Parks and Recreation
09.2023 - Current
Marketing Director
MotionLasers
03.2018 - 07.2023
Visual Merchandiser
Calypso St. Barth
01.2017 - 02.2018
Executive Assistant
Keefe, Bruyette and Woods
01.2014 - 11.2016
Designer
SOTU Productions
03.2010 - 12.2013
Bachelor of Behavioral Sciences -
Metropolitan State University of Denver
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