Iyal Basen
Multilingual Public Relations Professional
Albany,NY
Summary
Ambitious multilingual public relations professional focused on contributing to company success while learning from established professionals. Desiring to take on challenging position with long term career potential that enables the sharing of love of music with the world.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
5
5
Languages
Work History
Singer/Theater Actor
Various Theatres
Albany, NY
05.2023 - Current
- Trained for 14 years and prepared voice, using various melodies and tenor range for professional production purposes.
- Interpreted different music by making use of voice production, harmony, rhythm and melody to present characterization.
- Sang and danced with creative ensembles and troupes for dramatic and comedic performances such as Footloose and Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Collaborated with producers and arrangers to fine-tune songs for vocal performers.
Hebrew School Teacher
Beth Emeth Religious School
Albany, NY
09.2022 - Current
- Facilitated student discussions to expand upon lectures and help students explore important topics.
- Maintained student portfolios to monitor learning progress and completion of work required for promotion to next grade level.
- Created and presented clever lessons to engage classes of 10 students and focus on Hebrew vocabulary, reading comprehension, and Jewish themes.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
Threat Analyst
Google with Vaco
Remote
09.2021 - 06.2022
- Conducted risk analysis research on potential impacts of emerging misinformation and disinformation narratives, influence operations, coups, wars, elections, protests, referenda, and controversial legislation on Google products.
- Leveraged Spanish, French, Hebrew, and English open-source intelligence materials to uncover emerging trends and forecast forms of abuse in Latin American, Middle East, and U.S. markets in the form of 20 reports.
- Presented high-level risk analysis to Google superiors in weekly meetings, newsletters, briefs, and memos.
- Queried databases for information needed for report processing
- Identified and resolved problems through root cause analysis and research
Director of Press and Public Diplomacy
Israeli Consulate To The Pacific Northwest
San Francisco, CA
07.2020 - 04.2021
- Composed and curated a weekly newsletter advertising upcoming Consular news and events.
- Headed research and analysis on 50 new pieces of legislation, including regulatory, health, and racial policy across the US Pacific Northwest, translating complex topics into simple language.
- Maintained proactive media relations program, building strong relationships with outlets, distributing news releases, and monitoring media.
- Managed Consulate social media platforms and contributed engaging media to a range of industry publications in print and radio.
Political Affairs Intern
US Mission To The United Nations
New York, NY
10.2019 - 12.2019
- Steered efforts to write tweets on behalf of USUN (@USUN) to grow its engagement online to 383k followers.
- Project managed cross-functional stakeholders providing updates to the Ambassador on Political Affairs. Directed day-to-day administrative tasks to maintain a seamless workflow.
- Contributed extensively to meetings of the Security Council, Fourth Committee of the General Assembly, and NGOs on Israel/Palestine policy.
Education
Master of Arts - International Relations
New York University
New York, NY 09.2018 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Global Liberal Studies
New York University
New York, NY 09.2015 - 05.2019
Skills
G Suite
Certification
Google Data Analytics Certificate
Timeline
Singer/Theater Actor
Various Theatres
05.2023 - Current
Google Data Analytics Certificate
02-2023
Hebrew School Teacher
Beth Emeth Religious School
09.2022 - Current
Threat Analyst
Google with Vaco
09.2021 - 06.2022
Director of Press and Public Diplomacy
Israeli Consulate To The Pacific Northwest
07.2020 - 04.2021
Political Affairs Intern
US Mission To The United Nations
10.2019 - 12.2019
Master of Arts - International Relations
New York University
09.2018 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Global Liberal Studies
New York University
09.2015 - 05.2019
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