Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Languages
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Yana Kachanivska

Yana Kachanivska

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Bartender

United Selector Work
Los Angeles, CA
08.2024 - Current
  • Learned and recreated custom drinks of a Wild Brew label for each event. Provided drink suggestions to customers based on their preferences.
  • Ensured proper sanitation of bar area, glassware, utensils, and equipment.
  • Managed cash drawer at the end of each shift ensuring accuracy of funds received.
  • Checked identification cards for proof of age prior to serving alcohol beverages.

Teacher Assistant: Undergraduate Critique

Calarts, Professor Janice Tanaka
Santa Clarita, CA
09.2024 - 12.2024
  • Assessed student performance and provided feedback to facilitate student success during critiques.
  • Shared important information with students concerning upcoming assignments and schedules.
  • Collaborated with professor to develop and revise curriculum, enhancing learning experience.
  • Copied, organized and distributed classroom assignments or other paperwork.
  • Handled class records for attendance, assignment grades and course participation scores.

Photographer

Freelance
Kyiv, Ukraine, Los Angeles, CA
12.2017 - 08.2024
  • Event photography for companies such as Biosphere, Boro Veda
  • Individual photoshoots: stylization, direction, editing
  • High School event photographer (volunteering at ORT Educational Complex #141, 2017-2019)

Translator

Unbabel
, Online
10.2021 - 02.2022
  • Translated and edited advertisement campaigns from English to Russian for companies such as SoundCloud, Tinder, Electronic Arts etc.
  • Reviewed final work to spot and correct errors in punctuation, grammar, and translation.
  • Maintained translated message content, glossary of technical terms, and tone as closely as possible.
  • Reviewed, edited, and proofread translated material for accuracy in a time-limited capacity.

Cafe Associate

Delice et Chocolat
Ardmore, PA
09.2019 - 11.2019
  • Operated point-of-sales system and securely handled cash and credit card payments to drive business profitability.
  • Assisted customers with product selection by answering questions about food ingredients and nutritional value.
  • Built and broke down display cases, secured, and returned product to storage space to assist with opening and closing duties.
  • Wiped, sanitized and maintained floors, facility, and equipment to adhere with company standards and procedures.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Film And Video, Performance Studies

California Institute of The Arts
Santa Clarita, CA
12-2024

Associate of Arts - Mass Media Production

Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA
05-2022

High School Diploma -

ORT Educational Complex #141
Kyiv, Ukraine
06-2019

Skills

  • Customer service
  • Digital storytelling
  • Film production
  • Creative direction
  • Social media management
  • Stage presence
  • Vocal projection
  • Stage/camera acting
  • Voice over acting
  • Choreography creation
  • Contemporary dance
  • Hip-hop dance
  • Folk dance background

Certification

  • TIPS California RBS Training Program, 2025
  • Floral Design & Arrangement Training | Ne Flower Boutique, Philadelphia, PA | Feb 2020

Projects

Thesis Film Blue Butterflies (2025) directed by Linx Fong Selby - Acting

Thesis Film Bardo (2024) by Yudan Zhou - Acting, Voiceover

Film Don't Even Try (2024) by Yuhan Wang - Acting

Film ¿Y LAS DEMÁS? (2022) directed by Gabriela Gonzalez Garza - Cinematography

Personal Projects

Thesis Performance Lost Wing (2024) - Direction, Choreography

Film Open Me (2023) - Direction, Movement Direction

Photo Project Yasya (2019) - Photography, Stylization

Languages

English
Full Professional
Ukrainian
Native/ Bilingual
Russian
Native/ Bilingual
Hebrew
Elementary

Timeline

Teacher Assistant: Undergraduate Critique

Calarts, Professor Janice Tanaka
09.2024 - 12.2024

Bartender

United Selector Work
08.2024 - Current

Translator

Unbabel
10.2021 - 02.2022

Cafe Associate

Delice et Chocolat
09.2019 - 11.2019

Photographer

Freelance
12.2017 - 08.2024

Bachelor of Arts - Film And Video, Performance Studies

California Institute of The Arts

Associate of Arts - Mass Media Production

Montgomery County Community College

High School Diploma -

ORT Educational Complex #141

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