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- 1. CID NICHOLS 247 W145th Street Apt#3A錚New York, NY 10039 (347) 224-8929錚thecidnichols@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts New York, NY Major: Dance 09/2005-06/2009 Honors: National Honor Society, Regents Honors Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY Major: Communication Arts 09/2009-05/2014 Minor: Journalism EXPERIENCE Roads to Success: Camp POWER Sleep Away Camp New York, NY Group Counselor/Dance Specialist 08/2014 Live in bunks with campers (8-11 campers & 2-3 counselors) Facilitate camp activities throughout the day and evening Ensure the safety as well as the emotional and spiritual well-being of each camper Act as a positive role model for campers, setting a good example with own personal habits, dress, language, and lifestyle Communicate between campers and staff administration regarding camp updates and concerns Help camp run smoothly by supporting fellow counselors Facilitating workshops/discussions with the young women of camp in hopes of exploring themes of femininity, youth, growth, and diversity. Millions March NYC New York, NY Founder/Lead Organizer 11/14-Present ! Established a coalition of young multi-racial activists to organize thousands of people and/or more to go peacefully into the streets all over the country to protest and demand justice for victims of police violence and institutionalized racism. ! Collaborated with community organizations and leaders to further outreach to communities all over New York City as well as across the country. ! Social Media Manager: handling varying forms of social media including Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, etc ! Media Correspondent: representing Millions March NYC to all media outlets Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation Brooklyn, NY Dance Specialist 10/14-12/14 ! Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible. ! Organize, lead, and promote interest in daily dance activities such as warm-up, movement across the floor, center activity and combinations as well as activities that lead to full performance pieces, trips to see shows and workshops outside the site to enhance and further learning. ! Organize performance groups, and direct their rehearsals, put on performances at the site and prepare to audition for the Annual SASF Performing Arts Showcase.
- 2. ! Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students. ! Ascertain and interpret group interests, evaluate equipment and facilities, and adapt activities to meet the requirements of SASF along with the students interests. ! Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities. ! Explain principles, techniques, and safety procedures to participants in the activities, and demonstrate use of materials and equipment. ! Greet new arrivals to activities, introducing them to other students, explaining rules, and encouraging participation. ! Evaluate activity to determine if they are producing desired results. ! Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests. ! Coordinate competitions between other Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation programs or outside of SASF programs. ! Progressive development of student skills leading to a final project ! Provide support during academic/homework hour ! Promotes positive character development in all youth Wilson Model Management New, York, NY Intern 07/14-08/14 ! Daily updates of social media (Sunday-Saturday). For now, Sean does the Blog & Tumblr and I do the IG & Twitter. We both do the Facebook. We would like to pass these responsibilities on. ! Weekly checking for the release of editorials, campaigns, lookbooks, catalogue, etc. for each model. ! Assisting on photo shoots pertaining to Wilson and its model(s). ! Updating and keeping contact information in check. This includes, agencies, models, stylists, make up artists, photographers, and other. ! Updating models profiles with recent work and agencies on models.com and/or fashionspots. ! Updating the models portfolios on the Wilson web page per management. ! Making rounds to various magazine shops to purchase the latest editorial or campaign tear-sheet. ! Making rounds to various agencies to drop off or pick up tear-sheets, or other information per management. ! Cropping, editing, scanning, and archiving of photos. ! Emailing test shoots, campaigns, editorial, and other works or information to the models respective agencies worldwide. ! Contacting agents, photographers, stylists, MU, and other for High Res images of jobs that are to be released. ! Assisting in scouting new faces per management. 72 & Sunny New, York, NY Team Coordinator 12/13-04/14 ! Operational lead for meetings ! Manages meeting requests and ensures the appropriate staff are invited ! Books conference rooms ! Books travel ! Ensures that appropriate materials are on hand in meetings ! Ensures there is food at client presentations Assists Brand Manager in writing conference reports ! Budget Management ! Assists Brand Manager in managing budgets across all projects ! Works with finance to open, track and reconcile jobs.
- 3. ! Ensures all who work on client/project are clear on what job numbers to put time against on timesheets ! Schedule/Asset Management ! Assists Brand Manager in maintaining schedules and status reports ! Provides brand teams with updates as appropriate: new product information, industry news, etc Ruby Pseudo Consulting London, UK/New York, NY Liaison/Research/Brand//Creative Consultant 4/2011-Present ! Create sales producing diverse social campaigns delivered daily and designed to engage and inform existing and new customers about the brands ! Consistently deliver increased customer engagement ! Communicate on behalf of RPC to network, followers and readers to increase engagement ! Analyze and share performance of social media programs versus prior internal and industry benchmark. ! Attend client project briefings, meetings and research groups/debriefs to act as strategic counsel ! Write and deliver (with style!) succinct, focused and engaging creative briefs for the creative team. ! Analysis and structured justification for creative direction on projects ! Write concept statements; brand positioning and copy for designs help us to explain and sell our work in the simplest and most compelling way possible ! Support pitch work from preparation of credentials; interrogation of pitch briefs; development of strategic response and explanation of creative work ! Work directly with the Creative Services Director to identify/research new markets and generate strategic work to feed into the new business strategy (some presentations at board level required) ! Work closely with Creative Services team on client development, generate regular insight and trend-based content which explore opportunity areas for brands to connect with consumers Higher Self New York, NY Artist Liaison 12/2013-Present ! Responsible for establishing and maintaining communication between artists and the organization ! Keeping artists regularly up to date with information about shows, events, and their part in such events ! Ensuring that artists, as well as the organization, understand logistics and business details about events created by the Higher Self organization ! Develop a professional relationship between both the artist and organization in order to create a relationship where both can mutually benefit from working with each other ! Creating creative and innovative strategies throughout the organization in order to ensure organizations relationship with an artist American Apparel New York, NY In-Store Visual Merchandiser 07/2013-11/2013 ! Assisting with concepting and executing visual displays in store location ! Handle tasks and projects given by NY Visual Team and corporate team in Los Angeles ! Be a liaison between back stock and sales employees in implementing visual standards and merchandise ! Represent and advocate the American Apparel brand and utilize expert product knowledge to educate, inform, and inspire the store team
- 4. Alvin Ailey School/Ailey Camp New York, NY Ailey Camp Group Leader/Teaching Assistant 07/2011- 08/2011 ! Demonstrate and help students learn choreography ! Assist students with other activities in other classes. ! Responsible for the overseeing of campers ! Monitor behaviors and act as a liaison between campers, faculty members, and Ailey Camp director AfroPunk Brooklyn, NY Marketing & Promotions Intern 06/2011-07/2011 ! Create projects and documents under the supervision of coordinator. ! Attend and staff pre-festival promotional events. ! Research colleges and universities for outreach initiatives. ! Assist in the creation of collateral and promotional materials. ! Create and develop text & copy in regards to promotional material and social media. ! Familiar with online and mobile social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc.). ! Sit in on meetings with staff to assess marketing and promotions needs. ! Manage and update communications directories. ! Administrative duties: faxing, copying, telephone outreach, mailing, etc. ! Additional general office duties as assigned. Topshop/Topman New York, NY Sales Advisor 08/2011-10/2011 ! Engage and interact with customers in accordance with Topshop / Topman Standard Sales Advisor ! Competencies. ! Provide the skills, knowledge and behaviors that will demonstrate ultimate customer service standards. ! Greeting, assisting and engaging customers while working on the shop floor, fitting room, and till point. ! Maintain cleanliness and organization in assigned areas assigned. (May include light dusting, cleaning and sweeping). ! Adheres to all Company policies and procedures ! Attends and supports all store meetings ! Maintains a professional and productive work environment ! Adheres to Company Code of Business Conduct and demonstrates professionalism at all times. ! Follow Loss Prevention procedures to reduce shortage ! Follow Health and Safety standards during daily operations and handling of equipment Good*Fella Media Co. New Jersey/New York Assistant Producer, On-Air Co-Host, Social Media & Artist Liaison 06/2009 08/2012 ! Handling social media, marketing, and online presence ! Helped create interview questions and film video interviews, reaching over 4,000,000 viewers and growing worldwide ! Maintained communication with talent on and off the air in order to build long lasting relationships with the company ! Maintained live streaming of radio show ! On-Air Radio Co-Hosting
- 5. SKILLS & INTERESTS ! Applications MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) ! Video/Audio Editing Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Garageband Logic Pro, Pro Tools ! Languages Beginner Spanish (oral and written) ! Interests Dancing, Yoga/Meditation, Cooking, Disc Jockey, Volunteer at Alvin Ailey School