Friday, June 04, 2010

testing out some web things ...

like .. google docs for my resume.

if you're looking for pics or videos of Nadia, Esra or me... everything important in the world can be found at:

pictures - http://Nadia.Dayani.com
videos - http://www.youtube.com/EsraJudith

Kory John Dayani - resume

KORY DAYANI

397 Douglass St # 2
Brooklyn NY 11217

212 . 842 . 9100

KoryDayani@gmail.com

 

 

ART / MEDIA ARCHIVES / OFFICE EXPERIENCE:

       

Phillips De Pury & Co., Gallery and Auction House – New York, NY

[current]  Art Handler

·     Active in all phases of new exhibit unpacking, installation, strike, repacking and mailing exhibit materials.

·     Hang paintings and photographic works, handle and set sculptures and design works, assist with design layout.

·     Warehouse storage maintenance using Voxme software resource and catalogue photography assistance.

·     As needed: light carpentry, electrical, lighting, wall and floor layout, painting, mounting.

 

Handmade Frames, Inc – Brooklyn, NY

[current]  Art Transporter / Art Handler

·     Art transport driving of 14’ and 20’ cube trucks in the Tri-State area and beyond.

·     Active in all phases of artwork unpacking, framing work, repacking and mailing.

·     Matte, mount, frame and hang paintings and photographic works in client homes, galleries and museums.

 

Rubin Museum of Art – New York, NY

[current]  Art Handler / contractor

·     Active in all phases of new exhibit installation and de-installation, using the ArtBase software resource.

·     Hang paintings and artworks, handled and set sculptures and design works, assisted with design layout.

·     As needed: light carpentry, electrical, lighting, wall and floor layout, painting, mounting.

·     Personally reupholstered and reinforced 140 theater chairs used for all theater events, talks, performances.

 

San Diego Balboa Park Museum of Photographic Art - San Diego, CA

Exhibit Installation Technician

·     Assisted with all phases of new exhibit unpacking, installation, strike, repacking and mailing exhibit materials.

·     Studied artist profiles and answered visitor questions regarding the works on hand.

·     Assisted with front desk duties, answering phones and questions from public, mailing list maintenance.

     

San Francisco State University Library, Archives / Special Collections - San Francisco, CA

Television News, Film and Video Archivist / Librarian

·       Mentored under head archivist in maintenance and cataloguing of SFSU's extensive archival media library.

·       Transcribed their donated PBS and CBS news footage for the period of 1968-80.

·       Wrote abstracts of news footage to be used in a national database, searchable via the Library of Congress.

·       Created an on-file resource guide of all middle-East related topics in the collection for students and researchers.

       

Video Monitoring Services - San Francisco, CA

Television News Researcher / Transcriber

·     Researched and transcribed and/or wrote abstracts for news stories of interest to Fortune 500 clients.

·     Assisted in library archiving, video dubbing and closed captioning.

       

Fast Forward - San Francisco, CA

Tape Handler / Quality Control Specialist

·     Ensured commercial video post-production work orders were processed accurately and quickly.

·     Acted as liaison with sales, control room, archive library, and shipping departments.

·     Assisted with labeling, library archiving, video dubbing and closed captioning.

       

Mediatel / Capataris - San Francisco, CA

Network Service Consultant

·     Processed, logged and archived incoming work orders for later retrieval.

·     Developed and maintained archival databases via MS Access and Excel.

·       Designed and distributed graphics oriented flyers for Countrywide Home Loans.



KORY DAYANI

397 Douglass St # 2
Brooklyn NY 11217

212 . 842 . 9100

KoryDayani@Gmail.com

 

 

MEDIA PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE:    ART DEPARTMENT - June 2006 – Present

VARIOUS CONTRACTOR:  Rubin Museum of Art: chair reupholstery: reupholstered all chairs used by Rubin Museum for theater events, talks, performances

       

SET DRESSER:  Interesting Monster promotional event: H&M clothing line launch party / Grace Jones concert :: Transistor Films commercials: Giant Eagle Supermarkets :: Sonora Films TV pilot: 'Men-U' :: Interesting Monster promotional event: Michael Jordan clothing line season launch :: Interesting Monster photo shoot: Harper Collins, book cover :: Humble TV commercials: Honey Bunches of Oats

       

ART DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION ASSISTANT:  Crooked River commercials: Cablevision  ::  Mechanikal commercials: CNN “Zapp” News Application  :: Karma commercials: Maybelline  :: ABC TV series: Fringe :: MJZ commercials: Dial Soap, cleaning products :: Universal City Studios Feature Film: Untitled Nancy Meyers Project :: Anisa Productions TV series: America's Next Top Model :: Two Cities Productions TV series: Stylista - with Tyra Banks ::  Take It Over  TV series: Legally Blonde :: New York Production Services (NYPS) print ad: Macy's President's Day sale :: N.Y.P.S. commercials: David's Bridal :: N.Y.P.S. commercials: Macy's Christmas :: Interesting Monster: stage reading: Now and Then, Cate Blanchett led staged reading at the Guggenheim Museum :: N.Y.P.S. commercials: Macy's Christmas :: N.Y.P.S. commercials: Macy's thanksgiving :: N.Y.P.S. commercials: Weight Watchers ::  N.Y.P.S. commercials: Macy's One Day Sale :: Smuggler Films - commercials: Verizon broadband :: Left/Right Productions TV pilot: Court TV: Young and Reckless

       

OTHER PRODUCTION POSITIONS: 

Universal City Studios Feature Film: Untitled Nancy Meyers Project (Producer's Assistant) ::  Martha Stewart TV series: Everyday Food: Baking :: (Culinary Production Assistant / Assistant Food Buyer) ::  N.Y.P.S. commercials: Macy's thanksgiving :: (Shopper / Art Dept Production Assistant) :: Day O Productions commercials: Honda :: (Production Assistant) :: N.Y.P.S. commercials: Macy's One Day Sale :: (Shopper / Art Dept Production Assistant) ::  Project East/West A Feature Film: Achchamundu! Achchamundu! :: (On Set Dresser / Buyer)


TELECOM WORK EXPERIENCE:

       
IPC Network Services  - New York, NY  ::  August 2004 - June 2007

Network Operations and Billing Consultant

Managed incoming work flow, quality control and assignment of work orders to appropriate members of technical and provisioning teams. Integrated assistance and reporting for billing team, provisioning, network design and maintenance.

       

MCI-Worldcom  - San Francisco, CA and New York, NY  ::  November 1997 - June 2004
Implementation Consultant / Associate Project Manager

Instrumental member of the MCI account support team for Wells Fargo Bank, MCI's second largest billing client. Created and managed an MS Access database tracking circuit conversion projects and day-to-day circuit order status. Managed and assigned incoming work orders to appropriate members of the tech team. Placed, coordinated, and scheduled the activation of circuit orders for ATMs, banks, data centers, branches, etc.

 

EDUCATION

College: San Francisco State University // American Studies, Documentary Film emphasis

Typing Speed: 85 WPM

Computer Skills: fully versed in Mac and Windows-OS; highly proficient with all Microsoft Office (including MS Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, Acrobat, PowerPoint, etc.), familiarity with Avid Studio Pro, FinalCut Pro, Quicktime Pro, Photoshop, light HTML