Christina's Resumé
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Art Education
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA - MFA Painting and Drawing 2005
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA - BFA, Painting and Drawing, 2003;
Brazier Park Artist Program, Warrington, UK, Summer 2002
Education
University of San Diego - MA, International Relations, 1992; Paralegal Program, 1990;
Teacher's Assistant for Dr. Randy Willoughby, Political Science Department, 1992
University of Wisconsin, Madison - BA, Political Science and Economics, 1989
Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Los Angeles, CA - Graduate Gemologist, 1988
Exhibitions
Humanity is the Ultimate Source, curator Lori Gordon, PLAySPACE Graduate Gallery,
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, July 2004
Paper Cuts, curator Thomas Wojak, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo Community Arts Foundation, July 2004
SUPERNATURAL, curator Lee Plested, PLAySPACE Graduate Gallery
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, May 2004
Fluid Exchange, curator Matt Boyko, Worth Ryder Graduate Gallery, UC Berkeley, March 2004
Graduation Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, May 2003
some body, North Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, April 2003
CCAC Senior Show, curator Mary Snowden, Nexus Gallery, Oakland, April 2003
Brazier Show, West Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, September 2002
Business Management Experience
Producer, Insurgency Pictures, San Francisco, CA, April 2000-December 2000
Insurgency Pictures was a film production company that created TV commercials and corporate films.
Independent Consultant, San Francisco, CA, October 1999-April 2000
Worked as a consultant for IDG Books' Internet Group, ShopEco.com, and Insurgency Pictures.
Director of Marketing, Director of International Sales, & Sales Manager
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., (Purchased by Wiley, New York, NY in 2001)
Foster City, CA, April 1993-October 1999
IDG Books Worldwide produced branded, how-to books, such as Dummies and CliffsNotes. I specialized in sales and marketing. In 1996, I managed the International Sales Department ($18 million sales). Then for the next two and a half years, I reorganized and ran the Marketing Department. This included selecting and training over 50 people, managing a $15 million marketing budget (FY 99), and helping to sell and market over 65 million Dummies books. The marketing department implemented all phases of a project from concept to art design, to manufacturing, to in-store placement. The departments under my leadership included: advertising, event planning, brand management, channel marketing, in-store merchandizing and promotion, catalog and sales tool design, and product packaging.