Program Assistant Shoshana Gordon

Short CV

Tulane City Center, Tulane School of Architecture, New Orleans, LA
Feb. 2016 – present
Nonprofit community design center of Tulane School of Architecture
Program Assistant, AmeriCorps VISTA 2016 – 17
• Provide office management support, including facilitating staff meeting, answering telephone inquiries, and
creating strategies for organizing and archiving project files
• Help manage social media accounts, including tumblr, Facebook, and Instagram, to keep stakeholders informed
and excited about upcoming events and current projects
• Designed and illustrated 2015-2016 Annual Report with Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop to highlight
key projects and secure funding for future projects
• Assisted with curation, conception, research, and design of rotating exhibits
• Developed curriculum and schedule for 2-month student fellowship; led activities including weekly reading
discussions, fieldtrips, and check-ins for 8 undergraduate and graduate student fellows

New Blankets, St. Louis, MO Nov. 2015 – Dec. 2016
Nonprofit promoting the sharing of open and free technologies in communities across the US
Artist in Transit
• Lead workshops to both kids and adults on using various tools including 3D printers, the Curio papercutter, and
digital embroidery machines
• Test different fibers for hand papermaking and create DIY, cheap or free versions of traditional hand
papermaking tools and processes
• Designed book cover and layout for second edition of Bruce E. Johansen’s Forgotten Founders

represent.us, Northampton, MA Oct. – Dec. 2015
Nonprofit focused on eliminating corruption in US campaign finance
Graphic Design Intern
• Maintained consistent brand while creating original designs for Facebook graphics and internal documents
• Researched and wrote original copy for Facebook graphics to incite viewer to action against corruption in US
electoral politics

826 Boston, Boston, MA Sept. – Dec. 2015
Nonprofit that provides free creative writing classes to Boston kids ages 6 – 18 years old
Graphic Design Intern
• Created aesthetically pleasing designs and illustrations for event flyers, Facebook graphics, invitations, internal
documents, and thank-you cards as sole designer on staff

EDUCATION
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH May 2015
B.A. in Studio Art
2011 National Merit Scholarship; 2011 - 2015 John F. Oberlin Scholarship; Phi Beta Kappa

SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign
Microsoft Office: Word / Excel / PowerPoint