ELIZABETH BAYNE MANN
Mobile
phone - (646) 322 - 6172
E-mail: emann@prdivas.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Activities
Wolves - May-August 2003 Designed and built website for Toronto-based fashion label, Wolves. www.wolvesloves.caKids "R" Us - October-November 2001 Wrote original KRU song for use at Spring 2002 New York fashion presentation for press and VIPS. Worked with music producer and rap artists to develop the right sound. Song was used to open the show (tape available). Also wrote coordinating invitation copy for the event.
PRdivas.com- September 2001- present. Designed and continue to maintain this site for Mann Media, Inc.
Web Dream - 366 Bay St., Toronto - March 2002-August 2003
Customer Service Representative/Site Administrator. Provided online and telephone customer service and tech support for several websites. Developed online promotional campaigns, maintained customer database.
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - 172 King Street, E., Toronto - September 2001 to November 2001
Public relations coordinator on the annual Gemini Awards. Wrote press releases, created and managed databases, assisted in press conference organization, handled invitation mailing/RSVPs, compiled press clipping reports, handled front-of-show operations at Awards ceremonies.
Interactive Media Group - 905 King Street, West, Toronto - June 2001 - September 2001
Ad editor . Reviewed personal ads to screen out profanities and/or politically incorrect verbiage for the webpersonals.com site. Advised members on how to improve ads to meet acceptable standards for posting on the site.
Icon/Nicholson - 295 Lafayette Street, New York City - May-September 2000
Production artist. Optimized graphics for the web, acted as liaison between web developers and graphic designers, worked with both teams to conduct technical feasibility analysis of design approaches. Photo research and retouching. Meticulous attention to detail, trouble shooting. Worked on the following sites: Pfizer (Viagra), Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Advanstar, VisionWeb and Wall Street Rarities. Also wrote technical manual on Adobe Image Ready to train other production artists.
Deignan/Mann Public Relations - 89 Fifth Avenue, New York City - June-September '97, June-September '98, June-September '99, February 2001
Receptionist, computer consultant, fashion assistant. Wrote fashion copy, maintained database of media lists, assembled press kits, organized event invitations/RSVPs, arranged for fashion samples to be sent to magazines, coordinated fashion show operations and handled backstage activities at major designer fashion shows.
Jody Donohue Public Relations - July-September 1996
Receptionist, fashion assistant . Answered phones, assembled press kits, coordinated press seating at designer fashion shows.
HBO - July 1996
Wardrobe assistant. Shopped the marketplace for appropriate fashion and accessories for HBO production entitled Subway Stories.
COMPUTER LITERACY
HTML proficient, Mac/PC, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Premiere/Image Ready/PageMill, Microsoft Front Page/Word, Media 100, Quark Xpress, Macromedia Flash 4, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks.
EDUCATION
*Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto - Integrated Media - September 2000 to May 2001
*University of Toronto - completed two years, Visual Studies major
*Convent of The Sacred Heart, 1 East 91st Street, New York City - Graduated June 1998.
*St. Luke's School, 487 Hudson Street, New York City - Graduated June 1994
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
*Scholastic National Gold Key Award for Creative Writing
*Johns Hopkins University - National Mathematics and Verbal Talent Search - Citation for Distinction in Journalism and Creative Writing
*Scholastic National Gold Key Award for Photography
*Scholarship to New Writers Conference - Breadloaf School of English, Middlebury College