University of California, Davis

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Fremont High School

Professional chameleon empowering women+ and POC to be safer, stronger, and more successful. Not only survive, but thrive.

Teach women across the globe to stay safer and stronger when traveling at home or abroad through a variety of educational content including online courses, videos, blog articles, personal safety products, and self defense training on situational awareness, risk assessment, boundary setting, defensive fighting moves, and emotional recovery.
• Developed over 30 online educational resources for travel safety and self defense.
• Led private and corporate self defense training workshops for groups of 5-50 people.

Tough Cookie

Creator & Instructor 

Compose and edit compelling written/video content for marketing, entertainment, and educational purposes across multiple industries including HR, business, arts & entertainment, tech, women's health, self-development, self-defense, and travel. Provide guidance to other creators and clients on their content strategy, concept and story, structure and pacing, grammar, punctuation, spelling, style, and tone, as well as production and distribution.

Current Clients:
• Write and edit informative blog articles for outplacement solutions company Careerminds on a variety of human resources topics for industry professionals.
• Video and audio edit full 30-40min episodes, as well as 1min social media short videos, for the AI & healthcare podcast Autonomous Health. 

Past Examples:
• Spearheaded full content audit and strategy for The Flex Company, including managing 8 people on the production of multiple creative projects for strategic implementation.
• Advised filmmaker Alrik Bursell on script rewrites for his sci fi thriller feature film The Alternate.
• Edited Emma Craig's first illustrated book Dating Between The Lines and provided insight on publishing strategy.

Freelance

Writer & Editor (Copy & Video)

Provided top customer service to bar patrons, including maintaining bar well supplies and garnishes, serving food to guests at bar and tables, busing and cleaning tables, washing dishes and glassware, supporting bartenders and pouring beer/wine as needed, and providing prompt, professional & personalized service to bar guests.

Little Bear Bar

Bar Back

Led all business operations and financial strategy, building and facilities management, legal, human resources, employee relations and organizational development, recruitment, hiring, and onboarding for a 30+ person company. 
• Established new HR dept with employee programs including 360 performance reviews, company-wide goal setting, and HR office hours. 
• Hired and onboarded six new employees, four of those within the final month, to ensure a strong team and org structure upon my exit.

Ciel Creative Space

Director Of Operations

Designed and managed business strategy, management structure, HR operations, marketing strategy, business development, client facility and tech needs, legal contracts, partnerships, and $1M+ startup budget to launch a premier new 20,000 square foot studio and event space.
• Hired, onboarded, and managed 5-person startup team.
• Led company in organizing and hosting the Jan 2019 launch event for 200+ guests.

Creative Studio Director

Devised and implemented a cohesive company content strategy across every channel and customer touchpoint, including website, blog, email marketing, social media, video tutorials, offline & events, instructional product inserts, and quarterly print magazine to reach company growth and retention goals in women's health education and engagement. 
• Mentored other members of 15-person company in their work and careers both within and beyond the company.

The FLEX Company

Senior Content Strategist

Managed all event performer bookings, communication, logistics, and technical needs to curate a 24-hour week-long performance lineup for the Center Camp Cafe Performance Stage at the 2017, 2018, and 2019 annual Burning Man festivals.
• Booked 170+ unique and diverse performances each year that embodied the event’s cultural principles and values.
• Trained and mentored 30 core crew and 35 volunteers during the event week to ensure a safe, supportive, and positive experience for all staff, performers, and audience.

Burning Man

Center Camp Stage Performance Lead

Developed production schedule, budgets, and strategy to produce a series of web videos for The Assemblage website launch including hiring creative directors and production teams, and curating video subjects. Handed off completed strategy and production plan to Director of Content upon shifts in project scope and company priorities for deferred implementation.

THE ASSEMBLAGE

Video Producer

Managed crew and production logistics for multiple simultaneous live productions, theatrical performances, film shoots, and late-night events, including coordinating creative and technical needs, staffing, rehearsals, and run-of-show stage management.
• Pulled complex theatrical productions together on 50% faster timeline than industry standard.
• Managed flipping event space between multiple nightly show setups in 1-hour turnarounds.

House of Yes

Events Production Manager

Led marketing outreach and audience D&I curation to ensure a diverse and inclusive mix of event attendees representative of the event's speaker topics and of New York City itself. Assistant stage managed the live event production including cueing emcees, performers, and stage transitions to keep the event running smoothly and on time.

TEDxNewYork

Marketing & Stage Management

Managed production schedule, contracts, budgets, and talent workflow for cross-functional account teams of 10-15 people in creative, strategy, technical development, and analytics to produce quality digital content marketing campaigns for top agency clients such as Chipotle, Cole Haan, AMC, and UN Women.
• Project managed $650K annual budget retainer for Chipotle digital content campaigns.

Carrot - a VICE company

Producer/Project Manager

Produced, assistant directed, and location managed short horror film "Boy In The Dark" with writer/director Jason Ragosta for February 2017 release to critical acclaim at the Dances With Films, Palm Springs Intl, Hollyshorts, and Connect Film Festivals (including an Apollo Award nomination).

Boy In The Dark

Producer

Devised and managed key studio operations including hiring, team management, payroll, accounting and taxes, CRM, event coordination, content strategy, editorial calendar, and production of all video news and educational segments, interviews, editorial articles, and cryptocurrency industry event coverage. 
• Organized and hosted recurring Bitcoin Beginners Fair events for 50+ monthly attendees.
• Anchored occasional news broadcasts and video interviews.
• Hired 4 new team members over 2 months upon departure in 2015 and continued on as advisor to the company co-founders.

Money & Tech

Chief Content Officer, News & Events Producer

Managed various film, video, photo, and live event projects for marketing, entertainment, and educational purposes across tech, entertainment, retail, and health from concept and script development through budgeting, financing, hiring/casting, pre-production, production, and post-production to successful distribution. 
• Performed and coordinated stunts for video productions that further challenged the mold for compelling and diverse female-driven storytelling in action, thriller, and dark comedy genres.
• Assistant stage managed 2016 TEDxNewYork event, as well as driving audience marketing outreach and diversity curation.

Producer & Stunt Coordinator

Coached various clients across arts, entertainment, tech, health, and hospitality on tailored solutions for business operations, marketing & content strategy, human resources, employee relations, organizational development, legal, accounting, and financial planning. 
• Managed MVP design and market fit testing for media startup MemoryMine aiming to provide users with more secure, private, and personalized multimedia storage organized by their life's most treasured memories.
• Led expansion of the Orange Room studio space in Oakland, CA to cater to more lucrative photo & video shoot rentals.
• Conducted annual business audits for Ciel Creative Space in 2019, 2020 & 2021 to evaluate business performance, forecast finances, and identify opportunities for CEO and executive leadership to optimize operational strategy, including hiring and organizational development to resolve personnel challenges.
• Wrote "The Productive Artist's Business Plan" book - available on Amazon - to teach creative entrepreneurs how to plan and build a profitable business around their creative ideas, so they can sustain themselves without compromising their art.

Business Consultant

Produced action short film "Rope-A-Dope" with writer/director/action star Eric Jacobus, including securing distribution and critical acclaim at film festivals such as North Carolina's Nevermore Film Fest (Best US Short), LA Indie Film Fest (Kickass Short Film), and Toronto After Dark Film Festival (Best International Short Film nomination).

The Stunt People

Line produced and performed a featured stunt role for action short film "Wake-Up Juice" with director Tylor Bohlman, producer Blair Kelly, and choreographer/action star Eric Jacobus for March 2014 release to critical acclaim at the Action On Film Festival, SF Shorts, LA Comedy Film Festival, and LA Indie Film Fest (where it won Kickass Original Short Film).

Line Producer & Stunt Performer

Managed a team of 40 crew & talent to produce $120K budget indie action feature film “Death Grip” including overseeing budget, financing, production schedule, hiring & casting, locations & set operations, production, post-production, and worldwide distribution in 2012.
• Managed on-set operations as Assistant Director including organizing daily shoot schedules & reports, managing the production team & budget, all while maintaining a productive on-set working environment for the director, cast and crew.
• Performed acting and all stunts for the film's lead female role "Rindy".

Death Grip, LLC

Producer, Assistant Director & Lead Actress

Produced the company slate of 7 film projects with a network of over 50 creative freelancers from concept development, budgeting and packaging through video production and post-production to successful distribution and budget recoupment.
Trained in martial arts screen-fighting, stunt falls, and basic acrobatics to perform featured stunt roles that challenged the mold for women in the action film genre.
• Stunt Skills: Martial arts, stage combat, dance (all styles), stunt falls, basic acrobatics, parkour, sports, weapons, and motorcycle riding.

Producer & Stunt Performer

Provided administrative and strategic support for 9 executives overseeing 250+ person dispersed teams in Sales and Engineering, including global team communication, organizational development, employee relations, schedule, budget management, and team-building event coordination.
• Coordinated 2009 company-wide GoogleServe volunteer program with 300+ non-profit organizations and 6,000+ employee participants.
• Project managed 2009 OSO-Eng Immersion Program to bring together Sales, Product, and
Engineering teams to collaborate on product improvements with measurable impact.
• Founded SF Office Fun Committee to foster cross-departmental culture across 600-person
office with events such as 2009 Assassin game and 2010 office-themed Winter Olympics.
• Managed payment processes for 2010-2011 University Relations engineering fellowships.

Google

Executive Administrative Assistant

Managed a portfolio of 50+ high-value AdWords clients totaling $40+ million in annual revenue to develop and implement optimization strategies with compelling advertising copy that improved account performance and ROI.
• Also organized logistics, budgets, and marketing for several large-scale internal events including three employee team-building offsites.

Online Advertising Specialist

Coordinated weekly live music show CoHo Live, including managing publicity, weekly lineups and performer relations, as well as directing technical set up and run of every show. Also organized several other recurring campus events, including concerts, fashion shows, and poker tournaments.

UC Davis Theatre & Dance Dept

Event Coordinator

Constructed production set pieces and props through mastery of various wood working (ex. table saw, chop saw, band saw, jigsaw, circular saw, drill press) and mig welding tools.

Scenic Shop Staff

Managed all technical elements for main season shows including the Main Stage Dance/Theatre Festival.
• Chaired production meetings with directors, choreographers, designers, and management, and facilitated communication between 80 company members, to ensure cohesive shows.
• Managed each production budget, full tech crew, and called all technical cues for every performance.

Stage Manager

Cut fire line, cleared brush, and suppressed hot spots to prevent the spread of wildfires as a crew member of the Davis Fire Type-II on call organized hand crew based out of the Mendocino National Forest for the US Forest Service.

Davis Fire Crew

Wildland Firefighter

Founded and produced weekly live performance forum "Fridays @ 4" as a completely unique and diverse live variety show.
• Recruited and chaired the show production team, including overseeing weekly production meetings, publicity, performer relations, weekly show line-up curation, technical setup, logistics, and run-of-show for 3 years of performances.

Rebecca Ahn