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For over two decades, I've pursued an engaging career in art education program administration and marketing communications. The several years I spent with Fortune 500 companies like The Prudential Insurance Company of America and McDonald's Corporation brought opportunities to patiently hone my talents, gather information and develop my ideas to work as an independent contracting artist-educator making valuable contributions to Midwestern cultural and educational institutions, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Madison Public Library, and Truman State University.
This sensibility ultimately saw me working 10 years with Columbia College Chicago’s Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP), and I believe this strongly indicates my capacity for and commitment to longevity. I value highly the reciprocal contributions exchanged among prospective students in Chicago communities, their mentors, and Columbia College’s resourceful staff and facilities — a concept that evolved, yet focused my responsibilities and the significant work of CCAP through an amazing decade.
CCAP facilitates reciprocal sharing of resources and expertise among diverse constituencies. I really value this mission since its cornerstone of reciprocity evolved as a business relationship that continues now (please visit www.colum.edu/academics/initiatives/community-schools, the organization’s Web site). This relationship is made possible, in part, by CCAP’s marketing and communications strategies, which have shaped my drive to engage and diversify the constituents I meet as an artist. Dedicated teamwork saw me help keep a collective of plates spinning at CCAP, not excluding advertising, publications, and communications planning and support.
From foundations to public school principals, graduate students to professors, and from community youth to their parents, my responsibilities as a liaison among all these folks have included the following: project and event brainstorming and scheduling, copy-writing and editing (including Spanish translation), newsletter layouts and templates, vendor negotiations, mailings and distribution, and assessment reporting of print and web-based promotions. Along with this, I led photojournalistic documentation and archiving for CCAP.
And I couldn’t have managed this alone without student interns reporting to me.
I know how to get work done. Still, when necessary, I’ve helped my team hire and manage contracted experts with skill sets outside of my experience, or I’ve taken the initiative to seek professional development, quickly learning and enjoying new skills by thoughtfully balancing time for courses along with my job and family.
If you need a truly dedicated professional who thrives on wearing multiple hats, someone with the added bonus of being bilingual, then I’m confident that I can help. Feel free to view my profile and recommendations on linkedin.com/in/julioenriqueflores/, then please contact me. Good luck to us all in our respective searches!
This sensibility ultimately saw me working 10 years with Columbia College Chicago’s Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP), and I believe this strongly indicates my capacity for and commitment to longevity. I value highly the reciprocal contributions exchanged among prospective students in Chicago communities, their mentors, and Columbia College’s resourceful staff and facilities — a concept that evolved, yet focused my responsibilities and the significant work of CCAP through an amazing decade.
CCAP facilitates reciprocal sharing of resources and expertise among diverse constituencies. I really value this mission since its cornerstone of reciprocity evolved as a business relationship that continues now (please visit www.colum.edu/academics/initiatives/community-schools, the organization’s Web site). This relationship is made possible, in part, by CCAP’s marketing and communications strategies, which have shaped my drive to engage and diversify the constituents I meet as an artist. Dedicated teamwork saw me help keep a collective of plates spinning at CCAP, not excluding advertising, publications, and communications planning and support.
From foundations to public school principals, graduate students to professors, and from community youth to their parents, my responsibilities as a liaison among all these folks have included the following: project and event brainstorming and scheduling, copy-writing and editing (including Spanish translation), newsletter layouts and templates, vendor negotiations, mailings and distribution, and assessment reporting of print and web-based promotions. Along with this, I led photojournalistic documentation and archiving for CCAP.
And I couldn’t have managed this alone without student interns reporting to me.
I know how to get work done. Still, when necessary, I’ve helped my team hire and manage contracted experts with skill sets outside of my experience, or I’ve taken the initiative to seek professional development, quickly learning and enjoying new skills by thoughtfully balancing time for courses along with my job and family.
If you need a truly dedicated professional who thrives on wearing multiple hats, someone with the added bonus of being bilingual, then I’m confident that I can help. Feel free to view my profile and recommendations on linkedin.com/in/julioenriqueflores/, then please contact me. Good luck to us all in our respective searches!