Consulting Executive Assistant CV

LynleyShimat Lys
Brooklyn, NY 11217
[email protected]

Summary

12/06 - Present
8/05 - 1/07
8/05 - 1/07
9/06 - 12/06
5/06 - 8/06
1/06 - 5/06

8/03 - 8/05

6/04 - 8/05
6/02 - 8/03
12/00 - 8/01

8/99 - 2/00
9/98 - 5/99

Education Assistant, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
Film Archive Consultant to:
     
Hadassah, New York, NY
        Broadway Video, New York, NY
        Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem, Israel
       NYU Bobst Library,
      Department of Conservation and Preservation,
New York, NY Administrative Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator,
        Berkeley School Volunteers, Berkeley, CA
Library Assistant, Pacific Film Archive (PFA), UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Editorial, Marketing & Publicity, Creative Arts Books, Berkeley, CA
Library & Administrative Assistant,
        Taylor & Associates Library Services,
San Francisco, CA
Administrative Assistant,
Berkeley Hillel, Berkeley, CA
Business Consulting Assistant, Dr. Victoria Bain, New Process Network,
        
Berkeley, CA


Education

8/05 - 12/06

5/02

Moving Image Archiving & Preservation (MIAP) MA Courses, NYU, NY
Served as student representative to MIAP Committee
Graduated with Distinction in General Scholarship,
B.A. in Comparative Literature (Hebrew, Russian, English)
University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), Berkeley, CA

* Experience in Hebrew, Italian, French, Yiddish, Russian, Polish, German and Spanish


Awards

08/05 - 12/06
06/06 - 08/06
05/02
05/02
07/98
07/98
05/95
05/95
05/95

NYU Graduate Fellowship, Various
NYU Dorot Summer Travel Grant Recipient
Emily Chamberlain Cook Prize in Poetry, UC Berkeley, CA
Fabilli-Hoffer Laconic Essay Prize Honorable Mention, UC Berkeley, CA
Israel at Fifty Scholarship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dorot Summer Research Grant, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
National Merit Scholarship
University of California Regents' Scholarship
AP Scholar with Distinction  


LynleyShimat Lys
Brooklyn, NY 11217
[email protected]

Experience

12/06 – Present




08/05 - 01/07





01/06 - 05/06






06/04 - 08/05




08/03 - 08/05



08/02 - 06/03




12/00 - 08/01




08/99 - 02/00



09/98 - 05/99













Education Assistant, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
  Aiding Education Director with programs for Adult and Family Education
  Creation and management of databases for 10 – 300+ attendee events
  Design and implementation of mailings, flyers and promotional materials.

Film Archiving Consultant, Hadassah, New York, NY
  Designed and maintained MS Access database for cataloging
  Assessed damage to films, re-housed films, streamlined metadata
  Inspected over 100 Hadassah film prints at Spielberg Archive, Jerusalem.
  Performed collection assessment and preservation grant research.

Archiving Consultant,
Barbara Goldsmith Conservation and Preservation Department,
NYU Libraries

  Drafted a mission statement for the film lab, established workflow & protocol.
  Drafted and tested examination procedures, created a print condition report.
  Set best practices for preservation, housing, emergency, supplies, and vendors.

Library Assistant, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
• Cataloged Bilingual Hebrew/English 1999 & 2004 Jerusalem Film Festivals
• Maintained and filed newly received materials.

Administrative Assistant, Berkeley School Volunteers, Berkeley, CA
• Designed and maintained volunteer database, performed data entry.
• Notification of volunteer assignments and communication with teachers.

Editorial, Marketing & Publicity, Creative Arts Books, Berkeley, CA
• Streamlined mailing lists for poetry and fiction markets.
• Contacted editors and reviewers of major papers and literary reviews.
• Copy edited manuscripts, generated poetry catalog copy.
 
Library & Administrative Assistant, Taylor & Associates Library Services,
San Francisco, CA

• Word processed employee schedules, managed employee database.
• Maintained legal, tax and business libraries for various firms.

Administrative Assistant, Berkeley Hillel, Berkeley, CA
• Served as Executive Assistant to Administrator and Board of Directors
Developed and maintained student database, provided community referrals to callers.

Business Consulting Assistant, Dr. Victoria Bain, New Process Network
• Compiled survey data, performed SPSS data analysis and graph functions.
• Generated reports and session notes, assisted with office space organization.