Rachel Francois

Experience

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  Bronx Institute - GEAR UP

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Project Associate

  • Organized and supervised a team of educational practitioners in the instruction of math, science, technology and social arts enriched academic programs for 400+ Bronx high school students • Developed syllabi for academic enrichment in-and after-school workshops to enrich the college preparatory experience of students • Designed and coordinated early college awareness workshops and events for families

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  Freelance

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2015

  Fashion Stylist Assistant and Project Manager

  • Manage scheduling for creative team of fashion stylists, makeup artists, hair stylists and set photographers• Support creative direction and treatment of magazine, television shoots, and red carpet appearances• Prepare digital and print mood and story boards for projects’ conceptual development• Secure and grow contacts with domestic and global fashion showrooms, design houses, public relations • Maintain fashion closet and social media presence of head stylist

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  The New School

  Jan 2009 - Mar 2021

  • Manage a team of advising professionals in the academic and experiential success of undergraduate students• Lead the strategic development and implementation of advising programming and interventions to promote student persistence, retention and timely degree completion • Liaise with university faculty, staff and senior leadership about curricular policy and process in relation to advising • Advise undergraduate and graduate students' academic performance toward completion of degree• Provide support to students with regard to university transitional issues such as time management, study skills, internship and career interests• Develop, market and facilitate programming initiatives for new and continuing student orientation, semester registration and areas of concentrated study

  • Senior Director of Academic Advising + Career Development

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2021

  • Academic + Career Advisor

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2017
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  ModaCYCLE New York Edition

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Fashion Writer

  • Published Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer fashion collection reviews for an online art and design audience • Attended and accessed backstage for interviews of Mercedes –Benz New York Fashion Week designers

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  Fashion Snoops

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Trend Forecasting Intern

  • Located trends via street style, global fashion retail, “It Girls”, blogs, music and other realms of popular culture as visual and mood inspiration for client brands • Complied runway and tradeshow presentation images into specific trend categories for online subscribers• Researched visual and material sources for seasonal market trend reports such as Magic

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  Vibe Magazine

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Editorial Intern

  • Served as fashion director for VIBE’s intern magazine publication • Pitched and published original story copies for VIBE.com and VIBEVixen.com to increase SEO• Conducted and transcribed celebrity/talent interviews • Sourced and aggregated daily current and breaking news about music, fashion, lifestyle, sports and technology

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  WGSN

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Trend Forecasting Intern

  • Collaborated on the conceptual development and editing of projects via print and digital storyboards to align with client and brand direction • Designed and presented visual and mood indices for strategic seasonal trend reports based on street style, fashion retailers, and tastemaker global trends

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  KickBack Boston, LLC

  Dec 2015 - now

  Co-Founder
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  Kaplan University

  Nov 2019 - Mar 2021

  Education Mentor

  Provided pre-college students enrolled in “Inside the Business of Fashion” course with 1:1 and group academic and career development sessions

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  Google

  Mar 2021 - now

  Program Manager

  Design, implement, and launch global educator partnerships program scaling technical training content