Jan DeLozier

Experience

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  Tinney Contemporary

  May 2013 - Aug 2016

  Gallery Assistant

  -Assisted in managing inventory, packing, shipping, installing and uninstalling exhibitions, opened/closed gallery alone and assisted with all special events- Wrote for the gallery blog posting biweekly updates on local and international contemporary art news; managed social media accounts to advertise the gallery

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  Christie's

  May 2014 - Sept 2014

  Interiors Assistant

  • Created monthly catalogues of property for auction, managed damage reports and pre and post-sale documents within the Interiors Department located at Christie’s warehouse in Long Island City• Participated in organizing auction sales and corporate training

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  Anderson Ranch Arts Center

  May 2015 - Sept 2015

  Development Associate

  • Served as a primary Raiser’s Edge user managing constituent and events records, ensuring accuracy and consistency for data • Assisted with implementation of the 2015 Summer Series (Featured Artists Series, Symposium and Conversations Series.)Tasks included processing registrations and tickets; event set-up and check-in; attendee and participant correspondence;travel and hotel coordination for high profile participants; and event planning.• Assisted in planning and executing special events associated with the National Council, Board of Trustees and galleryOpenings, Processed gifts and assisted with thank you letters and appeals (execution and organization) Show less

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  Bairnwick Women's Center

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2016

  Co Director

  • Co-director of the only student-run, Safe-Space certified Women’s Center in the United States• Devotes over 20 hours a week to meetings, organization of events, scheduling and speaker correspondence, hostingconsciousness raising groups, and promoting activism regarding women’s issues • Oversees budget of $24,000 granted by the University for programming

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  The Peggy Guggenheim Collection

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  Art Specialist

  - Conducts research and presents seminar on thesis pertaining to the Futurist period- Performs in daily operations such as education, docent tours, special events and archival upkeep of the collection

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  Chinati Foundation

  Dec 2016 - Jun 2017

  Research And Development Intern

  - Supports various departments such as Development (grant writing), Conservation, Education, and Administration, as well as special projects in Outreach and Artist in Residence programming within an isolated, underserved community near the US-Mexican border - Leads educational docent tours with alternative strategies in order to share the history and mission of the Chinati Foundation

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  Getty Research Institute

  Aug 2018 - Mar 2024

  Researcher

  - Deep-investigation and interaction with multilingual repositories.- Locate, schedule, and coordinate access within the Getty Research Institute's Special Collections.- Maintenance of archival repositories, updating materials information through reports and publications.- Effectively articulate findings and close gap between archives and public.

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  University of California, Los Angeles

  Aug 2018 - Aug 2021

  - Collaborative interdisciplinary project on community-engaged pedagogies with a view to EuropeanStudies, the city of Los Angeles and local community partners: Who are our publics?- Pedagogical research within community-engaged learning and application of methods to organize faculty and graduate students in a series of workshops on community-engaged research,teaching, and service. MA Italian Studies Community Thought

  • Community Engagement Research

    Oct 2018 - Aug 2021

  • Graduate Teaching Associate

    Aug 2018 - Aug 2021
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  Carte Italiane

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Blind Reviewer

  - Independent researcher in relevant research area who assesses submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether a manuscript should be published in their journal.

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  SOCIETY FOR CINEMA & MEDIA STUDIES

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

  Representative

  - Digital Humanities and Videographic Criticism Special Interest Group, Representative- Organizes and plans conference events, including screenings and roundtables- Follows-up with events and corresponds with international scholars to sustain partnerships- Attend domestic and international conferences and screenings; share audience-centered syntheses in focus groups and formal presentations

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  Wiley

  Dec 2020 - Mar 2021

  Indexer

  - Wiley Blackwell Companion to Federico Fellini: - Compiled index for Film Studies reader Wiley Blackwell Companion to Federico Fellini

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  Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation

  Apr 2021 - Apr 2023

  Board Member

  - Interactive fiction was one of the first genres to emerge in computer gaming. It remains a driving force and a leading edge for the broad, ever-developing spectrum of digital games. Today, interactive fiction presents a medium uniquely suited to experimenters and artists.

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  Pepperdine University

  Aug 2021 - Jan 2022

  Adjunct Assistant Professor

  - Class Title: Locating Italy: Medieval/Renaissance Literature and Art - Taught discussion-based seminar aimed to locate literary, artistic, historical and political texts in Florence, Siena, Rome and Venice in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Emphasis on how these texts impact our idea of contemporary “Italy” and where it can be found, with attention to Pepperdine’s own archive of Italian materials. - Upper-level course, conducted in Italian.

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  Vaco for Google

  Dec 2021 - Mar 2024

  - Analyze, curate and evaluate advertisement on the Google Search Ads project and URL content. - Ensure logical and meaningful review. Improve Google content streams and topics by auditing and evaluating content. - Prioritize data to ensure logical and meaningful review of both Google Ad and URL content. - Improve algorithm accuracy in a variety of measures such as grammar, legibility and accuracy. - Increase workflow efficiency by setting and surpassing weekly targets as well as leader of remote connection opportunities (i.e. weekly games, wellness events, birthday parties). - Optimizing team functions by querying data and presenting key findings for strategic planning- Evaluate and categorize ad content to ensure optimal user experience with Google products. Show less

  • Quality Analyst

    Oct 2023 - Mar 2024

  • Content Analyst for Vaco @ Google

    Dec 2021 - Mar 2024
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  Lekha Ink, Corp.

  Jan 2024 - now

  Writing Instructor

  At Lekha, we seek to encourage a student’s relationship to writing to be one that is positive. Our model of instruction is based on Expressivist and Process pedagogies, which emphasize student-oriented and process-oriented teaching. As opposed to the traditional model of writing instruction, we believe that the creative work or essay already exists in the students. What this means is that the students’ writing finds root in the students’ own experiences, education, and tacit knowledge of writing. The instructor’s role, then, is to facilitate the expression of the student’s writing, guiding the students as they work and rework a story, a poem, a play, an essay, or a journalistic piece.The methods we use in our writing instruction are designed to free students from the internal critic. We utilize visualization and verbalization techniques, creative play, illustration, and other low-stakes writing activities that help students overcome writer’s block or any fears about writing. We use these methods to guide students through the different steps of the writing process—generating ideas, pre-writing strategies, drafting, and revising. And, while we do not emphasize correctness in writing, we do help students to address structural or grammatical issues in the writing, but only after the students have written enough to begin the revision process. At Lekha, we focus on encouraging students to write as much as they can by providing a fun and non-threatening learning and writing environment. Show less

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  TikTok

  Mar 2024 - now

  Content Quality Analyst

  As part of the US LIVE Operations Team, responsible for driving impactful initiatives to the overall UGC Livestream content ecosystem, and implement insights and findings with cross-functional teams on product iteration, engagement campaigns and education effects.Responsibilities:- Conduct daily screening/tagging to categorize content and evaluate its quality- Detect and surface looming issues for analyses and discussion with stakeholders- Conduct root cause analyses that identify areas of improvement for content quality- Generate weekly reports and recommendations on content quality- Conduct quality assurance for various project pipelines- Maintain an understanding of TikTok LIVE's policies and community guidelines and identify opportunities to optimize them Show less