SHIRIN TOWFIQ

Shirintowfiq@gmail.com

ACADEMICS

University California Berkeley, Berkeley, California
~ GPA: 3.824
 

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

CREATIVE DESIGN SPECIALIST

Oceanside, California, Pomptlink Communications, 2016 - Present

  • Designing trade show booths for international cable and electronics conferences.

  • Offering in house company creative design solutions.


COMUNIDAD PARA PROSPERIDAD Y UNIDAD FACILITATOR

Vista, California, 2017 - Present

Started a community organization in an economically disadvantaged immigrant community.

  • Leading youth groups in neighborhood to improve their own community through alternative acts of service i.e. raising consciousness. 
    • Teaching youth video editing skills, book making, sign making, etc.
  • Directed implementation of English classes, tutoring, dance classes, sewing classes, neighborhood library, community garden, soccer team, etc. 
     
  • Teaching weekly basic sewing classes

     

WORTH RYDER GALLERY ASSISTANT

Berkeley, California, 2015

  • Greeting gallery visitors and answering any general inquiries
     
  • Organized supplies and equipment
     
  • Assisted in organizing exhibitions
    • Patched, sanded and painted walls in preparation for a new exhibition
    • Accurately and carefully hung works of art
    • Correctly labeled individual pieces of art
  • Distributed flyers of exhibitions and raised awareness of each opening reception
     
  • Maintained reception parties by replenishing food and drink as well as keeping areas free of clutter, debris and trash

     

THE AJA PROJECT INSTRUCTOR ASSISTANT

City Heights, California, 2014

  • Taught classes on the relation between photography with Science, Math, Engineering and Technology.

    • Strengthening skills that set the foundation for innovation

  • Critical thinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration

  • Conducted hands-on activities that demonstrated the scientific processes involved in developing photographs

  • Conducted lectures on the intersection of photography and positive community impact

  • Collaborated with the Drive-By Cinema, to teach the public and display student work by photo-bombing with the Drive-By Darkroom

 

ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHER ASSISTANT

Oceanside, California, MiraCosta College, 2014

  • Created lesson plans and demonstrations for students on using alternative photographic processes

    • Polaroid transfers, Cyanotypes, Anthotypes, Lazertran, Chartpack Blending Marker

  • Darkroom maintenance along with mixing and cleaning chemicals for the class
     

VOLUNTEER CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST

Haifa, Israel, Baha’i World Centre, 2010-2011

  • Maintained at museum-level quality a variety of workspaces to ensure safety and productivity.

  • Worked with large diverse groups

  • Acquired time management and prioritization skills

 

ACTORS ACADEMY GRADUATE

Oceanside, California, MiraCosta College, 2008

  • Participated in movement, mask work, improvisation, voice and diction, text analysis, Career Development, acting labs and performance.

  • Performed in ‘Twelfth Night’

 

OFFICE SKILLS

  • Knowledgeable in working with:

    • MAC OS systems

    • Microsoft Office

    • Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, Web Page Design

    • Literate with new social media platforms

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • Fluent Native Speaker – English

  • Proficient – Persian

  • Basic – Spanish and Arabic