Katherine Sundsted Backsatge Resume

Katherine Sundsted

New York, NY 10009

Email: katie.sundsted@gmail.com Cell: 205-919-1513

EDUCATION: 

New York City College of Technology                                         January 2015 – Present

• Major: Entertainment Technology. Learning how to use devices in scene shops such as saws, drills, genies, lighting…etc.

Institute for Collaborative Education                                September 2010 – June 2014 

• Presented graduation requirements to a group of panelist, explaining the process behind each individual project as well as the results of each project.

WORK EXPERIENCE     

Forget Me Not Charity Event: Event Coordinator             Feb 20th – April 22nd 2017

• Created the schedule for due dates of everything.
• Created the budget for spending.
• Created the show line up.
• Created the list of things that we needed.
• Created the layout for the space.
• Organized the tasks that needed to be done and who was to take care of it.
• Performed for the event as well.

Comic Con Vendor: Merchandise Seller                                         October 6 – 8th 2017 

• Sold anime goods to buyers during Comic Con.

      

JOE WALTZ: Bookkeeping                                                                July 2014 – Present 

• Organize and record financial information for tax purposes.

                                                                                                     

Gala/ Event: Tech Assistant                                                                       June 13th 2016                                                                                                    

• Loaded and set up equipment for the event.
• Worked the lighting for the events performance.
• Strike the equipment and materials.

 

Youth America Grand Prix: PA                                                     April 25th – 30th 2016                     

• Greeted contestants and signed them in for their dance classes.
• Assisted contestants in answering questions they had and showing them their room.
• Updated dancers on any schedule changes.
• Ushered during their performance.

Pelleas & Melisande: Wardrobe                                               October 12th – 18th 2015 

• Transferred costumes from studio to performance space.
• Organized and prepped costumes by actors character.
• Helped dressed and undress actors.
• Cleaned costumes and made sure there wasn’t any rips or anything out of place.
• Handed and organized props for each actor.

Zeb Zombie: Actor                                                               February 1st – April 19 2015

•   Acted as 3 different zombies which all had speaking roles.

Express Retail: Retail Associate                                       November 2014 – March 2015

• Worked as a cashier.
• Greeted guest at the front door with a friendly smile and told them of promotions and sales.
• Overnight shifts of redesigning the floor and reorganized clothes.

HARVESTWORKS: Marketing/Creative Intern                February 2014 – July 2014 

• Helped maintain a social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr.
• Worked with residencies on their projects.
• Developed installation projects as part of a team as well as creating and designing installations of my own.
• In-charge of organizing events, projects, meeting notes and other office events.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVES / LEADERSHIP 

Brooklyn Youth Chorus                                                              August 2010 – July 2014

• Performed with Barbara Streisand at the Barclay Center, The 21st Philharmonic in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at Radio City, and with The New York Philharmonic in Carmina Burana at Lincoln Center.

Project Skittles                                                                      September 2011 – June 2013 

• Organized a Week of Awareness, including a Day of Silence and a Skittles Bake Sale in order to bring awareness to students about the LGBT Community.