Resume
Michelle Fernandes
ivoryleopard@yahoo.com

Skills
    
Drawing, drafting, storyboarding, pencilling and inking, painting, designing, buidling scale models. Knowledgable with most traditional  art mediums and media. Knowledgeable on and off film set work, especially within the Art Direction Department. Computer literate. Proficient with Microsoft Office software programs and knowledgeable experience with the Macintosh Operating System. Knowledgeable with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat and some 3D Studio Max experience. Database management, data entry, bibliographic search and retrieval, data organization, filing, swithcboard phones, mail and fax sorting, mail and fax sending, customer service and genral secretarial duties. Knowledgeable in Latin, some French, Italian, Portuguese and Konkani (South Asian Dialect). Interests in history, art history, anthropology and music. Talented with mimicking/creating voices and accents. Knowledgeable with video game consoles such as Playstation 1 and 2, X-Box, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo and Atari.

Current Employement
   2004-Present        Duke University Temporary Services
                               Working in various Duke University officies as an office clerk.
                               Duties include data entry, faxing, copying, filing, answering phones  and customer service.

Office/Clerical work
      April 2007-        Research Assistant, Duke University  Center For Clinical Health Policy Research
       June 2007         Contract employee through Duke Univeristy Temporary Services. Database management, data
                              entry, bibliographic search and retrieval, filing, data organization, arranging meetings and
                              general  secretarial duties.

      July 2006-         Clerical Assistant, Duke University Residence Life and Housing Services.
       Jan 2007           Contract employee through Duke University Temporary Services. Writing up service reports
                               for dormatory room repairs,data entry, data organization, filing, radioing in service requests to
                               appropriate facilities, copying, key access check in and check out.

       Feb 2006-          Research Assisstant, Duke University Center For Clinical Health Policy Research
        May 2006         Contract employee through Duke University Temporary Services.
                               Database management, data entry, bibliographic search and retrieval, filing, data
                               organization, arranging meetings and general secretarial duties.

        Dec 2005          Data EntryTechnician, Duke University Management Company
                                Temp employee through Duke University Temporary Services,
                                Data entry and filing.

        Dec 2005         Clerk, Duke University Center for Clinical Health Policy Research
                               Temp employee through Duke University Temporary Services.
                               Data organization, filing and general secretarial duties.

       Aug 2005-         Data Entry Technician, Duke University External Loans
       Sept 2005         Temp Employee through Duke University Temporary Services.
                               Data entry and data organization.

       Jan 2005-          Data Entry Technician, Duke University Worker's Compensation
       May 2005         Contract Employee through Duke University Temporary Services.
                               Data entry, customer service, switchboard, mail sorting, data organization and filing.

       Sept 2004-        Office Clerk, Duke University MSRB Pulmunary Department
       Dec 2004          Contract Employee through Duke University Temporary Services.
                               Created electronic files for medical research articles.

Group Art Exibitiions

       May 2005          H.A.N.D. Duke Univeristy Employee Juried Art Show
                               Duke University, Durham ,North Carolina
                               Honorable Mention

       August 2004      Academy 2004
                               Conner Contemporary Art, Washington DC
                               Selected for an art gallery exhibiting the best of the DC Area Universties.

       May 2004          Senior Art Show
                               Salve Regina Hall, Catholic Univeristy of America, Washington DC.
                               Exibhited Senior Art Thesis paintings for end of the school year
                               Senior Art Show

       April 2004         Student Juried Show
                               Salve Regina Hall, Catholic University of America, Washington DC.
                               Submitted art work for student art show.

Theater Production Work

       Winter 2003-     Costume Shop Assistant, Hartke Theatre, Catholic University of America.
       Spring 2004       Work study job. Costume  construction and repair for student productions.
 
       Fall 2002           Scene Shop Assistant, Hartke Theatre, Catholic University of America.
                               Work study job. Set construction and scenic painting on student productions.


Film Production Work

      Winter 2002  
   Prelude, Production Designer, North Carolina School of the Arts.
                               Head of Art Department for a Third Year film school production,
                               designed sets, costumes and props.

       Fall 2001      
   Two Soldiers (uncredited), Props/Art Dept. Researcher, Shue-Clerk INC.
                               Internship with an independent film production that collaborated with
                               NCSA School of Filmmaking. This production is the winner for Best Live Action Short Film
                               at the 2003 Academy Awards.

       Fall 2001         
Mr. Bigg, Art Director/Costume Designer, North Carolina School of the Arts.
                               Second in command of  art department for a Fourth year film school
                               production based on a Woody Allen short story. Designed Costumes and led
                               set building crew.
     
      Summer 2001   
Dognights, Set Dresser, Banzai Entertainment, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
                               Summer intership with an independent film production.

      Spring 2001     
In Taberna, Production Designer, North Carolina School of the Arts.
                              Headed Art Deparment for a second year production.
                              Designed sets and costumes.

Education

      2002-2004        BA in Studio Art: painting.
                             Catholic University of America, Washington DC

      1999-2002        Completed Junior Year in BFA Film Production Design program
                             North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC

References

  
Available upon request.

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