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vanbertozzi(at)gmail.com
• PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE•
A qualitative researcher & new media developer with a background in
innovative practices, emergent technology & education. Team-player with
excellent communication & negotiation skills in interfacing with clients
& technologists. Creative & strategic thinker, able to produce polished
deliverables that guide ideation, branding & usability. Conversant in
French, Italian & some Spanish. FinalcutPro5, Photoshop7, Illustrator
10, ProTools, some Flash, HTML, CSS.
• EDUCATION •
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • M.S., Comparative
Media Studies, 2006 • GPA 5.0
Research Fellow Project New Media Literacies (MacArthur Foundation)
Cambridge, MA 2005-6
• Conceptualized & produced open-source, interactive
educational tools & curricula.
• Researched new media & education in a think tank environment.
• Spearheaded outreach to other organizations & represented
ProjectNML at conferences.
Teaching Fellow Terrascope Radio (ESI
freshman learning community) Chile/Cambridge,
MA 2006
• Taught storytelling & production for a semester-long
radio documentary class.
• Chaperoned/mentored MIT freshman doing field recordings &
tsunami research in Chile.
Qualitative Researcher E-Lens (MIT Media Lab)
Catalunya,
Spain, 2005
• On-site ethnographic research (video, photo, audio observation
& interviews).
• Phase 1 ideation & development of interactive “Smart
phone” mobile media platform.
• Leveraged high profile client relations (Generalitat of Catalunya,
Spain).
New Media Storyteller History Unwired (the Venice Biennale)
Venice,
Italy, 2005
• Ideation, production, & implementation of interactive
PDA walking tour content.
•Conducted information architecture & interface usability testing.
Written Work
Cambridge, MA 2004-6
• 216-page thesis with 5 original case studies, focusing
on grassroots educational innovation
& informal scaffolding in a new media environment:
"Unschooling Media: Participatory Practices among Progressive Homeschoolers."
• “Young Artists” chapter in anthology The Next Great
Transformation in the Arts, Vanderbilt’s
Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, & Public Policy. Co-authored with
Professor Henry Jenkins.
MIT Alumni Extern (interactive museum exhibit intern with David
Small at Small Design Firm, Inc),
Sun Fellow
(MIT International Studies) & Arts Scholar (MIT Council for the Arts)
Harvard University • B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Visual and Environmental
Studies, 2001
•Filmmaking thesis, minor in Art History.
•Radcliffe Travel Fellow (2000).
• EMPLOYMENT •
Director of Communications/Editor in Chief •
Etsy Brooklyn,
NY, 2007-present
•Develop & produce content relating
to the handmade lifestyle; manage in-house projects.
•Coordinate with like-minded organizations & the Etsy community
to generate content.
•Do a million other hands-on, DIY events, PR, & marketing jobs!
Convergent Media Producer •
Open Source on PRI Cambridge,
MA, 2005
•Conceptualized & implemented new media content &
functionality solutions for a
groundbreaking radio/web start-up.
•Blogged & produced shows.
•Managed & developed community through dialogue.
Assistant Producer-Editor • Eyepop
Productions Manhattan,
NY, 2002-2003
•Researched & produced films for corporate clients,
PBS Kids, AMC, & festival circuit.
•Managed information architecture & usability for company website
& identity system.
Associate New Media Producer •
Picture Projects Manhattan,
NY, 2001-2002
•Ideation & Phase 1 research for interactive websites
& installations (Six Months for WNYC,
Peabody Award-winning Sonic Memorial Project for NPR, 360degrees on the
US Criminal Justice System, & Enterprising Women traveling exhibit
for Radcliffe).
•Produced segments, managed editors, edited content database, &
designed interactive maps.
• OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE & INTERNSHIPS •
Documentary Researcher (for films screened on HBO, AMC, Showtime),
Let’s Go Productions (Design Manager), Ark Films (intern for Frontline
documentaries), & Magnum Photos (editorial intern).
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