Kathleen Shriver
Education
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Master of Science in journalism
2021 - 2022
Boston College
Bachelor of Arts in communications, cum laude
2012 - 2016
Professional Experience
Eight + years of experience in communications, product management, education and policy advocacy, media and film production.
29 + years of experience in traveling, competing, flashlight holding, learning, and witnessing relationships that transform the world.
Production Assistant, Synanon: An HBO Documentary Film, Los Angeles CA
Assistant across set locations for production of The Synanon Fix. Premiered at Sundance 2024. Released on HBO April 2024.
Synanon IMDB | AUG 2023 - OCT 2023
Award Winning Director Producer and Writer, When We Get Home, Krasnobród Poland
Directed and produced a short film on a group of 29 individuals with Intellectual Disabilities who escaped Ukraine in March of 2020. Lived on the Polish/Ukrainian border for the summer of 2022 to capture the story.
• Film premieres summer 2024: Independent Short Films, Cal Film Festival, Indie X Shorts
IMDB | JUNE 2022 - Present
Research Assistant, The New Yorker, New York NY
Completed all research, contact procurement, outreach, and analysis for Dexter Filkins' story on the southern border
Biden's Dilemma at the Border | DEC 2022 - JUNE 2023
Communications Manager, UNITE, Washington DC
Spearheaded social media strategy and associate produced the organization's first media production, “The Call to Unite,” a 24 hour livestream aimed at depolarizing politics, culture and media and bringing the world together in solidarity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Responsible for campaign design, social asset creation, distribution tracking, and engagement (3.7B media impressions and over 25M content views)
• Managed partnership with Facebook and the delivery of assets and instructions for use to over 100 high profile event participants.
UNITE | MARCH 2020 - DEC 2020
Director and Producer, Sister Norma Pimentel "Ángel de Matamoros", Rio Grande Valley
Directed and produced a short film on Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.
• Moved to Brownsville, Texas to capture the story of Sister Norma's work on the border under the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy
Select photography & link to film | JAN 2020 - MARCH 2020
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Product Manager, Brightspot, Reston VA
Led strategy, execution, and expansion of Brightspot's Content Management System (CMS) in the LATAM region by managing clients, defining product requirements and strategy, monitoring product development, working with third parties to assess the potential for partnerships and licensing opportunities, overseeing client hand-off and acceptance testing, and conducting client training. Select project experience:
• Televisa – Led content migration & headless implementation of nine televisa sites
• Univision – Led content re-organization & migration of news, sports, radio, and TV show sites
• Other projects include: Grupo Expansión, Golf Channel, Amazon, LA times, TV Azteca
BRIGHTSPOT | SEPT 2017 - NOV 2019
English teacher & Communications Manager, Fundación Marina Orth, Medellín Colombia
Volunteered at The Marina Orth Foundation, a non-profit organization whose objective is to develop STEM skills, bilingualism, and leadership to empower students in Medellin. My work included the following:
• Taught 11th and 1st grade English at two public schools in Medellín
• Introduced and implemented Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum in foundation's schools
• Managed foundation's FB, IG, and Twitter channels and aided in website upgrade and management
• Photographed and filmed students for extracurricular community marketing & foundation fundraising
Select photography | JUNE 2016 - AUG 2017
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Community
Lifelong Special Olympics volunteer and advocate
• Unified partner and coach in local sports programs, state games, world games
• Co-Founder of the Special Olympics Founders Council
• Co-Founder of Special Olympics Nicaragua
• Spokeswoman for movement at local and international events (recent appearance in Poland, June 2022)
Catholics for Biden
• Community Organizer: spokeswoman for Catholics for Biden community calls and fundraisers
• Social Media Manager: created social media assets for social channels and sharing toolkits for influencer posts
Summer Internships
Broadcast Production Intern, Grey Advertising, New York NY
Edited copy and video for campaigns on the AARP and Red Lobster accounts
Summer 2015
Digital Media Intern, Newseum, Washington DC
Transcribed and captioned all film used in the the first year of the museum’s annual series, “Civil Rights at 50”
Summer 2014
Skills
Fluent in Spanish. Extensive experience with Adobe Suite, Google Suite, task management platforms (Asana, Jira, Airtable), metrics platforms (GA, GTM, Hootsuite, Falcon), Dropbox, Box, Slack.