TAYLOR
L. VIENS
MOBILE
484-883-4040
ADDRESS
577 Second
Avenue, PH62
New York, NY
10016
E-MAIL
TLEEVIENS
@GMAIL.COM
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENS, NEW YORK
June 2013- Present
Special Project Manager
-Duties include meeting clients, providing art direction, designing collateral, coordinating internal
and external logistics, preparing material for print, approving the final product and placement, and
managing all department's print budget
-Manage a team of three design and creative specialists creating marketing productions for all
departments including event content copy, programs, brochures, signage, and web production
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
October 2012- Present
Freelancer & Screenwriter
Working with SXSW award-winning documentarian Jay Bulger on original screenplays,
commissioned scripts, and producing music videos/ commercials
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, SAN FRANCISCO
June 2012-August 2012
Reporter, National-Foreign (Politics) Desk
-Two month internship covering San Francisco’s politics
-Extensive experience in web writing, blogging and data aggregation
-Published on a quotidian basis on SF Chronicle Politics blog, many ran in print
-Extensive experience in researching, copy editing and article generation
-Interviewing: ranging from embedding in Occupy Oakland movements to Nancy Pelosi
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
January 2012- June 2012
Student/ Travel writer
-Worked with the editor of Viva, the Sunday magazine of Buenos Aires' second
largest newspaper, Clarín, writing features on topics from human rights breaches during the
military junta to the growing paco epidemic in the villas
-Worked as a travel writer for SUITCASE magazine
PARIS, FRANCE
August 2011-December 2011
Student/ Travel writer
-Worked as a foreign correspondent for NYU’s Washington Square News. Finished political
writings regarding transnational justice at Sciences-Po
NABORS DRILLING INTERNATIONAL LTD, DUBAI
May 2011-August 2011
Supply Chain Intern & Floorhand
Two months working in Supply Chain & Asset Management (Dubai Offices)
-Coordinated with logistics companies to organize shipping of containers worldwide
One month working on-site (Saudi Arabia & Sharjah)
-Two weeks in Al-Rushaid Rig Yard, Khobar, Saudi Arabia coordinating logistics of a rig down
stacking & managing a three person team in warehousing inventory
-Two weeks in assisting in the move of Ocean Master VIII from port in Sharjah to Hammriyah,
maintaining water levels in hull, equipment checks, maintenance
EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
August 2009- December 2012
Student in the College of Arts and Sciences
-Graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science
-Received Founders Day Award for academic achievement as an NYU honors scholar
- New York University in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1/2012– 5/ 2012
Relevant coursework includes: Reporting Buenos Aires, Intensive Spanish, and Creative Writing
- New York University in Paris, France (all courses in French) 8/2011– 12/2011
All courses conducted in French, attended supplementary classes at Sciences-Po
- New York University in Florence, Italy 8/2009– 5/ 2010
Relevant coursework includes: Creative Writing, Intensive Italian & Classics (philosophy and art)
SKILLS
Fluent in French. Proficient in Italian, Spanish, HTML.