Laura Mitre

(818) 660-7995
E-mail:laura@calanet.com
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SUMMARY OF SKILLS:

• Deep knowledge of modern office practices, procedures, methods and equipment; great organizational skills, work ethics, personnel administration and management.
• Advanced knowledge and practice of principles of web design, cross browser compatibility and mobile devices.
• Strong knowledge of professional website creation packages such as Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Golive, Flash, InDesign, IIustrator, PhotoShop and FirstClass.
• Immense knowledge of coding with in HTML, CSS, DHTML, XML, PHP, ASP, JavaScript, AJAX, Flex, SQL, JQuery; ability to read and write mostly any other programming language like VisualBasic, C, C++, Pearl, etc.
• Well versed in the use, programming and maintenance of the most popular CMS applications like, Ektron, WordPress, Moodle, Joomla and Drupal, plus management of Social Networking Applications like BlogSpot, FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace, Hi5 and Wikis.
• Extensive knowledge of LMS and training applications like Acrobat Reader/Writer, Camtasia, Captivate and Flash with Audio and Video integration using Sony Vegas, Adobe Premier and Flash.
• Well versed in the use and training for long distance learning applications like Skype, IM, GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting.
• Good knowledge of LMS and LCMS systems.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office including Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Outlook and Publisher.
• Thorough knowledge of TCP/IP, the Internet, and networking.
• Advanced knowledge of PC (Windows 95, NT, 2000, XP, Vista), MAC (OS 8, 9, X operating systems.
• In-depth knowledge of principles of training, research techniques, methods, and procedures.
• Excellent ability to work as a team player, follow and support company’s design and development standards.
• Fully Bilingual/Bicultural English-Spanish; have performed for several years as as a Professional Translator and English, Spanish Teacher.

EXPERIENCE:

Webmaster-Multimedia CoordinatorLos Angeles, CA
Sept. 2006 – May 2009

Milken Community High School of Stephen S. Wise Temple

• Maintain Milken Community High School and Middle School Websites:
• Correct color and size pictures taken by camera mentors for web compatibility.
• Initiate and maintain constant communication with faculty and staff that can provide articles, pictures and description of events, projects, etc. that can be used for web content refresh.
• Maintain contact with Camera mentors in order to make sure that all school events are covered.
• Participate to bi-weekly Web Editorial meetings at the Temple to brainstorm content refresh.
• Participate in weekly meetings with the Temple Webmaster and Programmer consultant to be updated in technical changes and constant general website work including all constituents web sites of Stephen S. Wise Temple. (there are no more temple meetings)
• Take pictures of events, daily activities and projects to be used in the content refresh articles for Upper and Middle School websites and Web Media Galleries.
• Be constantly informed about events, projects and activities, at both schools in order to report to the Web Editorial Group to select articles of relevant importance for content refresh to publish on the web every two weeks. (e.g. Read the Roar, Daily Bulletin, Parent Web Pages, Milk and Honey Web pages, Milken Now and most or all school publications available to me including School Calendar.)
• Ensure proper formatting and content from all faculty web sites:
• Constantly check faculty web pages to ensure they have proper information, layout and formatting, (e.g. font style and size, pictures properly formatted for web, all web pages are populated.)
• Contact faculty to pin point details of what is missing, incomplete or does not comply with the stipulated web formatting.
• Provide technical support, assistance and guidance to help faculty accomplish well presented web pages and to use as much technology in the classroom to promote Education Technology.
• Respond to emails, phone calls and/or meet staff to provide necessary technical support to ensure web pages comply with the stipulated web formatting standards.
• Oversee Web mentors by constantly communicating with them so that they can assist faculty in need of web maintenance.
• Develop trainings in different formats (e.g. Word, PowetPoint, Flash movies, PDF) for “web-technical support” as instructions or guides to better facilitate access to Education Technology.
• Meet and work with faculty and staff to provide technical support in order to make changes to MCHS websites from different departments in CMS system.
• Meet and take pictures from Spotlight Artist at the Library once a month, the pictures are used to create an online portfolio and webpage of the artist.
• Contact Spotlight Artist to get his/her bio/inspiration theme. The information is passed on to the Temple web editor for proper editing. Once the editing is ready, the online portfolio of the Featured Artist of the month is published on the web.
• Work on Milk and Honey web pages weekly, checking content, layout and proper picture formatting for the web
• Work on Parent pages once a month, resizing and formatting images and review the pages for proper layout. Participate in Parent pages meetings to discuss content and images.
• Maintain and support different departments websites in First Class environment like; College Counseling, Mexico Exchange, Tiferet, MAST.

Director of Web Services/Web Development InstructorVan Nuys, CA Sept. 2004-Sept. 2008

ICDC College

• Teach students how to create Websites from hand coding HTML to final production,
  including web hosting, FTP, rules and regulations according to W3, web
  design etiquette, standard concepts, practices and procedures for Web
  design, dynamic pages with JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, Cold Fusion, ASP, JSP,
  etc.; using most popular HTML editors like Dreamweaver, HomeSite and Edit
  Plus.
• Teach students Graphic Design using software like Photoshop,
  Illustrator, Fireworks, ImageReady and Flash, have students acquire
  knowledge of most popular Graphic Design Software, Graphic Design etiquette,
  standard concepts, practices and procedures.
• Teach students to manipulate and create images and animations in order to create attractive and interactive web pages with the use of web safe colors and format compatibility for
  the WWW and publishing material. ” Teach Students how basic concepts
  in Desktop Publishing, color layout, integration of colors, image integration,
  DPI, Vector, Bitmap, etc.
• Write, implement and revise training curriculum as needed, create
  lesson plans and course material, visual aids, develop training strategies
  as needed, conduct evaluations, developed new strategies to improve
  enrollment and student attendance. Web page design and Layout, HTML
  Programming, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Business Consultant and ELearning ProfessionalReseda, CA 1995-Present

CaLa Networks

• Software training development and curricula programing.
• Web page design and administration, animation creation, production and implementation of graphics.
• Desktop Publishing, Page layout and image integration using Page Maker and
  Quark Xpress.
• Photography and manipulation of images to improve quality and looks.
• Video editing and integration.

IT Coordinator/Consultant North Hollywood, CA – March 2001-Date

Erlich Transcultural Consultants

• Create Power Point Presentations, Handbooks, Manuals and Memos to demonstrate and train staff on appropriate use of computers, software, virus, spam prevention and file management.
• Maintain Network and Website, perform routine maintenance utilities and tests to keep computers updated, maintain and create database, general website and system administration.
• Purchase, installation and maintenance of computer equipment and software as needed.
• Design and reproduce graphics for PR material.
• Design PowerPoint presentations and Training handbooks for Dr. Erlich’s
  Multicultural and Diversity Training.
• Translate official documents, Screeners, Reports of Marketing Research results of focus groups from English to Spanish, Spanish to English, including Transcripts.

Claim Service RepresentativeWoodland Hills, CA 1995-1999

20th Century Insurance

• Take automobile/home incident reports over the phone, educate client on policy coverage in English & Spanish.
• Record details of incidents from parties involved in incident, transcripts English & Spanish.

E.S.L. and Spanish Teacher and TutorMexico City, MX 1992-1995

Polytechnic Jr. College

• Taught English as a Second Language to groups of 40+.
• Organized Teacher/Parent conferences.
• Vice President of support and groups and student crisis hotlines.
• Taught Spanish to foreign students.

VOLUNTEER WORK:

TutorEncino, CA

Kindergarten Intervention Program (KIP)

• Worked with children with emotional and cognitive disadvantages, finding ways to help them improve and achieve their strongest potential.

Los Angeles Valley CollegeTutor
Van Nuys, CA

• Tutor/Mentor for students in the Child Development Program sponsored by Cal-Works.
• Assisted Hispanic American students with economic & cognitive
  disadvantage, members of Puente Program.

EDUCATION:

West Valley Occupational CenterWoodland Hills, CA

• Computer Science
• Web-Development
• Desktop Publishing Certification.

Los Angeles Pierce CollegeWoodland Hills, CA

• Psychology Certification
• A.S. Degree in Liberal Arts

Los Angeles Valley CollegeVan Nuys, CA

• Child Development and Pre-School Teacher Certification

Instituto Politécnico (IPN)Mexico City, MX

• Licenciatura en Pedagogia.

Instituto International de Idiomas y TurismoMexico City, MX

• Associate’s Degree in International Business with emphasis in World History.

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