2024/5 - Consultant and Communication Strategist, Salama bint Hamdan Foundation

• Produced a programming calendar for the UAE pavilion in Expo Osaka 2025, integrating local and international collaborations, logistics, and partner details.

• Engineered a matrix to evaluate and compare submissions against Expo criteria, from AI technology to Emirati cuisine.

• Authored training materials and briefing documents for pavilion Ambassadors and key partners, and facilitated translations into Arabic and Japanese.

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2024 - Exhibition Operations at Venice Biennale 

• Managed daily operations, ensuring the exhibition's smooth functioning, including exhibition setup, logistics coordination, and visitor flow management.

• Engaged fluently with exhibition content, providing detailed explanations of Abdullah Al Saadi's work to visitors and journalists.

• Implemented and experienced cultural exchange by collaborating with Italian interns from Ca' Foscari University, fostering cross-cultural understanding.

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2024 - Researcher at Al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art 

• Digitized and sorted Maysaloon Faraj’s archival CDs, VHS, mini VHS, Floppy disks, and letters

• Rehoused and sorted Maysaloon’s letters and documents into archival-grade sleeves and arrangements

• Interviewed, digitized, and archived materials during multiple studio visits to Hussain Sharif and created a bibliography of works around his legacy

• Assisted and ushered in the centre’s open house and was the event's photographer, material is to be used in Communications and Social Media

• Transcribed interviews of Abdullah Al Saadi conducted by the Center and reviewed transcriptions of past symposiums

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2023- Arts Proxy Program Facilitator at NYUAD Career Development Center 

• Managed participant selection, curriculum development, and partner recruitment

• Conducted research and collaborated with 4 artists and 3 art institutions to organize workshops on

  CV writing, portfolio building, and art residency applications

• Facilitated weekly sessions attended by 8-15 students and external collaborators

• Provided personalized guidance to participants on their art projects

• Curated the final exhibition at NYUAD Arts Center

   

2022- Education and Public Programming Intern/Docent at 421 Arts Campus

• Initiated collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism for the institute's resources to become a lending library

• Ushered 10 informative tours in 2 months, educating and engaging visitors as a docent

• Led the 3 pioneering tactile stations in the ‘On Foraging’ Exhibition:

• Researched 2 braille translators to aid in creating special needs-inclusive exhibition guides

• Outsourced 3 production companies to produce the tactile children's guides

• Commissioned 3 tactile replicas of the artworks displayed for visitors to interact with

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2022- Design Production Assistant at NYUAD Arts Center 

• Redesigned a program’s logo (Procreate) to enhance its rebranding and marketing material

• Designed navigation signage for the MFA program to provide creative/easy accessibility

• Proposed a fresh design layout for renovating one of the Research Institute Centers