CV
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Roles
- 2020 — Present
Cultural Strategist for Experience Design
CS°XD
Independent strategy practice specializing in creative and cultural strategy for live, spatial, and experiential brand activations.
• Surfaces cultural and behavioral insights from the zeitgeist and translate them into spatial concepts for live experiences, informed by memory science.
• Develops brand identities into spatial storytelling,
• Conducts cultural and UX research
• Analyzes potential for behavior change based on neuroscience and cognitive psychology principles.
• Builds strategic frameworks for agencies and brands across retail, hospitality, game design, ritual design, PR, events, and employee experience
• Specializes in multi-country activations requiring local cultural affinity and social purpose themes including DEI, accessibility, and LGBTQIA rights.
- 2020 — Present
Founding Member
WXO — World Experience Organization
Founding member of the World Experience Organization (WXO) — the leading global think tank of behavioral scientists, experiential marketers, spatial designers, and creative technologists working to advance the science and practice of experience design (XD).
Engineering better lives through better experiences.
- 2016 — 2020
Founder, Creative Director & Producer, Head of Events
The Inner Ear
Founded a boutique events agency producing next-generation branded cultural experiences in music and nightlife. Clients included Asahi, Urban Daddy, and Evian One Resort. Agency ceased operations due to COVID-19.
· Produced 26 bespoke branded experiences in the first 18 months, including 5 WKNDR festivals, a flagship event at Art Basel Miami, and a collaboration with Boiler Room
· Built the agency from scratch as a solo founder, handling creative direction, client acquisition, production, and partnerships
- 17 yrs 4 mos
Senior Simultaneous Conference Interpreter
United Nations • NATO • US DoD • Council of Europe
17+ year career as a freelance simultaneous conference interpreter at head-of-state (HoS) level to the world's multilateral organizations. 2,083+ days in the booth. Qualified by competitive examination and security-cleared. Deployed on UN human rights (OHCHR) missions worldwide.
Working languages: Russian and French into English. Other languages: Spanish, Turkish, Italian
Member of the International Association for Conference Interpreters (AIIC) since 2011.