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Portfolio Carolyn Levine Contact Information Experience Highlighted Experience PORTFOLIO CAROLYN LEVINE CONTACT INFORMATION EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTED EXPERIENCE [email protected] OONEE | Consultant PEOPLE FOR PARCEL 5 | Co-founder (585) 752-2608 Brooklyn, NY | November 2020 - January 2021 Rochester, NY | 2016-2018 carolynlevine.com • Writing and graphic design for reports and RFP responses to help the Oonee team build out safe, secure cycle parking in cities around the U.S. Citizen-led advocacy group to support community-driven activation of public space EDUCATION PRATT INSTITUTE | Graduate Assistant on a vacant lot in the heart of downtown Rochester. Organized meetings, workshops, Brooklyn, NY | August 2019 - Present Pratt Institute and special events to build capacity and Graduate Center for Planning and the • Editor, MultipliCity (GCPE student magazine) outline community priorities. Environment (GCPE) • Research and planning for Pratt Institute Housing Consortium (Fall 2020) MS, Urban Placemaking and Management Visit OurParcel5.com to learn more Expected completion May 2021 PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES | Project Intern HI, I’M CAROLYN New York, NY | February 2020 - May 2020 Rochester Institute of Technology • Participate in design thinking sessions, team calls and meetings ROCHESTER PARK(ING) DAY College of Art and Design Conduct literature reviews and provide edits to program model narratives • Planning Committee, Co-chair BFA, Graphic Design, with honors • Provide benchmark research of relevant case studies Rochester, NY | Fall 2016 August 2008 - May 2011 • Conduct data analysis of community engagement I’m a student at Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning DIII Women’s Lacrosse • Provide graphic assistance for deliverables, presentations, reports and boards Partnered with local organizations to and the Environment, working to make communities more • Prepare matrices, and/or appropriate summaries of activation plans create a pop-up park in a vacant lot to equitable and just through community-based planning, St. Lawrence University initiate dialogue about public space and Communication Studies design, and policy. I brings a place-based lens to projects OLAH INC. | Event Producer the impact of designing our cities for August 2007 - May 2008 New York, NY | April 2019 - November 2019 cars instead of people. Hosted discussion that centers community knowledge and expertise. DIII Women’s Lacrosse about neighborhood history, pop-up art • Coordinated production of 2-day, biannual trade shows in New York and gallery, yoga class, food truck, live music, Amsterdam and consumer-facing festival in New York Prior to studying at Pratt, I worked in the energy and and more! PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Oversaw event preparation and logistics for 100+ exhibitors across 3 venues transportation sector, leading a community-based program • Designed print collateral, digital marketing materials, and event signage Dignity Institute (Academic Track) to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in Rochester, NY. I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design Thrivance Group, fall 2020 RECONNECT ROCHESTER Volunteer ELECTRIFICATION COALITION | Program Lead Rochester, NY | 2015-2018 from Rochester Institute of Technology. Reimaging Streets as Places Training Rochester, NY | May 2017 - March 2019 PPS + Mobycon, fall 2020 • Managed grassroots program supported by New York State Energy Research Coordinated “Buses + Beers,” a multi-modal and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to accelerate the adoption of electric pub crawl to introduce the bus system to SKILLS vehicles (EVs) in greater Rochester, resulting in 22 percent increase in EV sales new riders. Painted and delivered seasonal seating to bus stops (featured in CityLab, • Organized 1,036 test drives, instituted Workplace Charing program with 13 that’s CAROLYN LEVINE me! July 2019). Volunteered at events including SOFTWARE area employers, and met goal of 1.79 percent market penetration documentary screenings and fundraisers. she/her/hers Adobe Illustrator • Facilitated corporate, municipal, university, and non-profit stakeholder MS, Urban Placemaking & Management Adobe InDesign relationships Adobe Photoshop • Oversaw marketing and design, managed website and monthly newsletter Microsoft Office • Authored program outline, implementation schedule, and created suite of Monday (project management) educational marketing materials for a statewide EV accelerator community Squarespace program for NYSERDA WordPress COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER OF ROCHESTER | Event Coordinator PROFESSIONAL Rochester, NY | 2016 - 2018 Stakeholder engagement Project management • Administered planning and run-of-show for sixth annual awards luncheon to Meeting facilitation honor local leaders in activism and the built environment Graphic design • Staffed monthly “Reshaping Rochester” lecture series, which brings leading Community organizing urban thinkers and practitioners from around the country to Rochester Public speaking Qualitative analysis PPS | Placemaking Training Location: Richardson, TX Client: City of Richardson, TX Role: Intern Date: Spring 2020 Richardson, TX Placemaking in the Core District The City of Richardson, TX hosted a placemaking Masterclass: From Ideas to Action training session for city staff, elected officials, and Thursday, June 11, 18 & 25 WEBINAR 1: SETTING THE CONTEXT This placemaking workshop Placemaking | The Core District Plan | Yes, and...! will explore cross-cutting 1 community stakeholders. The three-week workshop opportunities for all to establish a collaborative, community-led, place-based WEBINAR 2: GOING DEEP introduced placemaking principles to attendees, approach to the revitalization 2 Equity | Engagement | Asset Mapping of the Core District. Led by Project for Public Spaces’ including cross-cutting opportunities for all to Director of Education, Laura WEBINAR 3: TAKING ACTION Torchio, and Senior Project Measures + Metrics | Site Audits | Action Plans | Manager, Priti Patel, this 3 Commitments three-week workshop for city establish a collaborative, community-led, place- staff, elected officials, and community stakeholders, this POST WORKSHOP: MAKING IT HAPPEN workshop will engage and 4 Stakeholder Input | Implementation based approach to the revitalization of the Core inform. District, Richardson’s recently re-branded downtown corridor. Placemaking Masterclass manual Results from virtual engagement exercise using Mentimeter My responsibilities included curriculum planning, (page 1 of 4) meeting facilitation, graphic design (training materials and digitization of hand-drawn site plans), and drafting the final report. Richardson staff mark up maps during site audit session Map with notes from site audit Right: Digitized site diagram based on Richardson staff hand-drawn ideation Zoom in view of dot map based on Richardson staff input during vision session PPS | Upper Harbor Terminal SITE DIAGRAMS PPS | Other Projects The below diagrams were created for the UHT project based on feedback from the design team. Location: Minneapolis, MN Placemaking at Historic Market Square Client: Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board San Antonio, TX Role: Intern Date: Spring-Summer 2020 PPS worked with The City of San Antonio-Center City Development & Operations, in partnership The Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board retained with Centro San Antonio, on a collaborative PPS to help develop public space programming visioning process with stakeholders, property and management plans for a park being designed owners, and Market Square tenants to create in a predominantly Black neighborhood in North Minneapolis. The park is part of a $302 million a vision for the future of Market Square as project including a performing arts center and 500 a thriving cultural destination for merchants, units of housing. The project aims to connect North tenants, vendors, residents and visitors. My Minneapolis to the Mississippi River after construction work for this project included: data visualization of I-94 displaced homes and businesses in the 1960s. graphics and report editing. My responsibilities included synthesizing feedback from community engagement sessions to create Scheme A - Water Systems programmatic recommendations. I created maps, Social Distancing Design Recommendations diagrams, and presentation boards in coordination with two other firms working on the project. Salisbury, MA PPS worked with Salisbury, MA, an active beach town, to develop design guidelines for social distancing for summer 2020. My work for this project included: design precedent research. Scheme B - Renature DistritoTec | Monterrey, Mexico PPS was hired to develop a public space design and programming proposal for Monterrey Institute Scheme C - Plaza of Technology’s DistritoTec campus in downtown Monterrey. My work for this project included: design precedent research, report editing, and creating a programming model for each of the One of six presentation boards prepared for public meetings designated spaces (sample above right). Neighborhood Transportation Study Location: Jersey City, NJ Client: PAD Neighborhood Association Professor: Trent Lethco (Arup) Date: Spring 2020 This assignment for my Transportation Planning class consisted of a neighborhood-scale site analysis, including site history, existing conditions, demographics, and land use characteristics. Students were then asked to submit a proposal The Powerhouse Arts District sits within census tract 76, where in- The neighborhood is almost entirely zoned for “redevelopment” The iconic Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse building, out for transportation
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