Resume:

Kelly M. Desmore

fernstudios@gmail.com

408.709.9918

California

Kelly M. Desmore

Education:

AA Liberal Arts

Moorpark College, Moorpark, Ca.

BA Information and Communication Studies

Option in Media Arts (Documentary)

Minor in Recording Arts

CSU Chico, Chico, Ca.

Employment History: http://www.parkerandparkerart.com

2016- Present Flowwinegroup.com – Wine Consultant in Silicon Valley, SF, East Bay. Providing Tastings, Events, Shows and Private Client Consulting. 250 alcohol and wine companies served from California and around the world.

2016- Present Los Altos Golf and Country Club – Event Server & Bartender at LAGCC.com; Distinguished Emerald Private Member Club for Events and Sports. Clients include: Facebook, Google, Wine Industry and SV companies. Use all computers and scripts for member data input and identification for 5 Star Bar & Food Service.

2009-2019 – Current Owner & Founder of Chicoindie.com and Producer for live events in and around California. Now producing with www.artsandmedia.net, our Fiscal Partnership. Create budgets and contracts to turn in for administrative assistance, annually for film festival. Work with local and global Directors and Musicians. Use Dropbox, Budget Analysis, Microsoft and Google drive.

2004-2005 – Sales and Marketing Lead for small to medium sized businesses. Webwisemedia.com – Web Marketing Firm Woodland Hills, CA. Keyword Positioning, SEO placement, Fax blasts, e-mail Opt-ins. Worked under President of Marketing, Ninna Shapiro.

1998-Present – http://www.FernStudiosdigital.com – Global Producer, Sales Director, and Trainer for multimedia creations and e-commerce design. Live electronic music performances for Northern Cal and Bay Area for 25 years.

1999-2004 – Marigold Digital – Chico and Sausalito, Ca. Producer. Sales Lead, and Trainer; Created and facilitated projects in multimedia and the Internet. These involved direct sales, project management, and marketing of online web design and hosting accounts. http://www.Marigold.com

2003- Golden Capital Investment – Chico, Ca.; Online Marketing Assistant, Assistant to Events Manager; tasks included: Internet and e mailing for company, brochure designs for quarterly events in finance. Start Up accounts for Biotech and Hi-Tech Angel investments, exclusively for the Northern California group. http://www.goldencapital.net

2001-2003 – CSU Chico, Technology and Learning Program-Multimedia Lab – Chico, Ca. (also a student for 2000-2003) Lab Assistant: Instructional Media Center- Merriam Library 002- Assisted Faculty and Staff with all technology and learning in the Multimedia Lab, as a part of the Technology and Learning Program. Advanced level of skill set with Mac audio and video applications in hardware. All PC audio, video hardware, software taught in lab. Video editing skills used with (Final Cut Pro, i-Movie), web page composition, photography, film festivals, and many media creations.

1999-2000 – XStudios, LLC – Chico, Berkeley, San Mateo, Napa, San Anselmo, Ca. Producer/Sales and Marketing Communications; established a virtual cooperative community of artists and technologists that forged new forms of human expression, communication and education through multimedia. Responsible for all client sales and marketing, business development, account management, contracts and negotiations. Assisted and ran http://www.internetbusinessmixer.com. Booked all media/music productions. http://www.internetmusicbusinessmixer.com events for two years produced in Bay Area. All projects supported “Poetry in the Schools”- now, http://wordgroove.com.

1999-2000 – Jeff Burgess Telemarketing and Associates – San Rafael, Ca. Lead Generation Telemarketing Specialist; Assisted and generated seminar event attendance at call center, for Fair Isaac and Auto Desk. Conferences were for VPs and CEO’s of banking and other institutions all over the U.S.

1998-99 – HiSight.com – A community oriented web design/publishing group in Fairfax, Ca. Project: http://www.jbanda.com, http://www.earthrhythm.org – Projects: Under Brian Webster (SF, Ca.) http://www.415tech.com 

1996-97 – Manpower Temporary Agency – Levi Strauss Inc. – Pleasant Hill, Ca. Levi Strauss; Sales Associate for Men’s Regional Jeans Sales/Marketing Database in Texas. Oversaw all store displays for Northern California retailers of Levi’s Men’s jeans. http://www.us.levi.com/spr04a/levi/class/l_class_fit.jsp

1995-96 – The Majestic Ventura Concert Theater – Ventura, Ca. Assisted in Public Relations and distribution/ marketing for venues incoming artists and ticket sales.

1995-96 -Skip Saylor Recording – Larchmont Village, Ca. Assisted in all studio preparation and maintenance of artists and recording engineers under direction of Skip Saylor. http://www.skipsaylor.com

1996- Interlok Studios – Hollywood, Ca. Receptionist: Assisted and ran all phone lines, communicated with artists and engineers. Scheduling of post-production projects for Disney and other large companies.

Projects: Ongoing – C.H.I.C.O. (Chico Happenings Involving Creative Overflow). A non-profit community arts program that includes artists, educators and healers of all ages. Area is invited to come together and perform and discuss their local happenings. Program is recorded digitally for interactive use in education and the home.

2001-2003 – Electronic Music Ensemble/Composer – CSU, Chico. Performed in “Sonic Fusion” Electronic Music and Dance program, Harlen Adams Theater, CSU, Chico, Ca.