KANCHANA DAS

New York, NY • (646) 904-9400 • kanchdc_nyc @icloud.com

                                                                       

SUMMARY:

 

 

·   Excellent administrative, independent research and organizational skills

 

·   Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

 

·   Excellent customer service skills; strong interpersonal and communication skills

 

·   Highly motivated self-starter; works well in team environments or independently

EDUCATION:

 

09/18 – Present

CAREER SERVICES TRAINING CENTER                                                New York, NY

 

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)

 

·   Microsoft Word (MOS Certified)

·   Microsoft PowerPoint (MOS Certified)

 

·   Microsoft Excel (MOS Certified)

·   Microsoft Outlook (MOS Certified)

 

·   Microsoft Expert Excel (MOS Certified)

·   QuickBooks (Intuit Certified)

 

 

06/92 – 06/95

STELLA MARIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN                                              Tamil Nadu, IN

 

Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts (U.S. Evaluated)

 

 

06/97 – 06/98

MADRAS UNIVERSITY                                                                                Tamil Nadu, IN

 

Bachelor’s Degree in Library and Information Science (U.S. Evaluated)

 

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

06/19 – Present

THE FRICK COLLECTION                                                                           New York, NY                                                  

 

Library Assistant Intern (07/19 –Present)

 

·   Assist reserachers with the usability of the online library catalog and resources

 

·   Gather statistics for requests, reading room usage, and queries follow up

 

·   Aid with public service activities, special projects, programs, and events

 

·   Create public research guides for the topic clocks/horology available at the  library collections using ZOTERO

 

Administrative Intern – Curatorial Department (06/19 – 07/19)

 

·   Oversee the organization and maintenance of departmental records, including art object files

 

·   Assist with financial matters, such as payment requests, travel reimbursements, and coding credit card transactions using Excel

 

·   Served as primary point of contact within the Curatorial Department

 

 

06/11 – 09/11

THE SEAMEN’S CHURCH INSTITUTE                                                      New York, NY

 

Archives Assistant 

 

·   Assisted in scanning and archiving documents with Basic Image editing

 

·   Organized electronic data utilizing specific data management techniques

 

·   Identified images and assigned appropriate metadata to scanned materials

 

 

07/07 − 02/09

BOSE PACIA                                                                                                     New York, NY

 

Librarian & Archive Assistant (PT); Gallery Assistant (PT)

 

·   Managed gallery’s artist bibliography; responsible for all press correspondence

 

·   Maintained and cataloged all private collections; prepared visual packets for sales and press

·   Handled the library’s monthly budget; completed all supply orders and financial billing

 

·   Established the new library’s collection of over 200 books and periodicals, acquired new material; created mailing list using mail-merge and Art System

 

 

COMPUTERS:

Advanced Microsoft Office skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; Reader Ware,

 

Adobe Photoshop, Art Base, Macromedia Flash 5, MX; Proficient in SIERRA, FRESCON, and Bookeye

LANGUAGES:  Multilingual (fluent in English/Tamil/Hindi)