Professional Experience
Academic
Masters of Science: Social and Public Communication - Department of Psychological and Behavioral Science - The London School of Economics and Political Science
September 2023 - 2024
LSE Summer School Programs, Student Ambassador, and Academic Director’s Scholarship Recipient for the field of Technology, Media & Society:
June - August 2023
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Digital Media - University of California Santa Cruz
Fall 2018 to Winter 2021
Understanding the cultural impact of new media technologies. Developed skills to construct effective arguments, and analyze, interpret, and critique media from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Research the relationship between different types of form and meaning in emerging technologies.
Other Courses of Note:
Mathematical Methods for Economics I and II, Statistics, Introductory Micro and Macro Economics
Introductory Logic, Cognition (Fundamental Theories), Introductory Sociology, Personal Finance
Sustainable Innovation, Business Assistance, Visual Culture and Technology
International Baccalaureate (IB) - 38/45 Points - Honors - Munich International School, Germany
2016-2018
Completed internationally recognized IB Diploma with honors. Completed German Abitur
Courses of note included higher-level Business & Management, Physics, English and standard level German, Mathematics, & Visual Arts.
Key Positions
Independent Consultant - Digital Marketing & Communications
Ongoing - Past Clients: Cruz Foam, Enterprise Development Group, Ocean Conservancy, Innovation Within
Royal Dutch Gazelle - Digital Marketing and Project Manager
June 2021 - August 2022
Santa Cruz Works - Digital Operations and Program Manager
July 2019 - May 2021
CruzFoam - Business Development and Marketing Intern
July 2019
SnowBrains - Writer
December 2018 - January 2020
BVS Austria - Research and Development Intern
June 2016
Notable Projects
Ride Out the Wave
April - June 2020
Helped contribute 400k+ dollars of relief funding to Santa Cruz small businesses in response to the COVID-19 “shelter-in-place” order of April 2020.
“Adrian was an integral part of our "Ride Out the Wave" program that raised half a million dollars for Santa Cruz businesses in the early days of COVID-related economic assistance. We had to think quickly and pivot often, so Adrian's ability to deal with ambiguity and focus on simple solutions to complex problems proved invaluable. As expected when taking a "perfect is the enemy of good enough" approach, we made a lot of people happy while also making just a few folks quite unhappy. Adrian helped us triage the latter with both care and empathy. Those efforts ensured the overall success story of this community-based program at large.” - Rex Harris, Product at Amazon
Santa Cruz Startup and Tech Community Development
2020
Peritus Precision Translations
2020
Built website, analytics to track key KPI’s, and established channels for lead generation
Forum Verde - Save the Farms
August 2020
Built website and campaign to support farms affected by the CZU Fire Complex