Mary E. Ellis

Work

• Media Hive

  Junior Dev in Training / 2016

  At Media Hive, I was invited to train as a front end developer. This allowed me to learn workflow, participate in group projects, and help create a QA report dashboard for both internal team members to utilize as well as clients. Extensive work with debugging, refactoring, version control, Angular, Sass, d3/svg, social media authentication, Python, Django, as well as integrating front and back end pieces of a project.

• Media Hive

  Finance & HR Manager / 2015-2016

  A boutique ecommerce web-development company, I was brought in to fix their accounting system and practices, create spending and ROI analyses, implement cost-saving actions, and identify work process improvements. While addressing those needs effectively, I also took over all the HR responsibilities including on- and off-boarding, DOL inquiries, and benefits administration.

• Community Counseling & Mediation

  Assistant Controller / 2013-2014

  CCM provides much needed social services to low income families primarily in Brooklyn, from mental health clinics to after school programs for homeless children. As Assistant Controller I provided comprehensive backup to the fiscal department while actively implementing better and more efficient office and fiscal practices, as well as all HR adminsitration from onboarding to benefits administration.

• North Carolina Museum of Art

  Project Manager / 2008-2013

  The NCMA houses the State’s art collection, provides world-class exhibitions, and has the added bonus of a 164-acre art park and environmental conservation movement. The planning department oversees all infrastructural upgrades and additions totalling several hundred million dollars, of which I was intimately involved. I provided project and budget management, owning several projects of my own, and assisting heavily with others.

• musicSPARK/SPARKcon

  Director/Assistant Director / 2009-2010

  SPARKcon is a local arts showcase based in Raleigh, NC. Entirely volunteer-run, the festival highlights any creative local talent and provides unique cross-pollination through collaborative efforts amongst the best creatives in the Triangle. As musicSPARK director, I led a team of about 20 volunteers to organize, curate, market, and produce a four day free music festival with over 100 acts across 15 venues. As SPARKcon director, I worked directly with the four other directors on logistics, planning, and coordination for the entire festival.