ePortfolio - Carina Bethea

Carina S. Bethea - Resume

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Virginia, USA

www.michaelandcarinaphotography.com

www.instagram.com/michaelandcarina

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Business Owner - Communications and Curation Specialist - Creative

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Skills

 

● Communication

○ daily professional communication with people from different backgrounds

○ fluent in both English and German on a “native-speaker” level

○ am well-read, have a gift for writing, learn fast

○ trained in Classical Latin, can quickly grasp Western European Romance Languages

● Confidence, ambition and determination

○ “I combine what I see as American optimism and ‘can-do spirit’ with German discipline

and industry.”

● Open-mindedness

● Reliability and Organization

● Maintaining and establishing healthy professional relationships

● Healthy Work Ethic

● Artistic Eye for Design and Curation

● Design/ Editing Programs: Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, PhotoMechanic, Excel, InDesign, some video editing

● Publication expert (editorial vision, publication on world's biggest wedding and editorial blogs/magazines, including Southern Weddings, The Knot, Washington Bride and Groom, Style Me Pretty, Once Wed,...)

 

Education

 

2004-2008: High School at the Lise-Meitner Grammar School in Unterhaching, Germany

  Subjects: engaged and excelled in 13 courses in Germany’s famously rigorous Bavarian

Secondary education program, including Classical Latin, French, English

May-December 2008: Spent eight months living in USA

● bettering my English

● learning about American culture

● working as a private German teacher and caretaker for a mentally disabled person

January 2009: Enrolled Bavarian Abitur Degree Program at Lise Meitner Gymnasium

● Majors: German and English Literature and Advanced Composition

October 2009: Completed English thesis, “The Pen and the Voice of Independence”

● received A+ on written thesis, presentation and oral exam

June 2010: Graduated with secondary degree, German Abitur, with a German average grade of 1,3

(equals US GPA: 3.92), majors: English and German

May 2014: Graduated with a 4.0 GPA Associates Degree from Thomas Nelson Community College

May 2016: Graduated with a 3.98 GPA Bachelor's of Science from Old Dominion University, major: Professional Communication

 

Experience

 

2007: Gymnastics coach for different age groups

2008-2013: Private Tutor in German, English and French and Latin (details: see below)

May-December 2008: Special Needs Au Pair and Teacher in Virginia, USA

January 2009-August 2010: Student, freelance tutor

August 2010 - August 2011: German, French, Latin and English Teacher and Interpreter at the

Schülerhilfe Tutor Company; teaching students of different age groups (5-50 years old) and different

backgrounds; teaching German literature, debating and writing as well as German as a foreign language;

creating individual and group curriculums, test preparation, group and one-on-one classes; interpreting

for students from different countries, translating text books, translating German and English literature

(Dickens, Goethe,...), technical manuals and documents

2011 - 2012: Freelance photojournalist and writer for the renowned paper Münchner Merkur, one of Germany's biggest newspapers

2010 - Present: Self-employed photographer, social media expert, digital content designer and curator at Michael and Carina Photography 

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Awards and Achievements

 

June 2010: Named Top 10% Graduate at the Lise Meitner Grammar School (3.92 GPA)

May 2014: Top 10% Graduate at Thomas Nelson Community College (4.0 GPA), Dean's List

May 2016: Top 10% Graduate at Old Dominion University (3.98 GPA), Dean's List

December 2014: Named "Emerging Film Photographer of the Year" by Belle Lumiere Magazine

Summer 2015: Named "Best Wedding Photographer of the Year" by Mod Weddings 

2016: Nominated as "Top 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography"

2016: Nominated as "Best Film Photographer of the Year" by Belle Lumiere Magazine 

 

Interests

 

● Traveling:

Discovering and experiencing different cultures fascinates me. I’ve been blessed to travel to over

20 countries in my life (Israel, UK (lived there for several weeks), Egypt, France (lived there for

several weeks), Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Spain and Turkey among them).

● Photography

● Languages, Literature and Writing

● Working with People

● Art, Design and Curation 

 

Closing

 

Thank you for taking the time to review my resumè. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Carina S. Bethea