Abigayle Renk

- Supported the President & CEO and Vice President of Finance & Administration with bookkeeping, calendar and project management, logistics, and communications - Organized internal and external conferences, discussion panels, board meetings, and staff events - Served as an office manager: monitored inventory, distributed mail, oversaw staff training and onboarding materials, and updated the company website and Job Bank - Served as Board Liaison: managed communications and attendance, compiled meeting materials, coordinated venues, and typed meeting minutes - Assisted with electronic payment processing, vendor invoices, and the management of HR communications and documents - Collaborated with consultant firms for arts advocacy projects, Mayoral Forum planning, and data collection for creative economy research

- Managed the President's calendar, hotel, travel, updated contacts, speeches, and Raiser's Edge notes - Supported the President and Chief of Staff with bookkeeping, execution of student programs and special event logistics, general operations and administrative support of all collegiate departments, regulated project deadlines, directed work-study "Administrative Assistant" employees, onboarded new staff when required, and facilitated communications as Liaison to the Board of Trustees and Managers - Transcribed meeting minutes, organized virtual and in-person meetings, edited departmental Board reports on Word and Adobe Acrobat, uploaded Board reports and DEIA reports to OnBoard, and composed agendas - Prepared the Boardroom; Zoom set-up, catering, agendas, and materials - Oversaw the Executive Office's daily appearance, operations, and inventory orders - Coordinated communications with external cultural organizations, colleges, and partners; Parkway Council Foundation and Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance - Sorted mail, answered daily inquiries over phone and emails, and collected RSVPs - Fulfilled invoices, compiled monthly credit card statements, prepared HR forms and check batches over $5,000 for the President's approval, and distributed bulletin emails - Assisted the Development department with fundraising and donor stewardship objectives, prepping the President before donor and guest interactions, updating invite and RSVP lists, and research for prospective donor profiles - Organized luncheons, tours, and special events; gallery receptions, private receptions, award ceremonies, staff parties, a sales shop at Philadelphia Museum of Art's Annual Contemporary Craft Show, Fall Convocation picnic, the Spring Senior Fashion Show at the Barnes Foundation, Commencement, and a retirement party - Executed logistics and day-of operations for catering, venue set-up, equipment, AV, IT, vendor contracts, check-in tables, valet parking, and city permits

- Greeted guests in the Barnes Shop and presented helpful information to daily inquiries about the art museum, visitor resources, pre-impressionist to modern art history, local cultural opportunities, member benefits, featured exhibitions, events, and updated museum policies to the public - Reported feedback to Visitor Services, Security, and Sales departments to enhance audience retention and guest interactions - Quick adaptation to last-minute promotions, exhibition schedules, institutional changes, and fulfilling shipments and gifts - Processed cash transactions on CRM Salesforce, tracked inventory records, and trained new hires

- Provided expert knowledge of Creative Cloud in Westphal's IT Department; assisted over 300 professional quality posters, portfolio pieces, and promotional materials for campus - Formatted files and images for large plot printers - Handled computer and printer equipment and assisted students with photo manipulation and print inspection for fashion mock-ups, product design, photography, and architecture layouts

- Organized the first trip to Miami Art Basel for 60 individuals: communicated with Student Business Services and Student Government, transportation and hotel reservations, convention passes, itineraries, and reimbursements - Outlined and emailed museum newsletters and programming calendars to over 170 students - Transcribed board meeting minutes, assisted in formulating a student docent program, and monitored planning for artist lecture series - Managed museum club fundraisers with Institute for Research in Art, directed volunteers during exhibition events, and handled all communications as "point person" - Volunteered with For Freedoms 50 State Initiative with other campuses across the nation

- Educate & Create, USF's Honors Living-Learning Community for students with interests in humanities, the arts, and music - Organized and directed recreational activities and scholastic trips for the Honors LLC

- Acted as "office assistant" to the institution: prepared educational and promotional materials for public release, answered inquiries for museum guests, and planned logistics and deadlines for on-site events - Researched the Moffitt Cancer Center's private postmodernist and contemporary art collection for Education Curator and Collection Curator - Organized 6-month research of over 30 artworks into a dossier for Education Curator and drafted art label writing for Collection Curator

- Installed artist Bosco Sodi's Muro work outside the USF Contemporary Art Museum - Collaborated with team of interns to assemble 1,080 mud bricks into a freshly constructed wall sculpture during a 12-hour interactive

- Installed artist Miki Kratsman's People I Met exhibition with a team of undergraduate and graduate students - Followed instructions from artist and curator-at-large Christian Viveros-Faune: installed hundreds of photographs and several art plaque labels

- Receptionist and office manager for Gallery Directors - Co-directed exhibition planning and coordinated bi-weekly art workshops and open mic nights - Aided bi-weekly installation setup and art handling; wall vinyl application, installation of wires and shelves, and wall repair - Applied Photoshop and Lightroom skills to design promotional imagery for gallery; mailed promotional postcards - Reviewed featured artist bios and wrote art labels for 10 exhibitions - Oversaw logistics and budgets between artists for ArtWalk 2018, the annual performance and art installation event on campus

- Organized student events and volunteer projects with the Student Activities Coordinator and Dean of Student Services - Transcribed weekly board and general meeting minutes - Acted as Liaison during attendance of all college chapters' budget meetings - Organized flights and travel plans for 12 volunteers to build houses with Habitat for Humanity for Hurricane Katrina victims - Daily office management, organized recreational campus events, and applied leadership with Senator and volunteer committees

- Notified students about student excellence programs, scholarships, and upcoming news for PTK opportunities - Organized induction ceremonies for new members, gifted our professors on Teacher Appreciation Day, and arranged travel logistics for conferences and Catalyst 2017

- Studied museum governance, financial accounting in arts and cultural organizations, revenue development, technology tools for arts and cultural managers, and exhibitions and programming planning, audience accessibility, marketing and social media for nonprofits, and membership sustainability

Certificate in Business & Art (August 2018) and Certificate in Art & Art History (May 2019) Honors Thesis: Research compares past museum strategies with the resources at the Tampa Museum of Art. "Utilizing resources from the Tampa Museum of Art, the research compares economic results of past programs with the results of other museums. The thesis identifies successful methods that promote economic prosperity and positive business relationships between a city and art museum." - Specialized art history studies in Pre-Renaissance to Post-Impressionism eras, 20th Century, Avant-Garde, Modernism, Postmodernism, Contemporary art, and the history of photographic arts - Studied arts administration, painting, drawing mediums, digital design, photography, video and new media arts, and sculpture

- Additional studies in anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, literary theory and criticism, and computer information databases