Cecilia Brown Resume
Cecilia Brown Resume

SKILLS
Creative specialties: Documentary videography, documentary photography
Research specialties: Focus Groups, Ethnographic, Qualitative interviews
Proficient in: Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Squarespace, PowerPoint, Excel.
Proficient/fluent in Spanish

EDUCATION
BA: CONNECTICUT COLLEGE (2013)
Major: Psychology
Minor: Philosophy
Honors: Deans High Honors, Psi ChiMember
Grants: Mellon Foreign Language Research Grant
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Honors Thesis:
�The Impact of Technological Communication on Students� Abilities to Communicate Effectively Face to Face�

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

HABICORP | Video Storyteller
Jan 2018 - Present
� Create video stories about families who
have benefitted from Habitat for
Humanity�s homes

LIVING YOGA | Yoga Teacher
Spring 2017 - Present
� Teach yoga to teens with mental and
behavioral challenges

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GALILEO RESEARCH & STRATEGY | Director of
Strategic Consulting
2016 - Present
� Moderate interviews, focus groups, and ethnographies
with patients about experiences living with an illness
� Analyze qualitative findings and distill into narrative
stories for clients
� Run stakeholder workshops to facilitate
implementation of strategic findings

THE COMFORT THEORY| Photographer
2016
� Helped create on-brand visual content for a variety of
adventure brands (e.g. MSR, Big Agnes)
SACHS INSIGHTS | Research Consultant
2013 - 2015
� Conducted and analyzed usability and exploratory
qualitative interviews to inform the optimization of
consumer products
� Edited and screened video footage of research

YALE POSITIVE EMOTION &
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY LAB | Research Assistant
2011
� Collected and examined psychophysiological survey
data using SPSS

STELLA JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY | Photography
Assistant
2008 - 2013
� Designed and developed new photography website
� Scanned and edited photographs using Photoshop
� Assisted with documentary shoots in the field

THE COFFEE CLOSET | Co-founder, Manager
2009 - 2013
� Built up business infrastructure from a single
business to a franchise in 2 years