Hello everyone! My name is Leonard Santos (he/him) and I am a second-year M.S. student in the Data Analysis and Visualization program. I completed my undergraduate and first master’s degree at NYU in Media, Culture, and Communication with a focus on practice-based digital media, technology, and queer advocacy. Outside of that, I have a lot of administrative, making, and production experience through my work at NYU’s MCC MediaLab where I help lead efforts to increase digital literacy and critical making in our department. Additionally, I work as a theatre producer in New York City!
Project management: I have a lot of experience with project management and I tend to gravitate towards these roles a lot. This includes managing the overarching logistics of my teams both in my job at NYU and theatre casts and crews, creating schedules and reminding people of deadlines, and assisting people whenever problems arise since I try to be familiar with everything that happens.
Development: I have some experience with development, particularly with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Tableau. I tend to be a quick study and usually can help provide assistance to this area!
Design/UX: I’m fairly proficient with design, although I would not consider this my top strength. I’m very familiar with how to use design software such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, along with how to utilize other Adobe products (Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Audition).
Outreach/social media: I do this a lot for my theatre work and would really not prefer to have this role for this class.
Documentation: Happy to do it! I tend to document a lot of how things work, mostly due to my experience with project management.
Research: I’m somewhat confident here, although I wouldn’t consider myself PhD level.
Tech Skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Audition, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign), Tableau, Theatre Producing
Overall, I consider myself all-rounder and I can support a team in any way that’s needed.
