karena lee fabec
kabecio@yahoo.com
415.855.5678
San Francisco Bay Area, California
Life long love of learning to express & experiment in a variety of media.
Resume
Skills:
Video Editing & Graphics: Premiere, After Effects, TV Paint, Photoshop, Illustrator, OBS Streaming Software
Audio Software: Audition, ProTools, Ableton Live, Reason
DANTE Level 3 Certified 2023; AVIXA Audio
Visual Technician Certified 2024
Hardware Familiarity: Camera operation; Sound System Setup, Boom operation, Shotgun & Lavalier Mics; Zoom H5N; Nagra recorder, Gaffer & Grip tasks.
Work History:
08/23 - Current (Seasonal): Local 16 Union – Stagehand
Crew member for set-up and breakdown of large audio-visual systems for auditoriums, stadiums and convention centers. Supervisors/Stewards vary depending on each gig job. Overseeing Supervisor: I.A.T.S.E. Local 16 – 240 Second St. San Francisco, CA 94105 – 415-441-6400
12/16 – 12/22/2023: Amazon Prime/Whole Foods
Warehouse Associate & Grocery Shopper for Delivery
888 Tennessee St. San Francisco, CA – Supervisor: Alex Arce
Amazon/Whole Foods: 450 Rhode Island, San Francisco, CA Supervisor: Jay Kido
6/14 – 5/17: CCSF Rosenberg Library – Library Page; Circulation & Periodicals Assistant; A/V Production Assistant. Rosenberg Main Library and Audio-Visual Department; CCSF Alice Statler Culinary Library.
Circulation: Angela Webster: awebster@ccsf.edu /Miguel Magos: mmagos@ccsf.edu | Periodicals: Deidre Colette: 415-452-5431 – dcollet@ccsf.edu
9/11 – 4/14: The Home Depot – Retail Sales Associate Electrical and Lighting Department
111 Shoreline Parkway – San Rafael, CA. 94901
Supervisor: Craig Weaver
9/06 – 8/10: Creative Origins Custom Screen Printing
Customer Service; Production Facilitator; Store Manager
Hayward Factory, San Francisco Office and Store.
Supervisor: Roger Caldwell
Client consultation, design and production development; shipping/receiving; office administration; web store maintenance; physical store maintenance, display dresser.
1/04 – 5/06: Lilaville Media Productions
Graphics Artist, Video and Audio Production Tech
San Francisco, CA – Design & production of print graphics; graphic design for video promo packages; Record, mix, and edit music CD demos, Created short video PSAs.
6/03 – 11/03: Contract Video Editor
San Francisco Time Capsule – Michael Shannon Production San Francisco, CA – Supervisor: Michael Shannon
Edited archival analog footage into short documentary films for series segment on a compilation DVD; edited spoken word monologs; created graphic titles.
1/00 – 12/03: TV Operations Technicians Assistant
Broadcast Media Services/EATV – City College SanFrancisco
50 Frida Kahlo SF, CA. Supervisor: Dana Galloway
Public educational access and college broadcasting studio Media Services Assistant; front desk reception, media reproduction and distribution; equipment scheduling,
delivery; operation of audio and video equipment; camera operator for field productions with team and technical director; Assisted with Video Studio Production,
Post-production services team for radio and TV; edited creative video and audio; made PSAs; performed VO.
Education:
Associate of Science – Cinema Production: City College of San Francisco – 2024
Avixa AV Technician & Dante Networked Audio: Audinate Online Certificates - 2024
Baccalaureate Degree Cinema Production: San Francisco State University – 2022
Associate of Arts – Graphic Design: City College of
San Francisco – 2015
Library Tech Certificate: City College San Francisco 2013
Associate of Arts/Gen Ed: City College San Francisco 2003
Broadcast Media Certificates: City College of San Francisco: Audio Production; Sound Design; Video Production; Multimedia Image & Sound; Web Design; Motion Graphics.
Other Relevant Course Work: Recording, Sound Reinforcement; Electronic Music Production: Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz – 1978-1981
Sound Reinforcement – City College San Francisco: 2024
Electronics Technician Certificate: Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz CA – 1982
In Progress: Virtual Production Certificate via Regional Virtual Production Academy: Laney College Oakland, CA
Internships:
02/2024 – 05/2024: Chabot TV – Hayward, CA – Production Intern. Supervisor: Sujoy Sarkar
Assisting witth live TV studio & field production; video
& audio post-production and virtual production.
1/14 – 8/14: Mechanic’s Institute Library – Library Support Staff Intern
Archive organization, rehousing and Finding-Aid support team member.
2/09 – 8/09: Dimension 7 TV
Final Cut Pro Video Editor – San Francisco, CA.
Video Editor for fashion show video shorts for spots on an online media magazine.
2/03 – 11/03: Tech TV – Television Production
& Producer’s Assistant – San Francisco, CA
Media tasks: reproduction, transcription, media transfers, segment timing & logging; Editing graphics, assisting on video shoots, info tech research, updating databases.
2/01 – 8/01: dvGgarage - Multimedia Production Assistant San Francisco, CA
Animated graphics for CD ROM tutorials; edited Battlebots clips for streaming robot battles video.
Volunteer Work:
2013: Marin County Free Library: Performed library page
duties: San Rafael, CA
2010: St. Anthony’s Church: Distributed clothing and food to needy: SF, CA
2009: SFSPCA – Maddie's Adoption Center – Pet Socializer: 250 Florida St. SF, CA
2006: Coalition on Homelessness: Client Outreach:
468 Turk St. SF, CA
1982- 1985: KZSC Radio: New Releases Rock Music DJ, Announcer, Media Library, Promotions: Santa Cruz, CA