Lena Nechet

Oceanside, CA   Art@LenaNechet.com   323.686.1771

Experience

• Fine art painter, 18 years - oils, gouache, acrylics, watercolor;
• Language instructor, 5 years - beginner and business German, Russian;
• Interpreter, 2 years - multilingual;
• Translator, 2 years - German-English IT and legal translations;
• Customer Service, 1 year - problems solving, international accounts;
• Videographer, 5 years - short film, videography, hybrid photography;
• Web Developer, 7 years - OO PHP server programming and design;
• Fashion Design, 6 years - female and male formal attire construction;
• Nonprofit president, 2 years - US educational corporation.

Formal Education

• Mira Costa College, 2019-2022 - life figure drawing and painting, design;
• Orange Coast College, 2015 - history of cinema;
• San Diego City College, 2014-2015 - business law, accounting, filmmaking, English composition, critical thinking;
• IRS VITA, 2014 - advanced tax preparer;
• University Duisburg-Essen, 2004-2005 - web ergonomics, informatics, applied mathematics;
• Institute for International Communications, University of Dusseldorf, 2004 - academic German;
• VHS (Volkshochschule, NRW), 2003-2004 - accounting, advanced German, Spanish;
• Berlitz Deutschland, 2002-2003 - business German;
• Goethe Institute Dusseldorf, 2002 - intermediate German;
• Zaporizhzhya State University, 1991-1997 - Bachelor's of Science in Economics, Accounting (IERF international evaluation);
• Collegium 98, 1989-1991 - high school, advanced mathematics;
• Music School 1, 1984-1990 - piano, counterpoint, musical theory, choir.

Skills

Fine art techniques, color theory, visual composition, videography, media production, documentary film, video editing, logo design, foreign language training, interpreting, translation, intercultural communication, inter-lingual mediation, digital marketing, accounting, small business bookkeeping, macroeconomics, microeconomics, customer relationship, small business management, non-profit organization, critical thinking, web design, object-oriented web development, PHP, HTML, CSS style sheets, XML, FTP, Joomla! Framework  CMS, Apache server, .htaccess, search engine optimization (SEO), mind mapping, mnemonics, style consulting, lifestyle training, Linux, Windows 2000-10, Virtual Machines, VMWare, VirtualBox, Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, XMind, Eclipce, Notepad++, Atom, portable software and servers.

Languages: English, German, Russian, Ukrainian.