Kristen Donoghue-Stanford

Acts as a billing representative for rental and sale equipment across Eastern Canada, focusing on Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Ontario. Handles timely invoicing and document/report accuracy, coordinates with sales reps on contracts, and ensures month-end KPIs are met.

Serves as the first point of contact for student inquiries and manages centre administrative tasks, learning materials, and assessments. Coordinates scheduling, tutor hiring and checks, parent meetings, and learning strategy planning aligned with Oxford Learning methodologies.

Handled incoming calls and emails and created client quotations for screw pier installation and geotechnical services across NSW, SA, and QLD. Maintained sales records in Pipedrive, supported estimating workflows using Seratec, and prepared documents for scanning and secure storage.

Co-founded and directed an online literary and arts magazine, managing submissions, curation, editing, and publication planning. Created marketing materials and promoted issues, while interviewing artists and writers and following a code of conduct.

Supported community outreach for the local art scene and assisted with exhibition installation and de-installation. Managed artwork intake and prepared exhibition promotion materials, and served as head curator for the Mayor's Celebration of Youth Arts Exhibition while supporting gallery operations and presentations.

Tutored students ages 5–18, covering elementary math and English, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Also supported university preparation and application essays and taught core research skills in digital and print formats while following Oxford pedagogy.

Assisted with studio operations outside technician hours, including lab upkeep and safety-related reporting. Supported foundry pours/demonstrations and assisted students with fabrication while maintaining equipment and reporting health and safety concerns.

Managed office and administrative functions for gallery operations, including phone/email inquiries and budgeting data input. Led recruitment of monitors and supported payroll, planned yearly exhibitions, hosted receptions/lectures/talks, and handled curation and yearly reporting.

Supported MAFA International Festival programming by handling inquiries, performing budgeting data input, and creating marketing collateral for exhibitions. Coordinated receptions/lectures, managed installation and de-installation, liaised with artists, and supported arrangements for international participation.

Created lessons and critiques for the MAFA 2021 cohort and educated students on museum, gallery, and artistic ethics. Provided art-historical and political context to contemporary work and lectured to groups while facilitating discussions.

Contributed to the Constructing Landscapes/Building Worlds project by creating an online exhibition with Tate Britain in partnership with Martin Newth. Curated selected video works and delivered an opening statement for the curatorial project.

Grade: Distinction

Completed a Master of Fine Arts degree with Distinction at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London from 2020 to 2022.

Grade: Special Honours; Summa Cum Laude

Earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Special Honours in Visual Arts at York University, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

Grade: Honours

Completed an Ontario College Certificate in Art Fundamentals with Honours at Seneca College.