Mavis Simpson-Ernst

Sophomore at Columbia University currently earning a degree in English 

Columbia University Internships/Extracurricular Experience

Writer/Journalist and Content Strategist for Playback Magazine - Columbia Journal of Music and Cultural Criticism (Digital Publishing)

• Undertook various roles involving content research and audience engagement
• Curated and drafted interview-based articles with musicians
• Wrote and edited research-based music criticism articles

Event Organizer and Exhibition Curator for RatRock- Columbia Undergraduate Arts Publication (Digital Publishing and Print)

• Involved in curating exhibitions and direct communication with artists
• Met and interacted personally with individual artists in order to curate exhibitions around their personal artistic visions
• Undertook the job of writing and editing exhibition brochures and museum labels for individual art pieces

Booking Manager at Columbia Music Venue – Postcyrpt Coffeehouse

• Aided in artist bookings and direct logistical planning of weekly music events
• Filed Vendor Acknowledgment forms and Performance Agreement forms
• Communicated directly with booked artists and functioned as the point of communication between the Finance Department and performers

Booking Coordinator and Event Organizer for SNOCK- Columbia University Undergraduate Music and Performance Club

Board Member at Columbia Bacchanal Music Festival (Past musicians have included: Kanye West, Vampire Weekend, Snoop Dog, SOPHIE, Rina Sawayama, John Legend, The National, and more)

Radio Host and Broadcast Journalist at WBAR Radio - Hosted weekly 2-hour show on Krautrock and Post Punk music 

Work Experience

Production Assistant and Coordination Intern (paid position) at All For One Non-Profit Theater Company (Summer 2022)

• Spearheaded and implemented Social Media and Marketing Strategy
• Undertook various Coordination and Planning roles (scheduling, handling mail, and email communications with donors)
• Covid Compliance Coordinator including Covid compliance training and enforcement of state-mandated Covid policies
• Tracked and managed weekly Covid test results via Excel

Sales Associate at City Fun Shop NYC - Record and Music Merchandise Store (Summer 2021)

Professional Child Actor – theater, television, film such as:

• Evita on Broadway
• National Tour of Les Misérables
• Broad City on Comedy Central
• The Americans on FX

Non-Profit Work and Other Experience

• Booking Coordinator and Producer of Living Artists Music Festival hosted at The Living Gallery Brooklyn, NY, and La Jungla Bronx, NY (2019-2020)

• Festivals benefitted the New York City Housing Authority, the National Eating Disorders Association, Equality for Flatbush, No Mas Muertes, and Mona Relief Humanitarian Aid for crisis in Yemen

Booking Coordinator and Producer of Benefit Concert for Guns Down, Life Up

Skills

• Strong Editorial and Creative Cultural Criticism writing skills 
• Social Media Management and Content Creator - Over 30K TikTok followers

• Columbia University NY, NY, BA in English - Graduating class of 2025 
• Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Major in Drama - Class of 2021
• Future Music Moguls - Intensive Music Business Program at NYU Tisch Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music