Gustavo Braga - Resume Contact

Education • Master of Professional Studies, Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York University. New York, 1998. • Graduate Program in Education, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1993. • Bachelor in Visual Communications, Catholic University. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985. • Translation Certificate – English into Portuguese (Brazilian) – New York University, New York, 2010. Work Experience • 2015 - present: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Senior Security Officer Activities Include: Patrol galleries to ensure protection of life and property. Regulate visitor conduct in adherence to museum policies. Assist Museum visitors with directions. Secure check points, galleries, and museum entrances. Conduct bag inspections and maintain coat check. Assist Museum visitors with directions. Trainings for this Position • 2024: AVERT - Active Violence Emergency Response Training - HSI - Health and Safety Institute - • 2023: Surviving an Active Threat. Run. Fight. Hide. - New York State Homeland Security and Emergency Services - From July 4th through November 3 2018 I worked at The Cloisters Museum & Gardens for the "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” Show. Teaching Experience • 2013 - 2015: Brazilian Portuguese and French Instructor at Berlitz Language Center at Rockefeller Center. • 1995: Teacher of the Painting as Art Teraphy classes at the Pedro II University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Translation • Fluent in Portuguese and English. Proficient in Spanish and French. • 2012 - 2017: Support Staff for bilingual (English - Brazilian Portuguese) to assist with headset distribution at the National Retail Federation Convention in New York City; For ProLingo • 2010 - 2015: Proofreading for the Translation of the Portuguese version of the Cloisters Museum and Gardens Brochure; Translator of art catalogues, legal documents, thesis projects, speeches and brochures English into Portuguese (Brazilian). • October 2002: Translator for Portuguese (Brazilian) version of The Metropolitan Museum of Art floor plan. Website Design and Implementation • 2009 - 2020: Museum's Council of New York City Website Design Implementation and maintenance; • 2007 - 2009: The Congo Project Website for the American Museum of Natural History; Congo  Digitization • 2007: Scanning of images and slides for archiving and website display, creation and implementation of metadata,file management. Brooklyn Academy of Music Archives; • 2005 -2008: Quality Control for the Digitization of catalogue cards for the American Museum of Natural History Digital Library Project. The project involved nearly one million itens, from all departments of the Museum. Assembling, converting and compressing of digitized text into pdf format. Creation and implementation of metadata in Microsoft Excel; file management. American Museum of Natural History Volunteer Activities • 2000 - 2015: Volunteer for the Gardens of The Cloisters Museum and Gardens; • 2013 - 2010: Volunteer for the Brazilian Endowment for the Arts; Activities: Design and Implementation of HTML Newsletter Campaigns; Video Live Transmission of Events; Presentation and co-curatorial work of artistic and literary events; Translation of text and press-releases from Brazilian Portuguese onto English; • 2012 - 2014: Volunteer for the digitization of the catalogue cards and watercolors of the Otto Finsch Collection. Anthropology Division Archives, American Museum of Natural History; • 2009 - 2012: Volunteer for the digitization of the photographs for the Digital Library Project at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; • October 2002 to February 2003: Volunteer for the The Cloisters Museum and Gardens Library;