Resume

Renee Baghdady

Brooklyn, NY 11209
Phone: (347)-831-2538 Email: reneebaghdady1@gmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneebaghdady/ Portfolio: https://reneeb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/sound-portfolio/

SUMMARY

A New York City native, Renee Baghdady is a female audio engineer who is finishing up her B.A. degree in Music, specializing in Music Technology. Possesses strong technical skills and musical skills including sound editing, sound designing, mixing and mastering. She continues to expand on her skillset in the audio engineering domain through internships. Renee continues to deep dive into the expansive world of audio engineering opportunities including video games. Her list of projects include building and sound designing a video game.

EDUCATION

Brooklyn College, City University of New York                                                                                          August 2019 – May 2022

Bachelor of Arts in Music, Specialization in Music Technology

  • GPA: 4.0
  • Dean’s List Recipient: Fall 2019 – Spring 2022
  • Departmental Honors in Music

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Techniques in Recording Music                Adv. Audio Recording and Engineering Techniques                    Music Computing

Electroacoustic Music 1 & 2                               Building Electronic Music Instruments                          Music Entrepreneurship

PROJECTS

Capstone Project (2021-2022)

  • Building and sound designing a video game.
  • Game design was completed in Unity Engine.
  • Sound design was executed in Logic Pro X using MIDI and standard plugins and implemented into Unity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CUNY Brooklyn College, Remote, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                        2021 – 2022

Audio Engineer Intern

  • Mix, master, and edit classical concert recordings.
  • Communicated always to ensure mixes were done properly, and if anything else needed to be done before recordings were sent back to the appropriate people.
  • Proficient in DAW (Logic Pro X), mixing, mastering, and editing.

Heartshare St. Vincent’s, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                                  2019 – Present

Activity Specialist

  • Responsible for leading a class of 20 or more elementary students.
  • Tutored and assisted children in small groups of individuals to help master assignments and reinforce learning concepts.
  • Designed and implemented a wide variety of activities to stimulate interest, involvement, and engagement of the students.
  • Redirected inappropriate student behavior and implemented a discipline system to guide proper and promote positive student behavior.
  • Performed general housekeeping duties by cleaning tables and chairs, putting away chairs, and properly organizing the classroom.
  • Communicated frequently with parents to provide feedback on their child’s behavior if needed.

VOLUNTEER WORK

High School of Telecommunications of Arts and Technology                                                                                 

2017-2018

Senior Mentor

  • Served as a mentor to the freshmen in my high school during my senior year.
  • Helped them adjust to coming to a new school by offering advice, providing them with information on the things they did not know about, and creating connections to each student.
  • Led them through numerous planned activities every week.

Church of the Virgin Mary

2016-2019

Religious Mentor

  • Acted as a mentor to the children in the youth group.
  • Pre-planned activities and discussion questions for each meeting, which occurred every two weeks.
  • Taught them the importance of our religion by leading them through those activities and discussions.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Musical: Possess strong skills and knowledge in sound designing, editing, mixing, and mastering. Proficient in DAW (Logic Pro X, Ableton), MIDI, standard plugins, and other standard musical applications.

Technical: Strong computer skills in Mac OS and Windows. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, Google Suite applications, and other standard computer applications.

Game Audio: Possess some skills and knowledge in audio implementation and integration in game engines (Unity), audio middleware (Wwise), and game design.

MEMBERSHIPS

Recording Academy’s Grammy U Program                                                                                              March 2022 – Present