# Alison Reed

> Software Engineer at Digital Resources, MS in Computer Science from NYU

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alisonreed1

I recently graduated from Harvard where I majored in studio art with a focus in animation.   I am passionate about storytelling in myriad forms from animation to sculpting, podcasting to pysanky.  I love using art to bring ideas to life and am seeking professional creative opportunities.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Digital Resources Inc
Jan 2023 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area
- Interned summer of 2023 and summer of 2024
- Built an API for a software licensing product that allows access to 10 SMB customers.
- Conducted customer research to identify growth opportunities for Digital Resources.
- Provided support to customers on DRI’s software, which automates the manufacture of hollow metal products.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Cohesive Robotics
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Built a CAD file ETL pipeline to prepare input for an AI-driven surface finishing and material extraction robot.

### Production Coordinator @ Hornet
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area
- Built an automated calendar formatting tool in JavaScript that gained 20 users who created 240 calendars/year.  The tool offers functionality that popular calendar apps do not support.
- Wrote scripts to automate the creation of booking emails and updating of thumbnails in Google Sheets.
- Coordinated the production of animated commercials for Kroger, Zynga, E*Trade, Spotify, and other companies in many mediums including CG, cel, and motion graphics.

### Production Coordinator @ Titmouse
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater New York City Area
- Produced animated tv shows for Apple TV, Netflix, & Higher Ground, President Obama's prod company.  
- Built tools with Google AppScript including a ticket system for team comms, SAG form fillers, automated project update emails and to do lists for artists. Saved 1100 hours of work/year for a team of 50 people.

### Digital Events Coordinator @ Children's Media Association
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area
Coordinated webinars, digital presentations, and other CMA digital offerings; scheduled and maintained communications with speakers, wrote questions for guest interviews, prepared digital spaces for events, sent digital communications through MemberClicks and helped maintain website.

### Contributing Writer and Marketing Assistant @ Jointly
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York
- Wrote articles for Jointly’s blog and edited newsletters. Created Mailchimp templates, and updated WordPress.
- Managed and developed creative content for Jointly’s social media accounts

### Intern @ FutureProof Content Strategy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Brooklyn, NY
Built and synced mailing lists, worked with contact database, designed MailChimp emails, greeting cards, logos, and graphics for a Facebook fundraising campaign for Team New York Aquatics.

### Audiobook Marketing Intern @ Penguin Random House
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
Scheduled posts for social media using Smartsheet, Hootsuite, YouTube, and Facebook Manager, posted new releases using My House, researched alternative podcasting platforms, ordered and mailed audiobooks for our Book Riot Giveaways, created collections on the PRH Audio website, updated MAPPS, learned about creative marketing including PRH Audio’s blog, podcast, videos, and animations.

### Volunteer @ Studio 360 Slate/NPR
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
Maintained website working on image sourcing and music cues; strategized for social media producing audio, video, graphic design, and photo content; researched guests and prepped for host Kurt Andersen; created weekly audio promos; organized live events; wrote for the 360 Newsletter; pitched ideas and looked ahead for future guests at this podcast about creativity, pop culture, the arts and ideas.

### Intern @ Barbershop Stories
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area
Assisted in interviewing storytellers and structuring episodes of Barbershop Stories, a podcast that features stories about people’s connection to hair, identity, and culture as seen through the lens of barbershops and hair salons.

### Assistant Teacher @ The German School of Brooklyn
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
New York University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Visual and Environmental Studies
Harvard University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017

### Tandon Bridge Program Certificate of Distinction in Computer Science
New York University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alison-reed-52bb38b9

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Last updated: 2026-04-01