urban planning + community engagement + multimedia
contact me at sritoper@alum.mit.edu
Provide vision and train staff of multiple projects around branding, messaging and strategy. Produce content, and analyze metrics for social media and web platforms. Develop relationships with media outlets and pitch reporters. Facilitate graphic design process of print materials and collateral.
Co-authored book Beyond Green Jobs: Building Lasting Opportunities in Energy Efficiency. Managed graphic design process of book, infographics and materials. Launched social media and traditional media publicity campaign for project.
Designed and conducted thesis research on the use of new media tools for civic enagement in low-income communities of color. Coordinated retail gap analysis for the East Boston Main Streets district plan. Directed multimedia supply chain mapping project in Cartagena, Colombia.
Developed video and multimedia media strategies in collaboration with organizations and foundations to increase mainstream visibility. Conducted trainings in video production and editing. Produced and edited short documentary-style videos.
Past Clients:
The Boston Indicators Project (2010)
Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (2009)
South Asian Network (SAN) (2008-2009)
Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) (2008-2009)
Visual Communications (2008,2009)
California Fund for Youth Organizing (2008)
National Gender & Equity Campaign (2008)
California Community Foundation (2008)
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (2005)
Designed and implemented landscape scan of AAPI organizations in California. Mapped organizational data, convened 3 regional focus groups, interviewed close to 20 distinct organizations, and synthesized findings. Co-authored 2 reports on AAPI communities: examing funding to nonprofit organizations and analyzing the health impacts of criminalization. Presented research findings to audiences of funders and nonprofit directors.
Conducted independent field research in collaboration with nascent field workers associations in Chile and California to write senior honors thesis.