Posts Page – Maria Pollock

IMBA Superlative Celebration Video

The UBC IMBA program is a 20-month journey that typically has the students fly from Shanghai to Vancouver for an intensive 2-week course filled, not only with classes, but also with team building events as well. Because of the pivot to online, I was responsible for developing innovative ways to recognize and celebrate the students' learnings & time together through a virtual platform. Thus, I collected votes from the cohort via a Qualtrics survey & created this video using Adobe Premiere Pro.

Qualtrics (Surveys)

Escape Room (Survey)

As an Executive Assistant for UBC Sauder Robert H. Lee Graduate School, I utilized my advanced Qualtrics skills to design an "escape room" for the incoming cohorts across the 5 graduate programs at the school. I was responsible for gamifying a previously workshop-based session regarding Academic Integrity. This escape room was completed by students during their Opening Weekend orientation.

Adobe Illustrator / Adobe InDesign

GenOne Conference Booklet

I was commissioned to design the conference booklet for the First Generation Students' Union GenOne Conference. Utilizing InDesign, I completed the booklet in 1.5 months. This timeline includes the initial consultation meeting until the final booklet completion.

Adobe Premiere Pro / Public Speaking / Research

SPSP Conference Presenter

Having completed my 4th-year's honours thesis on "Examining the Effects of Allyship in Male-Dominated Workplaces," I presented my findings in a poster presentation at the 2021 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference.

Canva / Event Planning / Microsoft Office / Qualtrics (Surveys) / Writing

Residence Programming (2019-2020)

As a senior residence advisor, I was responsible for running 8 events for my community (of 34 first-year residents) per term. Event themes would vary in focus from social to educational, ultimately with the goal of building community by providing a welcoming space for students to connect. My responsibilities included ideating program goals, budget-planning, marketing event details, implementing setup and take-down, and documenting event evaluations.

Microsoft Office / Public Speaking / Research / Writing

4th Year Honours Thesis and Presentation

As a student in the Honours Psychology Program, I completed my second 6000+ word research paper which examined the possible effects of allyship in male-dominated workplaces.

Adobe Premiere Pro / Public Speaking

Chaired the 2020 Student Leadership Conference

As the Chair for the Student Leadership Conference, I MC'd the Opening Ceremony at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts, welcoming approximately 1000 delegates to the conference. I was also responsible for utilizing Adobe Premiere to create the Closing Video presented at the end of the day.

Adobe Premiere Pro

Typology Project

Utilizing Adobe Premiere, students were asked to compile a typology of videos.

Adobe Photoshop

Levitation Photography

This triptych was created utilizing Adobe Photoshop to fulfill the requirements of my class' "Digital Removal Project." Students were asked to create a series of images using one consistent strategy to remove a part or sections of photographs.

Adobe InDesign / Writing

SLC Sponsorship Package 2020

As the Chair for the 2020 Student Leadership Conference, I was responsible for sourcing and obtaining sponsorship. Through the use of Adobe InDesign, I was able to create the following package that was delivered to over 30 organizations. Additionally, I was responsible for outreach through email, phone and in-person meetings to help secure funding for the conference.