About

BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK, TEJASRI VIJAYAKUMAR IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN MARKETING HYPERALLERGIC. A RECENT GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND VISUAL ART, LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE FROM HER TIME AS THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA, AND MORE, TEJI IS INTERESTED IN THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN POLICY, DATA, AND DESIGN.

Art
Design
Data Visualization
Misc.
CV

Education
          Columbia University, Manhattan, New York Class of 2024
          B.A. Computer Science and Visual Art
                    Relevant Coursework: Fundamentals of Computer Systems, Advanced Programming in C, Computational
                    Linear Algebra, Honors Data Structures, UI Design, Artificial Intelligence
          Riverdale Country School, Bronx, New York Class of 2020
                    President of Student Council, Leader of Asian American Alliance, Editor in Chief of "Impressions" art
                    magazine, Captain of Varsity Fencing and Crew
Experience
          Software Engineering Intern, Warner Bros. Discovery, New York City, June - August 2023
Built post-deployment score dashboard to evaluate Kubernetes deployments using Prometheus and Grafana on kube-state-metrics data
Built and deployed Kubernetes clusters locally to test my queries before publishing them
Attended daily standups and worked within an agile workflow
Presented a demo to the SVP and Director of my team as well as managers from related departments
          Student Body President, Columbia College Student Council, May 2023 - Current
Sit on several student-faculty committees such as the Mental Health Collaborative, the FGLI Student Working Group, the Student Health Advisory Committee, and more
Allocated >$1 million budget to student groups and organizations
Previously VP Communications (2021-2023) and Class Representative (2020-2021), lead Communications committee, managed CCSC website, wrote weekly newsletter to student body
          Innovation + Research Design Intern, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, May - August 2022
Helped prepare files for final delivery, which includes proofing, retouching, pre- and post-production, versioning, resizing, and updating design assets with new images or copy as needed
Provided graphic design support for a variety of print and digital content, including tables, charts, figures, infographics, posters, logos, and AR/VR models using Adobe Premiere and After Effects
          Digital Content + Communications Intern, The Jewish Museum, New York, June - August 2021
Developed a budget allocation for the marketing of Afterlives, an exhibition at the museum, including print advertising, paid and organic social media, subway dios, and digital advertising via Facebook, Google Display Networks, and Google Analytics
Researched and developed a plan for the museum to reduce its reliance on third party data
          Research Intern, Columbia University, New York June 2018 - August 2020
Developed a high resolution Cryo-EM Structure of 70S Ribosomal Initiation Complex bound to an ATP-Trapped EttA using RELION-3, cryoSPARC, and PyMol
NYCSEF Finalist in Biochemistry
Presenter at AJAS conference during AAAS 2020 in Seattle
Skills: Python, Go, Java, C, HTML, CSS, Kubernetes, Docker, Scala, Adobe Creative Suite
Accomplishments
NYCSEF, 3rd place regional finalist in Biochemistry (March 2019)
Artwork was exhibited at the Bronx Museum of Arts as part of "The Mind's Abstraction" (May 2018) and by No Longer Empty, exhibited at Jameco Exchange, Jamaica, NY (May 2016)