Alex Dos Santos: Sponsored Snowboarder in Carlsbad, CA

Represented and marketed numerous snow sport companies as a sponsored competitive snowboarder, including Omatic Snowboards, Oakley, Killington Resorts, and iNi Cooperative. Duties consist of both on and off-snow representation at events (trade shows, competitions, demonstrations), as well as filming and editing clips for websites and social media.

Summer and fall Internship at a mid-sized southern California law firm after completion of my second year of law school. Coast Law Group specializes in environmental law, action sports, intellectual property, corporations, personal injury, land use, and litigation. My duties as an intern consisted of legal research, informative memorandums, on site visitation for environmental issues, athlete representation, contract drafting, LLC formation, intellectual property issues and providing oral comments at Coastal Commission hearings.

Production videographer and editor for television show spotlighting local businesses and events in the greater Tahoe-Truckee area. Responsibilities also included website upkeep, marketing, file storage management, and social media development and outreach.

Worked to build and maintain one of California’s premier freestyle snowboard and mountain bike terrain parks at the Northstar-at-Tahoe resort. Duties included design and construction of park features that would be engaging to skiers, snowboarders, and mountain bikers of all skill levels. Efforts included extensive safety testing of features and overall design to minimize potential user injury and diminish likelihood of resort liabilities.

Post-graduate internship in small law firm focused on Intellectual Property matters (trademarks, patents, and copyrights) and various aspects of corporate brand development and protection. Duties consisted of tracking client correspondence, updating and filing trademark applications on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website, and general law clerk/filing clerk activities.