Craig Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Relationship Management: Partnering with local and national businesses to drive advertising opportunities.Client-Focused Solutions: Provide consultative selling strategies, educating clients on the value of Nextdoor’s platform and crafting solutions to meet their unique needs.SMB & Community Partner: Empowering local communities by helping small businesses connect with their neighborhoods, creating mutually beneficial relationships for each other.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Ohio, United States

• Host trivia shows at various venues around Northeast Ohio, as well as virtually to locations across the country (via Zoom)• Interact with crowds ranging from 12 to 100+, ensuring a positive experience, and a high rate of return to venue• Communicate with venue owners/managers to offer special deals on trivia nights, to drive more business• Assist the Sales team in discovering new, suitable venues for trivia shows, and connecting them with owners to discover new business opportunity

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Selling flexible subscription packages for pre-portioned, sustainably sourced dinnersConsistently exceed weekly sales goals by margins between 20% and 150%Promote healthy eating through farm-fresh ingredients and reasonably portioned ingredients

Kent, Oh

• Provide comprehensive support to an office that serves approximately 40,000 undergradaute, graduate, and doctoral students• Support the Employer Relations Team in building and implementing programs to service the needs of employers at the local, regional, and national level• Oversee preparation and procedure for Internship, Co-op and Career Fairs, which serves 140-180 employers, and over 1,000 students• Run monthly reports on internships and share with appropriate internship coordinators across university departments• Develop and promote the Flashternships program, which enables first and second-year students to explore the organizations of our key employer partners through a micro-internship, with the goal of clarifying and affirming students’ career decisions• Contribute to planning and implementation for recruitment programming that targets students and graduates of the College of Education, such as Teacher Employment Day and Education SuperStart• Assist in the training of new full-time staff on major office procedures and software• Supervised one student assistant, whose primary duty was the effective marketing of CED services and programs• Provide advising support for the Career Services Office in the College of Business, assisting students with various aspects of career exploration and job/internship search• Oversee planning for CED involvement in various yearly admissions events, including Destination Kent State, Transfer Kent State, and Golden Flash Days

Muncie, Indiana

• Assist with development and implementation of KEY Careers 2.0, which is an initiative program designed to build upon the academic and career development of second-year students• Utilize university resources to assist the sophomore population with a variety of career needs• Develop and coordinate the Sophomore Engagement Conference, adhering to budget parameters, aimed at promoting career readiness and motivation for second-year students• Collaborate with staff and recruiters to develop employer site visits, seeking to assist students in their exploration process, begin to build a network, and inquire about possible internship/volunteer opportunities• Assist with the implementation of numerous career-related programs• Assist in the training of three new summer Peer Coaches• Contribute to multiple programs and student success initiatives, leading to being voted, by students, as the Best Campus Service for academic year 2014-15• Collect comprehensive data on individual student interaction and report numbers at the request of the supervisor and Director• Aide in the transfer of data into the career management system for increased consistency in reporting • Collaborate with academic and non-academic entities in an effort to further engage sophomore students in the career development process• Build relationships with the Sophomore Retention Initiative and Excellence in Leadership to promote participation in Career Center programs

Akron, Oh

• Assisted international student population in locating cooperative education and internship programs both in the United States and abroad, and helping to explain opportunities and limitations pertaining to their visa status (F1, J1, H1B)• Developed and implemented educational programs designed to incorporate career knowledge into the fabric of student life, and ensured that they continue acquiring that knowledge as they transition through college• Assisted in the development and implementation of training programs for new Graduate Assistants and practicum students• Collaborated with colleagues on special projects that pertain to career development of veterans, adults, and students with special needs, and strategically formed relationships with faculty and students in UA’s Summit College• Served as primary liaison to the College of Health Professions (nursing, social work, speech-language pathology)• Ensured continuous quality improvement of the Focus2 assessment by strategically educating campus advisors on the use of the tool, which in turn would increase our rate of student use of the assessment by over 300% from 2011-2012• Offered assistance for use of the NACELink system to students, faculty, staff, and employers, and relied primarily on self-direction to utilize data analysis techniques, and apply results-driven changes to make improvements to function• Planned effective and strategic use (by staff, students, and employers) of the NACELink system for posting and applying for open full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities• Participated extensively in campus orientation programs, and answered a variety of questions for students and their parents• Developed PowerPoint presentations and produced handouts for students in introductory first-year courses, focusing on “college survival” topics such as study skills, time/stress management, and important campus resources

Higher Education Administration, Educational Foundations And Leadership

Activities and Societies: American Sociological Association, Graduate Association of Higher Education Administrators

Master Of Arts, Organizational Sociology/Criminology

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology