Devon Paul Email & Phone Number

Spindale, North Carolina, United States

Perform a variety of kinds of writing including press releases, emails, articles, blog posts for the website, success stories, and social media posts.Work closely with the Director of Marketing and Community Relations to develop content and campaigns for reaching prospective, new, and current students, alumni, donors, media, etc.Enhance awareness of the College and its brand through new and emerging media (digital, online, social), as well as traditional marketing (direct mail, radio, print).Continually look for innovative, new ways to improve and expand upon the College’s social media, digital and traditional advertising, website, newsletters, success stories, press materials, brochures, email campaigns, fact sheets, and videos that are used in marketing.Work alongside the Director to identify a target market, develop creative materials, and then create and maintain a marketing campaign.Run email campaigns and communications with a variety of different audiences including donors, prospective students, current students, alumni, high school teachers, counselors, parents, local businesses, and internal faculty and staff.Participant in the Institue for Emerging Issues Educational Attainment Cohort program.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Contribute to driving sales and a customer centric environment by supporting the store leadership team in selling, service and daily procedures. Participates in managing the store environment and customer experience by facilitating an energized pace, positivity of the team, management of the daily zone, and driving sales. Assists the Customer Associate team in their growth and problem solving by acting as a mentor.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Interact with approximately 35 customers daily, building a strong customer base by providing personalized product guidance, resolving issues, and ensuring increased store profitability. Assist in marketing efforts while building consumer rapport by inviting customers to special store events, promoting new products, and alerting them of sales. Recommend, select, locate, and obtain merchandise based on customer needs to increase sales and meet quotas.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Assist in posting to various social media accounts for an expansive list of clients to increase views, pique future customer’s interest, and elevate traffic to client’s events.Design and create graphics using Canva for clients to use on social media platforms. Edit and enhance client’s product photographs using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Perform data entry, lite graphic design, and miscellaneous admin tasks.Utilize Shopify to move client’s events from in-person to online.

Establish and manage the Dogwood Technologies LinkedIn account. Work with the Marketing team to create and produce relevant content to post on LinkedIn.Perform RPA industry research to establish call lists.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Create written content using WordPress on www.delightfullydev.blog to increase overall website traffic. Social media management including the management of all published content (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn). Utilize Adobe Creative Cloud to edit content including web development, graphic design, and photo editing for the blog and corresponding social media accounts. Implement content strategies to generate and retain active site traffic.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Taught a university-level section of Introduction to Communication Studies/CST 105 Assigned and graded assignments, speeches, papers, and projects.Created lesson plans surrounding communication skills, speaking skills, and writing skills through class discussions, group activities, reflection papers, class speeches, and group projects.Provided constructive feedback to students on speeches, papers, and activities to enhance their performance.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Promoted and marketed for the apartment complex at various events around the Greensboro, NC area including the “Pig, Poultry, and Politics” event in 2014.Persuaded future residents to live at the complex by giving interesting tours and making it a positive experience.

Conover, Nc

Provided excellent customer service in a fast paced environment. Prepared food and beverages for customers. Performed necessary tasks to keep the café clean and organized on a daily basis.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Communication Studies

Academic Projects: Mental Illness and Higher Education Spring 2019 •Completed a Year-long, final research thesis required to graduate.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication And Media Studies, 3.34

Activities and Societies: Lambda Pi Eta Honor SocietyRelevant Coursework: Communication in the Workplace; Organizational Communication.