Eliot Sasaki Email & Phone Number

Contract writing for the Climate Reality Project (6/19 - 8/19)

• Manage New American Leaders' and New American Leaders Action Fund's social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram).• Manage New American Leaders Action Fund's communications.• Design bold and eye-catching graphics for social media and the web and photograph trainings and events.• Drive a creative, engaging editorial calendar and content strategy that keeps NAL/NALAF's social presence bold, inclusive, and innovative.• Create and execute social media campaigns around immigration, voting and elections, the stories of immigrants and people of color in public office, and anti-Asian hate; organized a tweetstorm around #NoAAPIHate, which became the #6 trending hashtag in the U.S.• Engage online audiences around key national and organizational events for NAL/NALAF through social media, including livestreaming events; livetweeting events such as NAL trainings, Election Day, debates, and political conventions; attending and covering NAL and NALAF in-person and online events; and other events and activities as needed.• Collaborate on a branding and messaging refresh and lead the visual identity rebranding to position NAL—the first and only organization championing New Americans to run for office—as the premier training organization in our space.• Use quantitative and qualitative insights to optimize NAL/NALAF's social media engagement and shape the digital marketing strategy.• Write emails, including the biweekly Resistance Roundup newsletter.• Manage the Communications team intern.

Participated in a 4-month mentoring program through the Washington, D.C. chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design.

Washington, D.C.

• Research, write, and develop blog posts, case studies, abstracts, interviews, social media posts, and other website content on a wide range of topics in civil legal aid.• Promote legal aid-related best practices and innovations through a variety of means, such as LSC’s Best Practices Corner newsletter and Innovations in Legal Aid blog on the Medium platform, both of which I launched.• Assist LSC staff by conducting surveys and general research regarding the practices, policies, and procedures of LSC’s 133 grantee organizations.• Present during webinars and at conferences; collaborate on projects with other organizations.

Alexandria, Va

• Wrote press releases, blog posts, speeches, and other materials, as well as edited documents.

Washington, D.C.

• Worked at three hostels—two in Spain and one in Romania—from October to April, where I specialized in guest relations and led social activities. In particular, I helped Hostel One Paralelo in Barcelona obtain a 98 percent overall rating on Hostelworld.com and receive 2016 Hoscars for the “2nd Worldwide Small Hostel," "1st Best Atmosphere," "1st Best Hostel by Country Spain," and "2nd Best Hostels by Continent Europe."

Washington, D.C.

• Line edited and copyedited columns, issue briefs, reports, and books—most notably, The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink, which was released in January 2014, and several high-profile reports tweeted by President Obama—while working directly with policy experts.• Copyedited 176 columns, including infographics, testimonies, and videos; 37 issue briefs; 32 reports; and 21 Shriver Report essays and chapters between January and December 2013.• Helped out the art team as needed by laying out issue briefs and reports and making PDF changes in InDesign.• Ensured clarity and readability of CAP emails and publications; wrote headlines, blurbs, and photo captions.• Managed the CAP and CAP Action Fund websites using Wordpress.• Contributed to the publication, ThinkProgress. Here's a sample: https://thinkprogress.org/cricket-in-america-can-the-gentlemans-game-grow-and-thrive-in-the-united-states-9bef5f30e57e/.

Bethesda, Md

• Wrote articles and press releases for the IB’s website, in addition to scripts for videos and speeches, such as the IB Americas Director’s opening speech for the 2011 IB Conference of the Americas in San Antonio.• Filmed and edited testimonials of teachers, as well as promotional videos.• Monitored news about the IB and produced a weekly news digest that was circulated company-wide.• Managed the IB’s Pinterest account and took ownership of online communications, including mass email sends in three different languages and the distribution of press releases.

Washington, D.C.

• Researched TV, radio, and web components for Voice of America’s (VOA) 44 language services.• Submitted detailed written analyses for yearly program reviews of key services, Central News and Indonesian.• Filmed regularly on “How do you say?” segment for popular VOA Indonesian TV program, “Warung VOA.”

B.A., Communication Studies

Activities and Societies: La Voz Latina Newspaper (National News and Multimedia Editor), Campus Recreation (Weight/Fitness Staff), Omega.

Journalism: Print/Online News

Activities and Societies: Presidential Scholar, The Pendulum (Senior Reporter), WSOE 89.3 FM (disc jockey), Student Mentors Advising.

Digital Marketing Circuit