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City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

-Created and produced the Collective Drift platform that celebrates international women, culture and travel with positive revenue at the official launch-Established, grew, and maintained relationships with key sponsors and partners, raising over $100,000 in monetary and in-kind sponsorship-Curated a culturally diverse group of women that are involved in the arts, culture and travel for interviews -Developed and implemented the content distribution strategy for the Collective Drift podcast and website -Produced Collective Drift events with a team of coordinators for 50 - 200 people

- Through research and rapid self education created the concept and managed the development for a niche white label NFT Platform for individuals with and without blockchain knowledge- Developed the site tasks flows of the platform for user interaction- Managed the UX and UI process to create a visually appealing and user friendly interface- Met with investors to keep them abreast of the ongoing product development- Utilized Figma, Whimsical, and Clickup, to manage sprints, designs, and development

Miami

- Deepened existing and established new relationships with South Florida's C-Suite top executives and leaders. -Through attentive listening to client feedback, I significantly improved the Invest: business publications by introducing premium-priced advertisements, such aa emphasizing city and neighborhood-specific content, and integrating statistics pages for industry chapters.- Successfully secured sponsorship and advertising deals.- Increased the business's total annual revenue by over 56% by launching Invest: Greater Fort Lauderdale and enhancing the business development of Invest: Miami.-Trained four incoming Executive Directors opening new markets on the sales process.-Led the area's Editorial Manager and Project Coordinator to ensure the success of the publication.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

- Developed new strategies, innovative ideas, and managed the editorial and design process of magazines Managed advertiser prospecting and sales targets of MIA magazine- Fostered relationships with individuals, corporations and organizations in order to build brand awareness, influence, and access- Worked on all aspects of the magazines including directing editorial content, design, marketing, PR, advertisement sales, editing, and event coordination

Newark, New Jersey, United States

- Created and managed grassroots community involved campaigns, marketing campaigns, fundraising events, special projects, and programs – over $500,000 raised annually- Researched and applied for grants and alternative funding sources that Newark Now and its Community Partners may be eligible for.- Actively engaged the community and influencers to build thriving relationships- Managed large-scale events such as Newark Now's Brighter Holiday Campaign, which hosted over 1,000 children, their parents and/or guardians, over 100 volunteers, media, and sponsors- Managed Newark Now’s social campaign including Facebook and Twitter (4,000+ followers in 1 year)

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Develop lesson plans to facilitate the education of 19 Thai students about various subjects in English while utilizing the Constructionism method of project based learning. This method allows children to learn through active engagement in creating experiential projects and self-driven exploration, finding solutions on their own- Plan, facilitate, and implement activities and lessons for students based on their mind-map that facilitate self-learning- Schedule guest speakers and fieldtrips that relate to the class' topic- Encourage and assist students with their exhibition projects- Interact with parents through out the work week and conduct regularly scheduled meetings- Developed new parent communication strategy that has been adopted by other facilitators

Barranco, Lima, Peru

- Taught small groups and individual classes to beginner to advanced level native Spanish speakers and one native Cantonese speaker.- Facilitated conversations between students using natural expressions- Created lesson plans utilizing various forms of media such as radio interviews, games, magazines, and English lesson books.- Assigned, reviewed, and graded homework assignments.

Newark, New Jersey, United States

- Developed relationships with city residents by attending community meetings and events- Partnered with local non-profit agencies to produce local events by creating proposals, soliciting sponsorship, recruiting volunteers, and event management- Conducted research and produced analysis spreadsheet to assist in updating existing and creating new city ordinances and policies

- Discussed product and disease state information with health care providers to help meet the needs of their patients while focusing on sales goals and market strategy. Planned numerous dinner/lunch educational programs to educate health care providers on disease state and products. - Analyzed sales data in order to target key group practices and individual practices that can optimally impact sales.- Increased quarterly area sales ranking monthly from 50th out of 66 in September to 23rd out of 66 in December. - Increased quarterly district sales ranking monthly from 6th out of 7th in September to 2nd in December. - Increased quarterly two product goal attainment monthly from 94.3% in September to 97.10% in December. - Recruited average of 10 health care professionals per dinner program including doctors, and pharmacists to attend dinner programs. - Completed sales training and ongoing continuing education to increase disease state and product knowledge.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

- Responsible for communicating with executives, directors, leaders and financial center staff on behalf of the Retail Bank Director. - Supervised staff of four leader assistants and staffing coordinators. - Supported Retail Bank Director by creating and analyzing various reports to increase sales, produced monthly business unit review, managed projects, governed schedules, and acted as a community and business partner liaison. - Managed administrative tasks of the Retail Bank Director, her Service Director as well as 15 Sales/Service Leaders and their 536 employees.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

- Developed book of business. Arranged appointments with small and high net worth clients and prospects. Conducted training for group. - Networked, attended expos, made cold calls to 240 clients and prospects. Set 15 appointments per week in order to meet and exceed sales goals (Over $1 mill. in loan and deposit products monthly). - Gained clients' total banking relationship via selling key products by recognizing unperceived needs of customers through the discussion of their financial history and financial goals. - Increased tellers' Wachovia product knowledge to increase client referrals. Mentored new Financial Specialists to be results oriented sales and customer service representatives. - Chosen to participate in Wachovia's Small Business Pilot Program where I developed the sales tracking process. - Won four Wachovia Success awards for meeting team sales goals, customer service, teamwork, and assisting internal clients. - Won two Top Dollar awards Mortgage Campaign participation demonstration of outstanding teamwork.

Ba, Major: Political Science / Minor: African American Studies

Activities and Societies: Founder: LuckyYou! Entertainment Educational Support Program Representative: Rutgers College EOPSA

Architecture

Dual enrollement while in highschool at Design and Architecture Sr. High

High School Diploma, Architecture