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Arcadia, California, United States

* Facilitate college-level entrepreneurship concepts for class of 40 with students, with teams placing in statewide entrepreneurship competitions * Guide high school students in strategizing and writing college personal statements w/ students recruited by UCLA, UC Berkeley, Boston University, Claremont McKenna, NYU, and other top universities* Designed.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

* Oversaw Facebook campaigns for clients w/ $85K+ monthly budgets* Represented Paid Ads Department at client-facing meetings* Reduced overall CPCs by 34% in first two months via A/B testing* Implemented comprehensive department-wide paid ads tracking template* Improved overall account CTR by 69% in first 2.5 months through rigorous auditing

* Supervised paid ads on 10-person, multi-departmental Automated Funnel, yielding client $150,000 1st-month ROI on $22,000 investment * Oversaw monthly budget of $65K split among 50+ accounts* Optimized paid ads (Google, FB, Yelp, Bing) to drive conversions

* Directed 4 team members in the management/optimization of 7 accounts * Utilized Google Analytics and other tools to produce monthly reports* Consulted on various marketing campaigns and initiatives

North Hollywood, CA

*Devised complete promotional strategy for a catalog of 25 scripted and unscripted TV series, screening, editing, and scheduling weekly content clips via Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter *Launched and oversaw social advertisement campaign for four 5-part digital African series that resulted in over 3 million views. *Wrote, produced and a hosted a 6-part.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Conceptualized and managed company’s editorial calendar for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, resulting in 400% growth on Twitter and 200% growth on Facebook in less than two years
• Directed eight-person multi-departmental team in partnering with Warner Brothers to produce two interviews with chart-topping Billboard artists, Nico and Vinz
• Authored and produced over 50 original editorial & news posts, including interviews with established talent: Golden-Globe nominee, David Oyelowo… Show more
• Authored and produced over 50 original editorial & news posts, including interviews with established talent: Golden-Globe nominee, David Oyelowo (Selma), Amma Asante (Director, Belle), and Nico & Vinz
• Hosted and interviewed talent at four large-scale events including first Caribbean Lens Film Festival, resulting in four on-air interstitials
• Led story, production and social media teams in launching first summer theme, culminating in three days of targeted programming, four promos, two months of editorial content and two new lifestyle contributors

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Execute online editorial content strategy
• Proofread and refine weekly blog content
• Stimulate brand awareness by creating original blog posts, interviews, social media posts, and videos

• Innovated 3 community programs to increase brand awareness in Los Angeles
• Created company’s flagship blog site and managed a team of 3 bloggers
• Pitched strategic vision to over 30 businesses at the 2012 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco

• Pioneered organization’s first trip to Big Bear, attaining a maximum attendance of 28 individuals
• Constructed curriculum for 12-14 Leadership Council, advancing 10 young performers into the Senior Leadership Council

• Collaborated with legendary Brazilian drummer, Carlos de Oliveira to develop “Brazilian Carnivale,” prompting over 70 residents to attend
• Conceived five engaging staff-developmental programs for 14 staff members, overseeing a $2000 budget, leading to Res. Life award for “Most Encouraging RA”

• Proposed various theatrical clients from a database of 67 to be submitted for castings
• Assembled and mailed hard copy submissions for series-regular, recurring, and guest roles on television
• Provided audition analysis of 47 actors to commercial agent resulting in 8 new commercial clients

• Orally presented information to over 1000 prospective students and families on hour-long campus tours, scoring 4.6 (out of 5) in average tour rating
• Managed hospitality communications, winning “Best Phone Etiquette” award two years in a row

Master'S Degree, African Studies

Concentration: Media- Film & TV Representation

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration

Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Spanish

Enrolled in a month long intermediate-course program in Madrid, Spain Classes focused on: *Cultural Immersion *Reading Comprehension.

Social Transformation & Cultural Expression

4 month program that included: *Cultural Immersion Classes *Linguistic Studies *Rural Village Stay *Travel to 6 of the 10 Different.