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San Francisco, California, US

• Oversee travel advertising campaigns focused on professional sports teams, international destinations, and domestic attractions, providing an exceptional level of service to both client direct and agency partners
• Create client facing reports to show advertising campaign impact, collaborating closely with internal teams such as ad operations, data insights, and tech operations
• Introduce strategic upsell and cross sell offerings independently and in partnership with sales team
• Educate clients on best fit and new product offerings aligned with their goals through scheduled and ad-hoc touch points

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Worked closely with internal partner team to provide outstanding service for Yahoo’s premier clients, specifically for high profile CPG clients
• Evaluated and analyzed performance using analytics tools to diagnose potential issues and identify improvement opportunities to foster long-term client success and grow revenue
• Implemented creative ways to build and nurture client relationships, consulted on strategy, shared performance-enhancing suggestions, and promoted products
• Specialized in Audiences, Video, DOOH, CTV, and Mobile Ads optimization opportunities and communicated these to advertisers
• Optimized campaigns that generated over $7 million in revenue over two quarters working on accounts
• Identified and prioritized vital account services and proactive optimization recommendations for the improvement of assigned accounts

Omaha, Nebraska, US

• Achieved highest men’s basketball team GPA during Fall 2020 semester in the last 21 years, providing academic advising support to student-athletes on men’s basketball and women’s crew teams
• Meet regularly with coaching staff and senior leadership to review academic progress of student-athletes
• Coach students in major selection, providing feedback based on student goals and future opportunities
• Develop positive relationships with university faculty and staff to improve student outcomes
• Communicate Creighton academic benefits to potential recruits during recruiting visits
• Member of men’s basketball staff when team reached NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in program history

Washington, DC, US

• Increased Big East All-Academic Team members by 27%, providing quality advising and academic support to women’s basketball student athletes
• Established and maintained communication with internal stakeholders including deans, coaching staff, and senior leadership to facilitate success of assigned student-athletes
• Scheduled workshops, guest speakers, and student-athlete development sessions to prepare students for life after graduation
• Recruited, interviewed, trained, and supervised 15 tutors each semester that supported student-athletes
• Facilitated creation of a first of its kind credit-bearing course at Georgetown, HIST-143, “Spain/Portugal & Their Empires” in preparation of women’s basketball foreign tour to Spain
• Traveled with team on all away contests, coordinating academic work while on the road

West Lafayette, IN, US

• Advised over 2,000 students in the First-Year Engineering (FYE) program on personal and academic goals
• Presented information about program to new students and parents during New Student Orientation
• Worked with an extremely diverse student population, including a large number of international students

Tulsa, OK, US

• Advised football student-athletes, as well as members of the men’s and women’s golf teams
• Supported recruiting process by meeting with potential student-athletes while visiting campus
• Communicated with assigned coaching staff as needed to report on academic progress of student-athletes
• Interviewed, hired, scheduled, trained and supervised tutors and mentors for all 16 varsity sports

Bloomington, Indiana, US

• Advised football student-athletes, as well as women’s water polo student-athletes
• Met with at-risk student-athletes on a weekly basis; tracked assignments and progress through courses
• Participated in weekly academic meetings with football coaching staff, and monthly meetings with water polo coaching staff in order to update academic progress of assigned student-athletes

Seattle, WA, US

• Assistant Tournament Director for the 2011 NCAA Women’s West Regional Golf Championships
• Manage the tournament volunteers and their daily duties
• Organizer of the coaches’ reception for the 2011 NCAA Women’s West Regional Golf Championships
• Assist with the preparation, and coordination of the 2011 Windermere Cup
• Provide hospitality to the athletes, umpires as well as the media during the 2011 Women’s Softball Regional
• Supported the event management team during the 2011 Women’s Softball Regional

Seattle, WA, US

• Provided academic assistance when student-athletes needed help during their mandatory study sessions
• Communicated with professors during mid-quarter progress reports to assess student progress
• Coordinated community service and leadership development opportunities for all student-athletes

• Help create and systematize credentials for the week-long event
• Assist with the organization of signage throughout the arena
• Aid with the seating chart of all attending media
• Update NCAA bracket in media work room
• Offer hospitality to all media working games at the site
• Photo reproduction of box scores for posting in “Other Sites” area in work room

Seattle, WA, US

• Assist with the preparation, and coordination of the 2010 Windermere Cup, making sure that not only the event, but also the week leading up to the races, ran smoothly
• Assistant Tournament Director for the 2010 NCAA Men’s West Regional Golf Championships, helping with the signage, communications, and hospitality throughout the tournament
• Provide help with hospitality during the 2010 NCAA Softball Super Regional Tournament
• Aid in the completion of competition contracts so that the contests could become official
• Member of the “Going Green Initiative Team”

Seattle, WA, US

• Member of Seattle University Athletic Department Sales Team that exceeded season ticket sales goals by 25%
• Help initiate a 1,970% increase in season ticket sales from 137 season tickets in 2008-2009 to 2,700 season tickets sold in 2009 – 2010
• Generate an excess of $300,000 in season ticket and single game sales for Seattle University Athletic Department
• Experience with Archtics Ticketing Software

Lincoln, Nebraska, US

• Collaborated on team to plan and teach language arts, social studies, and differentiated mathematics
• Head Coach of Men’s Reserve Soccer Team and Assistant Coach with the Men’s Varsity Soccer Team

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master’S Degree, Sport Administration And Leadership

Bachelor Of Arts, Elementary And Middle Level Education