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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Taught adult students English at the Literacy Minnesota Northeast Learning Center
• Taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced English students
• Led reading, writing, listening, and speaking lesson plans and exercises
• Facilitated a student-focused learning environment that encouraged student participation

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Led SEO content creation strategy and managed 12 content writers at a fast-paced startup
• Trained, onboarded, and mentored writers on how to implement SEO best practices
• Proofread and edited blog posts and pages to ensure quality assuranceSuccessfully enabled 40+ SMB clients to rank on the first page of Google (SERP)
• Optimized and created content to ensure that the websites would rank for specific locations
• Wrote website analytics reports using tools such as Google Analytics and TraceMyIP
• Troubleshooted Google crawling and indexing issues using Google Search Console

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Wrote search engine optimized blog posts and social media content
• Created and scheduled social media posts for SMB clients from various industries
• Improved clients’ social media presence and directed social media traffic to client websitesCreated MailChimp email marketing campaigns and newsletters for 4 SMB clients
• Shared client content, updates, and deals via email marketing campaignsAssisted with website design and website development projects
• Performed basic design/development tasks to improve appearance/functionality of websites

• Wrote articles for Mindfray.com
• Wrote blogs providing advice and perspectives on travel and studying abroad

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Researched and identified prospective funding opportunities
• Drafted grant, sponsorship, and other funding-related proposals and supporting documents
• Filled out application materials for prospective funding opportunities
• Assisted with event planning and other development/event-related projects

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Performed scanning, printing, and book checkout and updating duties on the computer
• Found requested books for Inter-Library Loan services, prepared books for shipping, and performed shelving duties

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Performed barista duties by operating cash register, taking customer orders, and dispensing coffee, tea, and other beverage orders
• Prepared food orders, performed cleanup and stocking duties, and demonstrated flexibility, effective communication, and teamwork in coordinating with fellow coworkers
• Demonstrated customer service skills

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International/Global Studies

Graduated with High Distinction (Final GPA: 3.92/4.00) Minor(s): German; Asian Languages and Literatures (Japanese) • Made the Dean's List.

Bilateral Exchange, Study In Kyoto Program

• Studied Japanese language in the Intensive Japanese Language track offered through the Study in Kyoto Program at Ritsumeikan University..

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Study Abroad Participant

• Participated in Youth For Understanding study abroad program. • Involved in language learning and cultural immersion in Germany. •.