Sean Cook Email & Phone Number

Athens, Ga, Us

• Provide individual and group coaching to students and professionals, from the entry-level to upper administration, with a focus on assisting mid-level to late-career administrators and adjunct faculty.• Conduct training and workshops, in person and online, on topics related to career planning, work/life balance, interview skills, time management, social media, and other topics relevant to jobseekers. • Write effective resumes, CVs, cover letters, social profiles, and personal statements for clients.• Publish a nationally recognized blog (Higher Ed Career Coach), hosted 48 podcasts on career planning issues in higher education, and co-moderated a weekly Twitter chat (#SASearch) for job seekers.• Produce webinars, teleconferences, videos, informational graphics, and presentations.• Manage all aspects of marketing and administration for a single-member LLC. • Hire part-time, temporary, and contract staff. • Develop websites, social media campaigns, publications and advertising.

Athens, Ga, Us

• Advise lower division students planning to pursue Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degrees in the Terry College of Business, after completing their Core Curriculum requirements.• Research class options, and advise students on where they fit into their academic plans.• Refer students to other appropriate campus resources (Career Center, Departmental Advisors, Student Affairs, Financial Aid, etc.)• Participate in department trainings and events, including orientation sessions for new and transfer students.

Athens, Georgia, Us

• Assume responsibility for all aspects of festival coordination and production for the 18th annual Athens Music and Arts Festival (AthFest) following the organization’s first significant staff transition.• Familiarize the 501 (c) (3) organization’s new Executive Director with all aspects of festival logistics and planning, event footprint/layout, and organizational roles related to the festival’s steering committee.• Ensure that permits, reservations, equipment rentals, contracts, insurance, security coverage, and community notices were planned and executed in compliance with local ordinances.• Communicate with county departments, police, event chairs, insurance agency, vendors, artists and sponsors about operational needs, resource and equipment requests, contracts, and payments.• Assist with transition of physical and electronic records and files, physical inventory of equipment, and office organization and set up. (Inventory items in office and storage, manage transition of records, e-mail, and shared files to Google Apps; gain access to passwords and file systems and implement security measures to safeguard electronic information and accounts.)

Macon, Ga, Us

• Offer in-person and on-line coaching for students on career exploration issues. • Assist with resumes, cover letters, and job search strategy. • Assist with graduate school application materials and statements of purpose. • Conduct presentations (in person and via webinar) on career issues. • Create e-mail newsletters, flyers and other publications.

University Park, Pa, Us

• Supervised staff of 7 professionals and 38 resident assistants across 2 residence areas, serving 2300 students. • Participated in emergency on-call rotation with other members of the central staff for a campus housing approximately 14,000 students, across 43 residence halls and three apartment areas.• Facilitated new programming partnerships with the Cultural Center, International Student Services, Spiritual Center, Center for Women Students, LGBTQA Student Center, Honors College, Unions and Student Activities, and other organizations serving the needs of under-represented students on campus.• Oversaw key marketing initiatives for Residence Life, including an annual poster series on the “Penn State Principles” sent to all nine residential campuses, a weekly “Stall Stories” newsletter, a Cultural Lounge Movie Series, brochures and web pages related to department initiatives, and giveaways for marketing events (college visit days, orientation tours, Parents and Families Day, conferences, etc.)• Converted a former student radio station studio into an in-house podcasting studio.• Participated in recruitment activities for new staff. • Provided strategic direction to area staff.• Managed flow of office processes (discipline caseloads, budgets, room scheduling).

University Park, Pa, Us

• Supervised one Residence Coordinator and one office manager, for a three-building area with 900 students.• Represented department on renovation committee overseeing a multi-year conversion of all buildings in the area from traditional, double-loaded rooms with common bathrooms, to a suite-style living-learning center with classrooms, an art studio, music practice rooms, faculty drop-in offices, meeting rooms and study rooms.• Facilitated planning of all Arrival Day and Welcome Week activities to ensure efficient residence hall move-in, and coordination of all campus tours, information meetings, hall meetings, and hall dinners, to ensure the movement of 6,500 first-year students, 250 resident assistants, 400 orientation leaders, and 50 professional staff, from their respective residence halls across campus, to the campus coliseum, to ensure a timely start to the President’s Convocation, followed by non-alcoholic activities in the Union. • Created online class modules and migrated all course readings and activities for the 3-credit Resident Assistant class (Counselor Education 302) from a printed manual into ANGEL Learning Management System.• Streamlined planning and coordination for all department assessment activities, including in-house surveys, evaluations, record-keeping activities, and national assessments. Standardized planning timelines, clarified Institutional Review Board approval process, and implemented standard reporting outlines, so assessment findings could be shared more effectively with staff, discussed, and incorporated into department practice.

University Park, Pa, Us

• Managed office supporting 32 undergraduate student organizations related to the college.• Provided consultation to clubs about speakers, events, fundraising, and long-term planning.• Acted as primary point of contact for recruiters seeking opportunities to connect with student organizations and top student leaders, with an emphasis on providing preferred opportunities to member companies in the Smeal College’s Corporate Associates program.• Guided student committees charged with planning professional development seminars, corporate socials, networking interactions with alumni, business fraternity rush, and the teaching and advising awards.• Advised 4 organizations and served as a resource to the other 28 organizations and their faculty advisors.• Recruited over 300 student volunteers from the Smeal College for Penn State Career Days, and coordinated volunteer activities on-site during the multi-day event.

University Park, Pa, Us

• Supervise 12 resident assistants in a three-building area, housing 900 students, during a staffing realignment.• Conduct training, hear discipline cases, and respond to emergencies and maintenance concerns.• Work with faculty and student leaders for four Special Living Options, and advise area student government.• Assume department-wide tasks and responsibilities, including Cultural Lounge programming, fire safety, publishing the weekly “Stall Stories” newsletter, and block-booking of entertainment acts for orientation and cultural lounge programming throughout the academic year.

University Park, Pa, Us

• Establish Residence Life program for an on-campus apartment complex with 644 residents, including upperclassmen, graduate students, returning adults, and members of the football and basketball teams.• Conceptualize, write, implement, and evaluate new procedures for the area, which was previously managed from a facilities-oriented perspective, and bring them in line with the university’s goals and values for living and learning on campus. (For example, policy enforcement, roommate and neighbor mediations, dispute resolutions, crisis management, emergency interventions, and community building initiatives.)• Supervise 5 community assistants, 1 assistant coordinator, and 1 staff assistant. • Create a print newsletter, an electronic mail newsletter, and a listserv conference for residential area.

Belmont, Nc, Us

• Supervised five resident assistants in two of the four residences on campus, and advised all RAs on programming. • Created new campus traditions surrounding Homecoming, in cooperation with Student Activities.• Participated in a 2-person emergency duty rotation with director.

Clemson, Sc, Us

• Served for two years as the graduate assistant for Office of Health Education. • Did two practicums with the Office of Student Development. Student Media: Planned a joint leadership training/retreat event for student leaders from the newspaper, yearbook, radio and campus television station. Orientation and First Year Experience: Acted as a counselor/facilitator for first-year students participating in the pre-semester First Year Experience program. Planned a "reunion" mid-semester for first-year students to check in about their transition and socialize.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Counseling And Guidance Services

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science