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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Work with Annual and Leadership Giving, securing donations for critical University priorities and unrestricted needs. Collaborate in strategies for philanthropic engagement initiatives for Annual and Leadership Giving and multi-channel outreach campaigns.Collaborate with Alumni and Family Engagement to bolster reunion giving engagement, Special Events and Major/Principal Giving, and Planned Giving. Partner with academic department leaders and fellow advancement professionals to develop, execute, and reach fundraising goals strategies for schools, departments, and alumni class or affinity groups.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive annual giving strategy that focuses on direct fundraising from prospects' parents and alumni.Manage a portfolio of prospects' parents with a focus on securing gifts. Strategically plan and forecast annual fundraising revenue and also execute ‘days of giving’.Develop a coordinated solicitation strategy involving personal meeting, email, all focused on shaping a sustainable tradition of support.Develop and manage online fundraising tactics, content creation, paid digital, and storytelling. Identify potential prospects (leads) and key decision makers for contact and collaboration. Qualify leads and present opportunity(ies) to the Board of Directors.Participate and organize evening and weekend activities, including Book Fairs, Movie Nights, receptions, and special events.

Launched, implemented and oversaw an e-commerce platform: website upgrades and marketing initiatives.Overseeing basic business operations, invoicing and maintaining client relationships.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Responsible for growing existing business year-over-year, identifying potential clients and conducting prospecting campaigns. Maintained weekly and quarterly business metrics for the Business Development team using Salesforce CRM.- Develop business relationships with key customers and knowledge of the key drivers by thinking strategically and analytically about business, services, and operational challenges to create and execute marketing initiatives that measurably grow and develop lead generation and sales.- Effectively monitor day-to-day management of accounts, building personal and organizational relationships and interacting with C-level decision makers and senior executives from multiple industries.- Oversaw special projects and help coordinate operations; foster relationships with clients and vendors; negotiate contracts with vendors to lower costs; monitor contracts to ensure timely receipt of deliverable; track budgets and billings and process expense reports; manage events conferences; train and supervise administrative staff.

Los Angeles

• Managed outreach to media, former clients and to business organizations to coordinate a variety of presentations, speeches, calls and meetings for the Economist and Director of Economic Research. Assisted Speakers with preparation of presentation materials and post-presentation arrangements. • Developed new and improved methods for marketing products through various new and traditional media, including Blog and Social Media (Facebook and LinkedIn).• Assisted in the design of integrated marketing collateral such as brochures, flyers and conference books.• Coordinated, supervised and organized Annual Economic Forecast Conferences (300-500 attendees): o Selected Conference venues, serving as liaison with vendors on event-related matters. Calculated a budget for events and provide periodic progress reports to staff directors for each event project. Managed conference event process and close out all events as required. Decreased events costs by 52% when took over management from previous management. o Contacted organizations for Sponsorships and Affiliation to promote the conferences and market the company services and products. Increased audience from 310 attendees to close to 500 in the first year. Doubled the number of Affiliates in the first year. Affiliates organizations included: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Building Industry Association, Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA), Institute of Real Estate Management ((IREM), California Mortgage Association, Developers Roundtable, Financial Planning Association, Mortgage Brokers Association.

Los Angeles

Facilitated international transactions:Sourced products and commoditiesSearched and arranged financing (bank, venture, factoring, L/C, etc.)Organized required services (shipping, agents, credit insurance, foreign office presence)Processed documentation for International Business (Commercial invoices, HSC)Fostered new business relationships among clientele

Los Angeles

Provided sourcing of products, development of new products, quality control, inspection of finished goods and the logistics of delivering cargo to the warehouse or end clients. Behind the scenes, I found a legitimate and verified suppliers, negotiate the price, set up payment, arrange transportation, cleared customs, and deal with all the associated third party expenses along the way. I also integrated all customization – adding logos, creating custom packaging and printing and stuffing of collateral – into the production process at the point of manufacture.

El Segundo

Assisted in the creation and design of standard Real Estate documents and related marketing and sales campaigns utilizing MS Word, PowerPoint. Utilized standard web marketing templates to create flyers and other documents for mass e-maildistributions to targeted audiences.Arranged for financing, performed day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining records and processing paperwork, reports, and files related to properties (Commercial and Residential).

Burbank

Created new accounts and maintained existing accounts for clients that purchase Credit Insurance for International Business (Export/Import) Provided complete accounts receivable support for all the routine account maintenance and collection work in the Accounts Receivable Dept.

São Paulo, Brazil

Taught the knowledge and skills, nurtured the confidence and character, and inspired the passion needed for our students to achieve their goals and positively impact the world.Implemented classroom management techniques to create a nurturing and structured classroom environment. Developed and administered a variety of assessments to measure students’ growth towards goals and to monitor students mastery of the content standards. Analyzed informal and formal student assessment results and used this information to drive and inform instruction.Communicated and collaborated professionally with teammates, parents, and community members.Maintained high expectations for students academic achievement and conduct.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Generated and tracked stock option documents and maintained equity administration database.Prepared reports and analysis of stock activity.Provided analytical, administrative, tool and training support to clients.

B.A., Education

International Trade And Commerce

The International Trade and Commerce Certificate, Financial Management Concentration offers a broad and comprehensive curriculum.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Dual Language Development