Sarah Barker Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

Remote

• Coordinate presence at tradeshows and field events, including working with vendors, planning activations, managing budget, and measuring results
• Work with cross-functional team to manage pre- and post-event follow-up campaigns
• Coordinate third-party webinars

Remote

• Project manage outward-facing marketing materials such as ebooks, guides, and case studies
• Coordinate events and manage swag inventory
• Design and maintain cross-functional working Asana boards
• Create company-wide language style guide
• Write and edit select marketing materials
• Suggest and implement process optimization

Minneapolis

• Project managed all reprints
• Prepared book files for print-on-demand, digital printing
• Converted hardcover editions to paperback
• Copyedited select full-length book projects
• Copyedited back cover copy and indexes
• Proofread biannual catalog

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Designed comprehensive social media tactical plan and style guide
• Assisted in troubleshooting new Concur Invoice software implementation
• Matched invoices, recorded payments, and resolved accounting discrepancies
• Improved Excel spreadsheets calculating sales tax and efficiency ratios

Downtown Target, Minneapolis

• Coordinated operations in one of the highest-volume Starbucks in Minnesota
• Exhibited excellent customer service for diverse clientele
• Trained new team members
• Opened and closed store independently

University Of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis

• Contacted over 700 organizations to promote a title
• Identified more than 5000 targets for niche mailings, expanding their reach by 30%
• Prepared materials for annual marketing meeting
• Processed reviews and forwarded publicity to authors and editors

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Wrote, designed, and sent a biweekly e-newsletter donors loved
• Coordinated Twitter campaigns directed at Minnesota Congress
• Published two op-eds that addressed our campaign
• Secured advertising on KMOJ radio

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Compiled report used to introduce a title in an all staff meeting
• Identified inconsistencies in press database and implemented improvement plan
• Fact-checked The Little Free Library book
• Packaged, weighed, and sent out mailings for more than 100 books at a time

Northfield, MN

• Collaborated in compilation of feedback for the Tackling Obstacles Raising College Hopes program
• Filmed and transcribed interviews; edited documentary
• Assisted in design of an interactive video gallery on a WordPress site

Northfield, MN

• Assisted peers in recognizing confusion in organization, grammar, and punctuation
• Received training specific to assisting English language learners

Northfield, MN

• Assisted a class of twelve international students in English academic writing course
• Taught a required one-hour lab weekly

Northfield, MN

• Assisted a class of twelve international students in English academic writing course
• Held a required hour-long lab weekly in order to reinforce skills learned in class

• Published an editorial pertaining to education reform bi-monthly
• Managed writing team; edited and approved blog posts

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Crafted agendas for and recorded minutes of bi-monthly state coalition meetings.
• Collaborated with others to create a charter to guide the non-profit
• Assisted with social media campaign to keep teacher contract negotiations open to the public in Minneapolis
• Collaborated with three others to create content and contact speakers for conference

Northfield, MN

• Designed both a creative non-fiction and a spoken word unit
• Assisted licensed teacher in classes of twelve students for a total of 100 hours
• Trained for 25 hours about issues specific to urban low-income students

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, General

On the Dean's List

English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Member of English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta Chapter Leader, Students for Education ReformOn the Dean's List.