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Washington, DC, US

Seattle, WA, US

• Responsible for developing long-term relationships with key hotel partnerships in the Washington, D.C. market. Use data-driven decision-making to solve problems and align solutions for hotel partners.
• Serve as the events chair for SAGE, a sustainability-focused employee resource group
• Initiated and contributed to the development of a sustainability guide for hotel partners, with an aim to drive sustainable practices in downstream partners
• Work with partners to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes, using influencing and negotiation skills to gain trust while synthesizing complex data to create a bias toward action

-Lead corporate partnerships and grant writing for Unseen Tours, a London-based tour company that creates walking tours to provide income streams for vulnerably housed Londoners-Aid small properties with online distribution, marketing, and writing relevant industry content-Write food and lifestyle content for a number of outlets, such as Serious Eats.

Austin, Texas, US

Lead a team of three to scale company operations and contribute to fast-paced growth while keeping the customer top of mind. Direct the Customer Success department, develop capacity and revenue management, define the funnel for return B2C customers and collaborate on company scaling and operations.

Austin, Texas, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Managed business development for the global UK forward market. Collaborated in efforts forproposal development by completing technical research, writing proposals, recruiting, partner relations, and budgeting. Contributed to partner relationships to build winning consortiums for UK-funded aid projects globally.

• Project Management: Managed the completion of a mobile app used for company sales from start to finish. Ideated process-maps to inform development of the product, Created the app using Appsheet, trained 50 staff.
• External Communications: Created external communications strategy for the company, including online and social media presence.

Seattle, WA, US

Managed relationships with top Washington D.C. area hotels. Key responsibilities included setting regular meetings with Directors' of Revenue Management at the hotels, pitching creative solutions to meet hotel partners' needs, and working with partners to meet mutual revenue goals.

Seattle, WA, US

Responsible for maximizing revenues and ensuring access to inventory and rates for both Expedia Inc. & key hotel partners for the downtown San Francisco market. Collaborate with Expedia and Hotels.com merchandising teams to manage merchandising campaigns for San Francisco, relaying promotional opportunities to hotel partners. Lead the market associates in.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

While in this position, I worked on many projects centered around digital marketing. Duties included working on SEO and brand website development. In addition to this work, I completed 3 projects involving print and online copy writing and editing.

Parsippany, NJ, US

As as guest facing service agent, duties included answering guest requests, making reservations, creating and running daily reports, checking guests in and out, using Opera PMS.

Washington, DC, US

ICAF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to employ the power of the arts for the development of creativity and empathy – key attributes of successful learners and leaders.While in this position, projects included writing grant applications totaling $300,000, editing and writing articles for the quartlery ChildArt magazine, and planning art.

San Francisco, CA, US

As an intern in catering at the Hotel Palomar in Arlington (now Le Meridien), duties included designing menus, planning and designing booth for wedding trade-show. As an intern in Sales for the Kimpton Hotel's Washington D.C. city sales team, duties included running reports in Delphi and Excel, using Delphi to build group blocks, answering phones and.

Rockville, MD, US

Duties included looking after children with disabilities, planning games and activities for them, and communicating with teachers, nurses, and parents.

Master'S Of Science, Geography

Hotel Administration, Business/Administration

Economics

High School Diploma