Contract Marketing and PR Work
Cascade Regional Blood Services, Tacoma, WA
February - May 2008
Job Description:
- Conducting market research using internet and written surveys to discover and analyze donor attitudes, awareness, demographics, and behavior.
- Increasing brand awareness through media relations and print journalism.
- Helping the organization to develop a donor database.
Competencies Honed: teamwork, marketing research skills, branding, press pitching skills, written, oral, and relational skills
PLU Admissions Student Ambassador
PLU Office of Admissions, Tacoma, WA
2005 - Present
Job Description: - Recruit prospective students through individual/group tours, luncheons, and hosting students overnight.
- Have been directly involved in bringing over 50 students (and many more indirectly) to PLU with an estimated resulting revenue of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the University through those students' tuition, room, and board.
Competencies Honed: need/want recognition, personal selling, and interpersonal skills
Assistant Program Director for Outdoor Adventure Program
Camp Lutherwood, Bellingham, WA
May 2007 - August 2007
Job Description:
- coordinated trips/activities
- supported/challenged staff
- modified/taught curriculum
- led group trips for high school/middle school campers
- co-ran staff orientation
- assisted the Program Director.
Competencies Honed: leadership, organization, communication, mentorship, & team skills
Resident Assistant
Residential Life at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
August 2006 - May 2007
Job Description: - managed, mentored, counseled, and supported a wing of 34 residents
- promoted community through personal interaction and organizing wing events
- enforced policy
Competencies Honed: interpersonal, teamwork, conflict management, & motivational skills
Farmhand
Koskela Berry Farms, Ferndale WA
Summers of 2002-2006
Job Description:
- manual labor
- operated harvesting machines
- interacted with and helped migrant workers
- served customers
Competencies Honed: strong work ethic, love for fresh air and sunshine
