CCIM INSTITUTE – Chicago, IL
Interactive Marketing Manager
4/2009 - present
Substitute Teacher
9/2006 – 10/2007
DePaul University, Kellstadt Graduate School of Business – Chicago, IL
Interactive Marketing Manager
4/2009 - present
- Project manager for CCIM.com website redesign, which launched in Dec. 2010 with the help of content and IT teams and a design agency.
- Administer content and media on CCIM.com using Drupal, an open source content management system.
- Implemented website analytics reporting tools and reported results to senior management to influence online marketing strategy.
- Writer for the CCIM.com news blog, which focuses on commercial real estate news and is the primary draw of new visitors to the website.
- Write Buyer’s Guide, a tech-focused product review column, and Tech Solutions for Commercial Investment Real Estate magazine, CCIM Institute’s flagship magazine.
10/2007 – 4/2009
- Wrote a monthly e-mail newsletter to key domestic and international corporate partners promoting CCIM’s products and services.
- Learned HTML and assumed responsibility for maintaining content on the international section of CCIM.com.
Freelance Web Copy Writer
2/2007 – 10/2007
- Wrote 500+ landing pages promoting client’s online group-travel planning and hotel booking services.
- Conducted internet and print research to highlight special events, activities, and attractions for domestic destinations.
Substitute Teacher
9/2006 – 10/2007
- Taught in classrooms 3-5 days a week for two school districts in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago.
English Teacher
7/2005 – 7/2006
- Selected to teach for the JET Program, which in its 20th year had over 5,000 people from 44 countries teaching English across Japan.
- Co-taught and planned lessons for junior high students, who subsequently had 100% passage rate in the English section of their high school entrance exams.
Travel Director
6/2002 – 7/2005
- Worked collaboratively to coordinate the on-site logistics for over 150 meetings and events for Fortune 500 clients.
- Managed vendor services at meetings and events that consistently earned satisfaction ratings above nine on a 10-point scale.
- Supervised teams of 3-10 co-workers and handled an average of $200,000 in preliminary client billing.
Intern, United States Embassy in Malawi
5/2001 – 8/2001
- Researched, wrote, and presented a 10-page report about Malawi’s democratically elected local governments, the country’s first in the multi-party era.
- Researched and presented a report to embassy staff on four non-governmental organizations that received an average grant of $17,000 from the 2000 Democracy and Human Rights Fund.
EDUCATION
DePaul University, Kellstadt Graduate School of Business – Chicago, IL
Master of Business Administration, Marketing Strategy and Planning
Graduation Date: 5/2012
The College of St. Scholastica – Duluth, MN
Bachelor of Arts, English
Honors:
- Graduated cum laude (3.6/4.0 GPA)
- Dean’s List, December 2005
- Alum of the Month 5/2001
COMMUNITY AND PROJECTS
- Google Online Marketing Competition (AdWords) Finalist Spring 2011
- Mentor at Open Books 6/2011 - present
- Member of the FORUM magazine’s Editorial Content Working Group 2007 – 2010
- Project Site Manager for Chicago Cares’ Celebration of Service and Serve-a-thon annual volunteer events 2008 – 2009
- Community Outreach Coordinator JET Alumni Association 2008 – 2009
