EVENT COORDINATOR

Posted on: 2007-03-18

[email protected] EDUCATION MASTERS OF SCIENCE, NATIONALISM AND ETHNICITY 2006 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE London, UK Courses: Nationalism and Ethnicity, Warfare and National Identity, National and Ethnic Conflict Regulation, Ethnic Diversity and International Society BACHELOR OF ARTS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 2005 Minors, Anthropology, History, Economics EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Cheney, WA Focus: History of Modern Europe, Human Rights, Poverty and Discrimination, International Organizations, Globalization, EU External Relations ASSOCIATES IN APPLIED SCIENCE, GRAPHIC ARTS DESKTOP PREPRESS, 2002 COLLEGE OF DUPAGE, Glen Ellyn, IL Courses: Paper and Ink, Press Operation, Estimating, Color Theory, Graphic & Page Layout Design SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS RESEARCH & TEACHING •Teach upper levels of Business English to professionals & executives from local companies •Student assessment, programming, planning, presentation and administrative tasks related to teaching Research Assistant, Title: Globalizing Pathologies? Eating Disorders and the Global Deterritorialization of Authority •Comparative research on the medical classifications of mental illnesses and eating disorders internationally •Analyze information and compile reports of data. Independent Research, Recipient of a federal grant to conduct independent research as an undergraduate Title: Politics of Genocide in the 1990s in Yugoslavia and Rwanda: semantics and ethnic identity •Comparative research on how ethnicity is used as a political tool to perpetuate conflict and influence state actions and the international community by the terms used to describe the conflict. •Presented at research symposiums •Working knowledge of subscription-based public record databases CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT •Manage the schedules of high level IT and government executives at monthly meetings •Facilitate introductions between members •Account & Customer relations management GRAPHICS & PRINTING INDUSTRY •Production scheduling throughout the printing process •Initial and ongoing pricing & estimating of print jobs •Quality control of large volumes of finished print jobs •Advise customers on ideas for design changes •Desktop Prepress/Preflight Department •Digital Printing FINANCE •Accounts Receivable/Payable •Responsible for processing & tracking all sales, daily average of $50,000 •Database management •Corporate and federal budget management •Compose daily/weekly/monthly advertising and marketing reports •Meet required deadlines for federal funding, write proposals to secure funding •Prepare event budgets and raise funds from donors EVENT PLANNING •Schedule and coordinate events of various sizes for different audiences •Conceive, plan, fundraise, market, advertise and administer seminars •Network organizations, plan committee meetings, raise awareness and interest for support in issues and events •Prepare travel arrangements for guest speakers IT SKILLS •Mac & PC proficient, Typing speed 60 wpm, Internet & Email applications •MS Office applications •Desktop Publishing software-all Adobe products •Accounting software •Database Design & Management-AS400 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE •Study abroad at the Free University of Berlin •Lived and taught in Turkey •Extensive backpacking travel throughout Western and Eastern Europe and Mexico LANGUAGES •English (native), German (fluent), Turkish (Currently learning), Spanish, Serbian-Croatian & Japanese (basic) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 02/2006 – 2007 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, GUEST RELATIONS THE CHEMISTRY CLUB, London, UK 09/2003 – 06/2004 EVENT COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Cheney, WA 01/2001 – 10/2003 PROJECT COORDINATOR (PRINTING) EWU PRINTING SERVICES, Cheney, WA RT ASSOCIATES, Arlington Heights, IL 09/1999 – 12/2000 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ARGUS HEALTH PLANS, Bensenville, IL