COURTNEY PARHAM
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EDUCATION • Bachelor of Sociology, University of San Francisco, 3.6 GPA in major, 12/2008 • Semester Abroad, Peter Pazmany University, Hungary, 08/2006 – 12/2006 EXPERIENCE Social Media Coordinator, 08/2010 – Present Wyndstorm • Doubled the total number of fans on client Facebook page within a couple days. • Streamlined company and client social accounts by adding RSS news feeds. Founder and Editor, 08/2009 – Present Renascence Online Magazine • Create customized copy to engage over 2,200 Twitter followers and 400 Facebook fans. • Identify contributors and oversee digital messaging for Renascence social network. Founder and Community Manager, 04/2009 – Present Young Blacks of the Bay • Post daily content and interact with over 1,000 fans on Facebook. • Maintain and expand website with more than 400 members to date. Social Media Marketing Consultant, 10/2009 – 06/2010 Self-Employed • Ignited client's Facebook page to increase site traffic by 398% and attract over 3,000 fans. • Monitored social media sites and built brand awareness for more than ten clients. Social Media Consultant, 08/2008 – 09/2009 Eklectyk Creative Media, LLC • Grew company fan base and site traffic by designing social media strategy. Marketing and Public Relations Intern, 02/2009 – 06/2009 Posit Science • Prepared reports and collaborated with management team to evaluate marketing initiatives. • Led campaign to engage and increase followers on company Twitter account. Social Media Manager, 05/2008 – 09/2008 Clothing Swap, Inc. • Spearheaded campaign to use Facebook, Yelp, and other social media sites to publicize events. • Managed Facebook fan page with more than 1,800 fans to date. Technology Teaching Assistant, 04/2008 – 09/2008 University of San Francisco, School of Business and Management • Advised over 50 professors and students about social media best practices. RECOGNITION & AWARDS • Wrote scholarship-winning essay to attend Dean’s International Leadership Seminar • Featured in The Oakland Tribune and Contra Costa Times for work with Young Blacks of the Bay • Dean’s List honoree • Chosen for Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society • Selected for Freshmen Leadership Institute