Admiring Thoughts

Sarah Wood
A Surveyor of Society, Communication & Social Medias

Profile
Personable college graduate with experience in online social elements and excellent skills in
event planning and hosting.
1220 First Ave NE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Skills
Tel • Administration: Utilize organizational and interpersonal skills to streamline an office and
262.510.5560 intuit schedules of individuals and organizations. Outstanding written and oral
communication skills.
Email
• Customer Service: Serve as the initial contact for customers, vendors and partners
hidama.sarah@gmail.com
through a variety of mediums. Respond quickly and professionally to enquiries and
appropriately connect contacts.
Web
hidama.tv • Social Organization: Strong passion for connecting people, intuits connections and
social constructs. Excellent skills in event planning and hosting; also applicable to online
Social Networks: events.
hidama.tv/admire
linkedin.com/in/hidama
Experience
Assistant to Online Sales Director, Think Safe, Inc; Hiawatha, Iowa -- 2008- Current
Manage social media marketing aspects for a local start-up company creating social media
and strategy plans and work alongside the Online Sales Director.
As the assistant to the Online Sales Director of a small start-up company, I help the director
in :
• research of vertical markets
• managing the blog content and its feedback
• run communication with other blogs & media
• manage other social media tools such as Twitter
• create an awareness in the market of Think Safe and its products

I have great organizational skills and work independent of the main office and am in
communication via email and phone while working at a remote area of my choice.

Moderator, Event Planner, #Collegejourn; http://collegejourn.com 2009

Moderated and planned an international event for journalists, journalism students and their
professors.
 Admiring Thoughts

• Utilized tools, such as Google documents, Skype, gchat and Twitter to co-ordinate with 3
other planners across the nation
• Wrote deadline blog posts
• Co-moderated a CoveritLive chat for an active audience of 75+

Tutor, Coe College Upward Bound; Cedar Rapids IA -- 2006- Current

Teach and encourage students in academic and professional skills.
1220 First Ave NE
Upward Bound is a part of the Federal TRIO Programs and offers services for socio-
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
economically disadvantaged students to increase the chance at which participants complete
high school and enroll in and graduate from post-secondary institutions. I tutor in a variety of
Tel
subjects and assist in college searches and applications.
262.510.5560
• Being a tutor at Upward Bound also includes filling the role as a mentor and a
Email counselor as well as instruction.
hidama.sarah@gmail.com
Building Operator and Administrative Assistant, Milwaukee Rescue Mission;
Web Milwakee, Wisconsin -- 2006
hidama.tv Was the first line of communication for a large nonprofit and executed administrative tasks for
staff, board members and residents and met all daily deadlines for a variety of tasks.
Social Networks:
hidama.tv/admire I fulfilled administrative duties of a large nonprofit organization: database administration,
linkedin.com/in/hidama customer service, document preparation, mail room management and assisted the financial
administration and management of the main office. I worked daily with RAZR, Outlook and
Microsoft Office programs and was the first line of communication with businesses,
customers and residents as I operated the main line and mail room of a large nonprofit.

Education
Coe College Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- English, Literature May 2009.