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Work History
Education
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Amarae (Ray) Lisenby

Amarae (Ray) Lisenby

Raleigh,NC

Summary

Rising Senior seeking sales and marketing opportunities. Coachable team-player bringing forth years of leadership experience and high emotional intelligence. Driven by positivity, enthusiasm, and honesty to exceed expectations.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Intern

North Carolina FFA Association
08.2022 - Current
  • Helped orchestrate the 94th annual FFA Convention and Expo that hosted over 2,600 members
  • Assembled and edited Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) Spotlight videos on a monthly basis: These videos highlighted student projects around the state to raise agricultural awareness
  • Assisted with Career Development Events (CDE’s) by designing programs, making registration packets, loading materials, and transporting state vehicles
  • Executively produced FFA Give Day video that generated over $5000 in revenue
  • Wrote a script for an AgDay radio advertisement to promote FFA
  • Led the creation and implementation of NCFFA’s social media plan for National FFA Week

P&SS Communications Intern

BASF
05.2024 - 08.2024
  • Created and implemented a social media plan for Greenhouse and Nursery products that increased impressions by over 800%
  • Led the creation of a new trade show booth design for our Greenhouse and Nursery products
  • Designed an infographic that summarized an employee voices survey and worked with our business director to share the results nationwide
  • Assisted in designing a website that centralized the labels of our Pest products
  • Helped develop a wellness challenge for the P&SS business
  • Produced a video that highlighted our Employee Resource Groups during our National Business Conference
  • Participated in weekly meetings of our Turf and Greenhouse and Nursery products

Camp Counselor

North Carolina FFA Association
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Umpired Softball on a daily basis
  • Led biweekly reflective discussions to encourage leadership in students
  • Settled disputes between students regularly
  • Assisted in groundskeeping by leaf blowing and cleaning trash daily
  • Tended to student injuries with a first aid kit as needed
  • Operated the Camp Shop for hours at a time which sold camp merchandise, drinks, and snacks.

Education

bachelor’s degree - Agricultural Business Management

North Carolina State University
12.2025

Skills

  • Public Speaking
  • Internal and External Communication
  • Customer Engagement
  • Event Planning
  • Social Media Expertise
  • Video Editing
  • Photo Editing
  • Enthusiastic Teammate

Activities

June 2023 - November 2023

North Carolina FFA Association 

National Officer Candidate  

  • Represented over 35,000+ members of North Carolina FFA
  • Facilitated workshops across the state on a weekly basis
  • Advanced as 1 of 21 finalists in pursuit of representing the 950,000+ FFA members nationwide
  • Had various meetings to learn more about the problems facing agriculture and agriculture education
  • Practiced interview and public speaking skills while receiving feedback from a committee 2-3 times a week


Recurring each Semester

Pi Kappa Phi  

Recruitment Team Member  

  • Led a handful of two on one interviews with the Vice President to convince potential new members to sign their bids
  • Had numerous one on one conversations explaining why the values of Pi Kapp make it the best fraternity to join
  • Helped the Recruitment Committee plan events to appeal to potential new members
  • Assisted in recruiting over 50 new members for Pi Kapp since joining


June 2021 - June 2022

North Carolina FFA Association  

State Officer  

  • Facilitated numerous workshops to help students increase leadership skills, exhibit growth, discover FFA opportunities, etc
  • Spoke at many leadership events, providing reflective remarks and giving greetings on behalf of NC FFA
  • Assisted in creating content to make NC FFA more diverse and inclusive
  • Visited dozens of schools throughout North Carolina to show the support of NC FFA and inspire students to pursue agricultural careers
  • Toured various farm operations to show the support of NC FFA and possibly gain sponsors
  • Regularly conversed with sponsors about different problems in the agriculture industry today




Timeline

P&SS Communications Intern

BASF
05.2024 - 08.2024

Intern

North Carolina FFA Association
08.2022 - Current

Camp Counselor

North Carolina FFA Association
05.2022 - 08.2022

bachelor’s degree - Agricultural Business Management

North Carolina State University
Amarae (Ray) Lisenby