Jacob Valentino
New Orleans,LA
Summary
First-year college student developing skills in critical thinking, policy analysis, and political theory, with a strong and proven background of public speaking, debate, and leadership. Experienced in team settings and eager to facilitate commercial projects or educational discourse in the classroom.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant to the Mayor
City of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
10.2025 - 08.2026
Project Intern
Hotel Management Of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
06.2025 - 08.2025
- Wrote detailed product descriptions for over 300 in-store products to enhance customer understanding
- Converted 300 brick and mortar products into online product listings available for order
- Created and coordinated an organized database for sales and inventory
- Helped with back-end website development and design
- Edited images using various programs, including Adobe Photoshop
- Photographed inventory for editing and digitization
- Weighed, measured, and packaged inventory items
Summer Program Teacher
Breakthrough New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
05.2024 - 07.2024
- Taught a six-week course on New Orleans local history to a class of middle school students
- Developed lesson plans, created engaging PowerPoint slideshows, and designed take-home assignments that enhanced student understanding
- Facilitated interactive classroom discussions and activities that encouraged student participation and critical thinking
- Designed and evaluated assessments for the students
- Created collaborative, multi-disciplinary assignments that fostered teamwork and deepened student learning
- Went on and supervised field trips and other off-campus activities
- Met with parents and program administrators routinely
- Assisted in morning assemblies that were critical to the program's operation
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Politics, Philosophy, And Economics (PPE)
Davidson College
Davidson, NC06-2029
High School Diploma -
Isidore Newman School
Davidson, NC06-2025
Skills
- Project management
- Program coordination
- Policy analysis
- Strategic planning
- Community engagement
- Public relations
- Research
- Data interpretation
- Social media management
- Team collaboration
- Presentation development
- Effective communication
- Curriculum development
Timeline
Assistant to the Mayor
City of New Orleans
10.2025 - 08.2026
Project Intern
Hotel Management Of New Orleans
06.2025 - 08.2025
Summer Program Teacher
Breakthrough New Orleans
05.2024 - 07.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Politics, Philosophy, And Economics (PPE)
Davidson College
High School Diploma -
Isidore Newman School