A goal-oriented and motivated individual with years of substantial experience in building relationships, cultivating partnerships, and helping solve emergence issues. Endowed with a strong sense of teamwork coupled with the unique ability to enhance team performance. Successful at devising communication strategies, creating content, briefing vendors' and organizing events. Passionate about working in an extremely challenging position under pressure with teams and in a fast-paced environment where competition and meeting deadlines is a norm, to contribute positively to the organization's growth.
Hi, I’m
Kierra Wooden
Chicago,IL
Summary
Overview
4
years of professional experience
Work History
National Public Housing MuseumChicago, IL
Assistant Museum Educator
07.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Help coordinate and communicate logistics to diverse groups of participants, as well as workshop leaders and partners for Beauty Turner Oral History Academy, Entrepreneurship Hub, and other NPHM programs.
- Help develop and facilitate virtual training, workshops, events and other Museum engagement activities, including team-building, workshop debriefs and critique sessions.
- Build relationships with program participants, community partners, and resident-leaders. -Develop “Ambassadors” on social media platforms, such as admins of Facebook groups, to amplify museum announcements and outreach.
- Provide support to workshop leaders, trainers, and presenters. Serve as mentor, leader, educator, and guide to participants—youth, in particular. Support evaluation and monitoring of program goals and outcomes.
- Developed and curated Stories of The Redline: Lincoln Park Fire Fire Gentrifier walking tour, that uncovers history untold.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Help with data collection, data entry, file management and other administrative duties.
Untapped, IncBrooklyn, NY
Cultural Reporter
10.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Ongoing and continuous trends reporting - investigating topics that range from Appreciation vs. Appropriation to Where does Gender Belong In Sports? For Nike Brand.
- Qualitative research to uncover key interest and behavior among young black and brown athletes in Chicago - Providing foundation for powerful new community programs.
- Helping McDonald's connect with dynamic new young customer base - from where to connect with them, what to say and how to say it.
- Wrote and submitted accurate, engaging and fact-checked stories.
- Interviewed guests on specific topics.
- Investigated important community issues and put together well-received reports.
Chicago VotesChicago, IL
Democracy Corp
06.2020 - 12.2020
Job overview
- Contributed to creation of Chicago votes Unlock Civics' 2020 Voter Guides.
- Organized inaugural Unlock Civic Convening and Inaugural Judicial Court Watching Program for Chicago Votes.
- Organized series of community civic participation training sessions.
- Hosted virtual events to engage young people in civics and creativity.
City Colleges Of ChicagoChicago, IL
Steambassador
05.2020 - 08.2020
Job overview
- Engaged elementary and middle-school-aged youth in STEAM activities such as coding music, building machines, flying drones, and storytelling in informal learning spaces.
- Gather information on business objectives, vision, brand strategy, competition, and industry trends in preparation for public relations presentations and plans.
- Provided technical advice or practical support to projects in classroom.
- Devised or delivered practical experiments or demonstrations.
Vans Chicago, IL
Sales Associate
12.2018 - 07.2020
Job overview
- Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers and promote specific merchandise.
- Provided positive first impressions to welcome existing, new and potential customers.
- Helped customers locate products and checked store system for merchandise at other sites.
- Answered customer questions regarding sizing, accessories and proper care for merchandise.
- Analyzed and properly processed product returns, assisting customers with finding alternative merchandise to meet needs.
- Adhered to execution of established safety, security, quality, and store operations policies, procedures, and practices.
VAPIANOChicago, IL
Cashier Team Lead
05.2018 - 12.2018
Job overview
- Trained team members on cash register operation and cash handling.
- Quickly and accurately counted drawers at start and end of each shift.
- Communicated with customers and team members to solve problems.
- Operated POS cash register and equipment to collect payments.
Education
Merit AmericaChicago, IL
Certificate of Completion from Data Analytics
06.2022
University Overview
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, IL
No Degree from Computer And Information Sciences
University Overview
Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL
No Degree from Game Programming & Design
University Overview
Skills
- Customer Support
- Operations Management
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Project Management
- Communications
- Time Management
- Design
- Social Media
- Content Creation
- Non-Profit
- Business Operations
Career Progressions
Career Progressions
COLLECTOR Jan 2018 – Mar 2018
Halsted Financial, Skokie, IL
SALES ASSOCIATE Oct 2017 – Jan 2018
UNIQLO, Chicago, IL
SALES ASSOCIATE Oct 2016 – Oct 2017
Bed Bath & Beyond, Chicago, IL
Additional Information
Additional Information
FREELANCE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST May 2018 – Present
- Created 3D designs. Flyers, logos, layouts for commissions using Blender & Adobe XD, Photoshop, or GIMP.
- Self-published two poetry books, ” Flourish ” and “ To the Angel in the Room ” advertised and marketed to my social media audience to increase sales.
- Designed, edited, scripted and animated an animation for one Author memoir from the Cook County Jail Author Circle on a deadline.
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
ConTextos
- In 2020, ConTextos launched Into a Black Beyond (IABB) Authors Circle Fellowship, a unique writing experience that emerged from raw and untapped emotion—rage fueled by frustration, righteously held indignation, apathy and indifference as the result of too many promises that have long gone unmet.
- IABB invites an array of Black Chicagoans—homegrown and transplants—from diverse professions, educational backgrounds, identities, familial structures and communities, and across generations to engage in meaningful dialogue and writing meant to capture a range of Black ideas, Black experiences, and Black voices in Chicago.
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Southside Cleanup is a black and brown youth-led initiative aiming to clean up the Southside of Chicago created by Kierra Wooden. The goal of Southside Cleanup is not to just simply clean the debris and trash off of our streets, but to benefit our communities with a plethora of resources. Southside Cleanup aims to feed our own communities in addition to providing necessities such as cleaning, and sanitation supplies as we are still in the midst of a global pandemic, and connecting with people on the Southside to figure out the next steps to elevate our communities. Kierra came up with the idea on Sunday evening of May 31st and didn't know that it would attract this much attention overnight the first event took place on June 3rd, and it was a major success. Gaining social media success, she even caught the eye of the Obama Foundation who donated a bunch of cleaning supplies to the first cleanup. Kierra with the help of over a hundred volunteers was able to clean up, donate food, and cleaning supplies from Roseland all the way down to 35th.
Southside Cleanup
Founder · Jun 2020 - Present
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I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.
Timeline
Assistant Museum Educator
National Public Housing Museum
07.2022 - Current
Cultural Reporter
Untapped, Inc
10.2021 - Current
Democracy Corp
Chicago Votes
06.2020 - 12.2020
Steambassador
City Colleges Of Chicago
05.2020 - 08.2020
Sales Associate
Vans
12.2018 - 07.2020
Cashier Team Lead
VAPIANO
05.2018 - 12.2018
Merit America
Certificate of Completion from Data Analytics
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College
No Degree from Computer And Information Sciences
Columbia College Chicago
No Degree from Game Programming & Design
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