Kio Whitten
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Knowledgeable Social Media Manager experienced in executing social media strategies across social platforms. Demonstrated time management and collaboration skills. Flexes easily with new information and branding changes to consistently exceed targets for engagement, acquisition, and retention.
Experienced in agriculture, set up multiple gardens and food forest across Atlanta as well as made compost and learned how to grow mushrooms.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Media Director
Emory Buddhist Club
03.2023 - Current
- Suggested and implemented new features to develop brand awareness.
- Analyzed marketing plan and social media strategies to identify strategic weaknesses and recommend improvements.
- Developed productive relationships with other Emory pages
- Posting and filming events, mediations, extra content and designing flyers for the social media page.
Social Media Director
Alas De Un Mismo Pajaro
02.2023 - Current
- Analyzed marketing plan and social media strategies to identify strategic weaknesses and make recommendations for improvements.
- Developed productive relationships with other Emory pages
- Posting and filming performances, practices, and extra content and designing flyers for the social media page.
Member
Good Food Green City
04.2022 - Current
- Improve access to quality urban agriculture education and increase food security in southwest Atlanta neighborhoods by setting up multiple food forests and community gardens, maintaining them, and teaching others how to upkeep them.
- Built multiple raised beds and is well-versed in using garden tools and some power tools.
- Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity.
Volunteer Coordinator
Wylde Center
07.2023 - 12.2023
- Recruited and trained new volunteers on volunteer program goals and objectives.
- Coordinated large-scale events involving multiple teams of volunteers, resulting in successful work days and community outreach initiatives.
- Managed and tracked volunteer hours and progress to support accurate documentation.
- Participated in community outreach events to promote volunteer opportunities and enlist new volunteers.
- Managed volunteer calendar and verified coverage of key roles during volunteer unavailability.
- Worked with program teams to identify and match volunteers with appropriate activities.
- On site helping Greenspace directors manage volunteer groups
- Workdays helping with greenspace maintatence (weeding, watering, building, planting, etc)
Film Crew Member
Emory Film Club (ETV)
08.2022 - 12.2023
- Assisted in setting up and breaking down of props and fabrications.
- Worked on films as talents, makeup artist, casting director and other crew roles
Social Media Director
Gay Straight Alliance
08.2020 - 05.2022
- Analyzed marketing plan and social media strategies to identify strategic weaknesses and make recommendations for improvements.
- Brought about noticeable improvements to click rates, follower counts and engagement with clear and focused strategies.
- Filming, Photographing events and meetings as well as designing flyers for the social media page
Design Manager
Hi-Tek Hippy
03.2021 - 08.2021
- Provided cost-effective technical solutions.
- Set aggressive targets for employees to drive company success and strengthen motivation.
- Designed flyers, logos, and templates for future posts.
- Research for how to run multiple social media platforms as to what was the best times to post, the best platforms, current trends, type of posts, etc
Education
No Degree - Biology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA05.2026
High School Diploma -
Maynard H. Jackson- Jr. High School
Atlanta, GA05.2022
Skills
- Ability to lift heavy items
- Ability to use power and garden tools with little to no instruction
- Knowledgeable about varying ways to plant seeds and young plants
- Open-minded and easy to communicate with, easily willing to take constructive criticism
- Ability to understand and utilize trends from multiple social media platforms
- Capable of researching, organizing, presenting data and topics
Timeline
Volunteer Coordinator
Wylde Center
07.2023 - 12.2023
Social Media Director
Emory Buddhist Club
03.2023 - Current
Social Media Director
Alas De Un Mismo Pajaro
02.2023 - Current
Film Crew Member
Emory Film Club (ETV)
08.2022 - 12.2023
Member
Good Food Green City
04.2022 - Current
Design Manager
Hi-Tek Hippy
03.2021 - 08.2021
Social Media Director
Gay Straight Alliance
08.2020 - 05.2022
No Degree - Biology
Emory University
High School Diploma -
Maynard H. Jackson- Jr. High School
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