Stephanie Correa-Nelson
Marketing Specialist And Educator
Valencia,CA
Summary
Seasoned Marketing Coordinator who pays excellent attention to detail and remarkable critical thinking skills. Proficient in developing and overseeing projects with focus on quality and efficiency.
Enthusiastic hard worker with a strong background in marketing and experience with teens/young adults and adept at working with colleagues and customers of all backgrounds. Team builder and clear communicator with strong problem solving and planning skills.
Overview
8
8
years of post-secondary education
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Educator
William S. Hart School District
Newhall, CA
08.2017 - Current
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Built relationships and communicated with parents to provide a diverse learning environment for children.
- Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans to keep learner attention.
- Created and developed a unique and innovate curriculum, Hip Hop as Literature to increase learning and engagement among minority students
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
Educator
Newhall School District
Newhall, CA
12.2010 - 08.2017
- Monitored and assessed understanding of difficult concepts and adjusted lesson accordingly.
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Differentiated instruction to meet needs of diverse learners.
- Exemplified positive behavior for children by assisting with learning. moving around to manage classroom and maintaining safety.
- Met with students, parents and administrators to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues.
- Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities.
- Created culturally inclusive materials to meet the needs of students and their families
Communications Coordinator
AbilityFirst
Pasadena, CA
07.2007 - 08.2010
- Developed new channels to keep internal teams updates, as well as communicate effectively with vendors, customers and members of media organizations.
- Created content for company intranet and regularly posted documents, updates and clear communications pathways.
- Built communications toolkits for use by offices to effectively leverage outside partnerships with an emphasis on multicultural groups and available resources.
- Facilitated company-wide communication
- Wrote and edited content for operations, marketing and public relations needs targeting multicultural segments
- Crafted company communications plans to reinforce branding and imaging strategies.
- Maintained message consistency across channels to fully support short- and long-term communications goals.
- Customized communication plans to fit target audience knowledge and level of expertise.
- Updated website and social media pages with well-coordinated communications aimed at conveying information, generating interest and mitigating negative press.
- Prepared road reports by accurately documenting pertinent information.
- Improved team efficiency via training in sales, marketing and promotions.
- Mastered and launched direct marketing techniques to boost brand reach.
- Used Adobe Suite for creation of content, photo manipulation and publication design.
- Cultivated productive relationships with major businesses, securing profitable partnerships, including partnerships with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, and Los Angeles Marathon
- Planned and organized major fundraisers and special events
- Secured sponsorships for events
- Supported media relations consultants in outreach and fundraising campaigns.
- Prepared event communications for special events, took photographs during event, and promoted on web and periodical channels.
- Reviewed staff-written materials and edited for content and brevity.
- Designed print collateral materials and coordinated branding across multiple communications channels.
Marketing and Outreach Manager
Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber Of Commerce
Van Nuys, CA
07.2004 - 07.2007
- Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data and budget factors.
- Built and strengthened strategic relationships with vendors, advertising agencies and community partners targeting multicultural and youth segments.
- Created printed marketing materials designed to drive campaigns.
- Developed insights on marketing campaigns to assess performance against goals.
- Evaluated consumer preferences and behaviors, combined with market trends and historical data, to adjust and enhance campaigns directed at multicultural and youth segments
- Leveraged industry trends and competitive analysis to improve customer relationship building.
- Planned and implemented studies to assess market conditions and evaluated results to enhance marketing campaigns.
- Conducted trials and tests of marketing channels such as paid acquisition, social media and fresh content creation.
- Generated sponsorships with related and partnering entities to enhance marketing objectives.
Education
Master of Arts - Education
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA 08.2009 - 12.2010
Bachelor of Journalism - Strategic Communication
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO 08.1997 - 05.2004
Skills
Budgeting and Allocation
Public and Media Relations
Client communication
Campaign management
Marketing and advertising
Staff Management
Strategic planning
Brand development
Corporate Communications
Computer skills
Leadership
Good telephone etiquette
Teamwork
Branding
Digital marketing
Interdepartmental collaboration
Online marketing strategies
Marketing
Communications management
Proofreading
Trade shows and events
Strategic event planning
Media relations
Database Management
Proficient skills in reading, writing, and understanding Spanish
Timeline
Educator
William S. Hart School District
08.2017 - Current
Educator
Newhall School District
12.2010 - 08.2017
Master of Arts - Education
Azusa Pacific University
08.2009 - 12.2010
Communications Coordinator
AbilityFirst
07.2007 - 08.2010
Marketing and Outreach Manager
Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber Of Commerce
07.2004 - 07.2007
Bachelor of Journalism - Strategic Communication
University of Missouri - Columbia
08.1997 - 05.2004