Tanuja Ramanujam
Santa Cruz,CA
Summary
Motivated professional with a track record of success in administrative support and customer service roles. Skilled in managing multiple tasks efficiently while maintaining high standards of quality and service. Excellent interpersonal skills, fostering collaboration and effective communication within teams. Eager to leverage organizational skills and contribute to company growth in entry-level opportunities.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Freelancer - Education/Consulting/Teaching/Sales
Freelancer
San Jose, Costa Rica
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Traveled to Costa Rica and educated myself on Self Care Holistic and Wellness practices including a variety of Meditation and Breathwork techniques gaining experience to be a practitioner and teacher
- Studied a diverse spectrum of practices and techniques including Sound Therapy Meditation, Guided and Grounding Meditation, Transpersonal Meditation, and Whimhoff Holotropic Breathwork methods.
- Volunteering and assisting rescue animals by fostering them and providing a safe space for them. I created different sensory and enrichment activities for them to enhance, accommodate and nourish their recovery, rehabilitation, growth, and mental and physical health/needs (post unlivable conditions from abuse and neglect).
- Learned Spanish and became proficient to be able to teach English.
- Partnered with and worked alongside US-based companies to enhance their sales through e-marketing and tele-sales for various products and services.
Fundraising Consultant and Operations Assistant
Cuddly
Seal Beach, USA
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Developed impactful and insightful fundraising materials for neglected and abused animals nationally and internationally and individually created a campaign per each case to attract and boost sponsorship opportunities, support and gain beneficial exposure of each animal’s needs and care in order to provide optimal success for their health and life.
- Built rapport and coordinated with prospective donors to receive multiple venues of support and to initiate matching gift donations and to achieve funding goals for each animal or rescue.
- Individually onboarded and managed the accounts of over 40 non-profit organizations.
- Wrote, compiled, updated, and fully curated compelling campaigns by implementing email marketing tools and provided clients with successful fundraising strategies, provided customer support on both client and consumer ends for all department.
- Utilized CRM tools as well as video sales software to keep track and enhance clientele experience and ensure customer success.
Founder
Dear Dog Lover
Long Beach, USA
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Created and developed a brand that functions as both a clothing company as well as an educational company to impact the animal community with an emphasis on abused, neglected, and underprivileged pets and animals.
- Coordinated with prospective donors to achieve funding goals and sponsorships towards our specific cause.
- Created an online blog offering impactful and meaningful content specifically concentrated to emphasize our purpose and offer educational advice and tips to our clientele so they could better improve their pet’s lives.
Sales and Marketing Executive
Healthy Spot
Long Beach, USA
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Chosen to lead and market product demonstrations to clientele throughout Los Angeles County and Orange County for pets and pet owners.
- In charge of marketing materials, and the planning and execution of marketing displays.
Research Assistant
CSULB
Long Beach, USA
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Worked alongside and conducted research studies with Dr. McCroskey on Communication Studies research projects.
- Our team presented data and results at the annual Communication Conference held in Winnipeg, Canada.
Sales Manager
KBeach Radio
Long Beach, USA
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Responsible for sales and acquisition of advertising time from local Long Beach clientele.
- Designed custom marketing materials for KBeach Radio.
- Boosted and facilitated sales activity daily.
B2B & Channel Marketing Intern (Paid)
Plantronics
Santa Cruz, CA
06.2009 - 05.2012
- Coordinated and executed promotional events and trade shows.
- Assisted in creating engaging marketing content for social media platforms.
- Collaborated with the design team to develop promotional materials.
- Managed inventory of marketing collateral and tracked usage efficiently.
- Organized and participated in promotional events to enhance brand visibility.
- Supported campaign execution through scheduling and email distribution tasks.
- Participated in brainstorming sessions with marketing team members to develop ideas for campaigns.
- Developed content and promotional materials for various campaigns.
- Generated weekly reports on progress of marketing initiatives.
- Prepared presentations summarizing research findings.
- Executed promotional events such as webinars, conferences, and trade shows.
- Facilitated communication between the marketing department and other internal teams.
- Coordinated with external agencies and vendors to ensure timely delivery of marketing services.
- Provided administrative support to the marketing team, including scheduling meetings and managing correspondence.
- Guided teams in harmonizing marketing strategies and objectives through analysis of data-driven insights.
Education
B.A. - Communication Studies, Entrepreneurship
California State University Long Beach
Long Beach, CA01.2017
Skills
- Campaign development, strategy, and design
- Fundraising and donation acquisition methods
- Digital communication strategies
- Customer relationship management
- Creative content production
- Competitive market research
- Linguistic training
- Communication skills
- Conceptual innovation
- Team collaboration
- Customer support
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Office
- Client communication
- Troubleshooting skills
- Personal branding
- Academic coaching
- Task management
- Client management
- Digital content development
- Digital marketing
- Analytical reasoning
- Online community engagement
- Interpersonal skills
- Team development
- Dispute resolution
- Effective listening
- Target planning
- Trustworthiness
Certifications And Volunteer Work
- California Dispute Resolution Program: Mediation Certificate
- Live Love Animal Rescue, Long Beach, CA
- Certificate of Merit in Violin (Completed through Level 8)
Certification
- California Dispute Rsolution Mediation Certificate
- Certificate of Merit - Violin (Level 1-8)
- Live Love Animal Rescue Volunteer and Foster
Languages
Spanish
Professional
French
Elementary
Affiliations
- Animal Welfare
- Craftwork
- Music
- Camping and Roadtripping
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Freelancer - Education/Consulting/Teaching/Sales
Freelancer
01.2022 - 01.2023
Fundraising Consultant and Operations Assistant
Cuddly
01.2020 - 01.2021
Founder
Dear Dog Lover
01.2019 - 01.2020
Sales and Marketing Executive
Healthy Spot
01.2018 - 01.2019
Research Assistant
CSULB
01.2016 - 01.2017
Sales Manager
KBeach Radio
01.2015 - 01.2016
B2B & Channel Marketing Intern (Paid)
Plantronics
06.2009 - 05.2012
B.A. - Communication Studies, Entrepreneurship
California State University Long Beach
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