Ela Jakiela

Current

• Account Manager at Microsoft

Past

• Publisher Account Manager at Vizi Inc
• Director of Operations at UrbanRide Inc.

Education

• City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
• City University of New York-Hunter College
• Promar International, Foreign Language Teachers Training College

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Ela Jakiela’s Experience

• Account Manager

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

• Publisher Account Manager

  Vizi Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 7 months)

  - Business Development – recruit and retain new publishers, negotiate CPM, CPA and Revenue Share rates; contact existing publishers to inquire about opportunities to get more business; process Right Media linking requests from the start to the Line Item activation.
  - Account Management – set up and maintain new publisher accounts, prepare and process Insertion Orders; set targeting as requested by the publishers; review, approve and ban the creatives; respond to publishers' creative inquiries; manipulate the settings and traffic flow to yield highest eCPMs overall, assist with billing and tech issues.
  - Client Campaigns – coordinate the campaigns with the sales team; assure enough traffic from the publishers targeted by the advertisers; monitor active campaigns and optimize for best results, process specific media buys.

• Director of Operations

  UrbanRide Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  February 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 10 months)

  -Coordinated all office operations – booked, confirmed and finalized reservations, managed daily duty assignment for all subordinates, purchased office supplies, managed outgoing mail and FedEx packages.
  -Coordinated onsite operations – greeting service at the airports and dispatching service at the hotels.
  -Close liaison with clients – submitted proposals, provided quotes, and negotiated prices; responded to clients’ and vendors’ various communications.
  -HR duties – advertised vacancies, screened resumes and references, scheduled and conducted interviews, new hire orientation and training, processed weekly schedules.
  -Quality Control – conducted supplemental trained, monitored phone calls, scanned select reservations and dealt with service problems both basic and escalated, provided solutions and reported to senior staff.

Ela Jakiela’s Education

• City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business

  MS , Marketing , 2007 — 2009

• City University of New York-Hunter College

  BA , Political Sciene and Media , 2003 — 2006

  Graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors, and a GPA of 3.82.

  Activities and Societies:

  Thomas Hunter Honors Society
  Media Department Representative to the Senate
  Study abroad in South Korea

• Promar International, Foreign Language Teachers Training College

  BA , English Philology , 1999 — 2002

  Extracurricular courses taken: Microeconomics, Basic Business Concepts, Marketing.

  Activities and Societies:

  Secretary of the Student Government.