
Cornell Graduate '09
Ithaca, New York Area

Cornell Graduate '09
Ithaca, New York Area
I recently graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Near Eastern Studies. I'm in the process of taking the Foreign Service Officer Exam, but I am looking for other professional opportunities in the meantime.
I am seeking opportunities in the non-profit and government sector related to the Middle East, preferably in research or communications.
I am also looking for fast paced opportunities in marketing or sales, in the specialty food and beverage industry to build on my previous work and some academic experience.
This summer I will continue to expand my marketing and sales experience working at AHF, targeting new wholesale customer leads, and integrating our social media strategy into the company's daily operations, while also designing and carrying out several customer research initiatives to better understand our customers.
My software experience is concentrated in Office Productivity (Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point.
I also am of intermediate proficiency in Farsi and French, and a beginning proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic and the Egyptian and Lebanese Dialects.
(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Photographed product line for business website, from product set-up to final photo selection. Additional responsibilities included product production, handling potential wholesale accounts, retail sales, and product delivery. Created online marketing plan: utilizes Facebook, Twitter, blogging and online email subscription.
Currently implementing marketing plan, recruiting wholesale account leads and supervising a portion of retail sales.
(Research industry)
January 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 5 months)
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 4 months)
Detail oriented job, responsible for organizing and creating new staff materials, nformational folders for conferences and other misc. tasks around the office.
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Duties were divided between handling constituents concerns and requests via phone, mail and fax and working with legislative assistants. Legislative duties included attending briefings and research.
B.A. , Near Eastern Studies , 2005 — 2009