Christina Albert: Career and Fashion Contributor /Blogger in Ventura, CA

• Manage Career Services Team to meet and exceed corporate goals by the team though community outreach, collaboration, and communication with employers seeking to hire Charter College alumni in order to fill their internship and job needs. • Develop a strategy the Career Services team will use to reach the placement goal. • Provide individual training to each team member. • Perform Career Development presentations/classroom visits and career workshops each module to assist and prepare students for interviewing and resume assistance. • Coordinate and participate in school events e.g. graduation ceremonies, career fairs and industry speakers, etc. • Organize and facilitate career fairs and externship workshops. Conducted Exit Interviews with externs and assist in preparation of students for after graduation employment. • Educate graduates on job search techniques job market trends, and professional etiquette; provide guidance and assistance as needed. • Achieved 95% Placement in 2013-201

• Writing on the topic of careers, fashion, beauty nutrition and lifestyle. Contributions include career advice, short biographies that features young women entrepreneurs. • Motivating and couseling young women to follow their career path despite any challenges or obstacles they may face. • Creating a sense of community for young women to share their journey and provide advice to their peers. • Attend Fashion and Beauty Conferences and Networking Events.

• Manage and update small business’s marketing/social media platforms. • Build social media presence and brand voice by developing content for social media platforms (Blog, Facebook page, Instagram, Twitter, Yelp and Pinterest).

•Maintain contact with local employers to obtain information on externship opportunities, to develop and enhance working relationships, and to facilitate student placement. •Contribute to the Career Services Department by meeting and exceeding graduate placement goals •Educate externs and graduates on job search techniques. job market trends, and professional etiquette; provide guidance and assistance. •Facilitate Externship Orientations for preparation of student externs in pre-clearance process and site assignment. •Coordinate timely placement of externs in facilities that meet the educational requirements of the respective programs' externship course •Manage externship files for both sites and students in CampusVue and in physical file if applicable

• Assisted with the development new creative concepts and product ideas for assigned properties. • Provided creative direction & feedback on licensee submissions and/or new product development • Identify areas for new product development. Developed and maintain successful working relationships with licensees, external partners

• Assisted with uploading marketing campaigns to new software. • Assisted Marketing team with planning and implement effective marketing strategies for journals and journal-related products that build the brand and drive sales, online usage, circulation growth.

• Develop, organize, conduct and evaluate training programs. • Organized and conducted refresher training sessions for existing staff members and orientation for newly hired employees. • Provided administrative/secretarial support for various departments such as answering telephones, assisting staff, visitors and students. Scheduled and organized meetings, conferences, and department activities. • Explained software systems such as computer applications, phone systems, product assembly, policies and procedures. • Schedules and organizes meetings, conferences, and department activities. • Managed the director’s calendar.

• Provided services to prospective students with a full range of outreach and recruitment services. • Pre-admission counseling, to tours of campus and admission events. • Recruited high school students from college fairs. • Works with recruitment staff to coordinate assigned activities with those of other programs, departments and outside agencies and organizations. • May facilitate planning, organization and implementation of special events, college communication, and serve as marketing liaison for Outreach & Recruitment.

Mission: Empower students from underserved communities to graduate from college. College Track recruits students from underserved communities and works continuously with them from the summer before 9th grade through college graduation. Our 10-year program removes the barriers that prevent students from earning their college degree by providing them with comprehensive academic support, leadership training, financial and college advising, and scholarships. We teach our students the skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond.