COURTNEY PARHAM

more@courtneyparham.com

EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Sociology, University of San Francisco, 3.6 GPA in major, 12/2008
• Semester Abroad, Peter Pazmany University, Hungary, 08/2006 – 12/2006

EXPERIENCE
Social Media Coordinator, 08/2010 – Present
Wyndstorm
• Doubled the total number of fans on client Facebook page within a couple days.
• Streamlined company and client social accounts by adding RSS news feeds.

Founder and Editor, 08/2009 – Present

Renascence Online Magazine
• Create customized copy to engage over 2,200 Twitter followers and 400 Facebook fans.
• Identify contributors and oversee digital messaging for Renascence social network.

Founder and Community Manager, 04/2009 – Present

Young Blacks of the Bay
• Post daily content and interact with over 1,000 fans on Facebook.
• Maintain and expand website with more than 400 members to date.

Social Media Marketing Consultant, 10/2009 – 06/2010

Self-Employed
• Ignited client's Facebook page to increase site traffic by 398% and attract over 3,000 fans.
• Monitored social media sites and built brand awareness for more than ten clients.

Social Media Consultant, 08/2008 – 09/2009

Eklectyk Creative Media, LLC
• Grew company fan base and site traffic by designing social media strategy.

Marketing and Public Relations Intern, 02/2009 – 06/2009

Posit Science
• Prepared reports and collaborated with management team to evaluate marketing initiatives.
• Led campaign to engage and increase followers on company Twitter account.

Social Media Manager, 05/2008 – 09/2008

Clothing Swap, Inc.
• Spearheaded campaign to use Facebook, Yelp, and other social media sites to publicize events.
• Managed Facebook fan page with more than 1,800 fans to date.

Technology Teaching Assistant, 04/2008 – 09/2008

University of San Francisco, School of Business and Management
• Advised over 50 professors and students about social media best practices.

RECOGNITION & AWARDS

• Wrote scholarship-winning essay to attend Dean’s International Leadership Seminar
• Featured in The Oakland Tribune and Contra Costa Times for work with Young Blacks of the Bay
• Dean’s List honoree
• Chosen for Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society
• Selected for Freshmen Leadership Institute