Assistant Sales

Nicholas Grant

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Education

B.A., Sociology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY Anticipated Spring 2012

Career interests: Marketing, Media, Fundraising, Nonprofits; Relevant

coursework: Introduction to Journalism, Social Research Methods, Grassroots

Organizing; Distinctions: Accepted to The On-Course Advantage (TOCA) Fast-

Track; Published in "Telling Our Stories, Sharing Our Lives: A Collection

of Student Memoir Writing" (Fall 2008)

experience

El Museo del Barrio, Public Programs Intern

Summer 2011

Consolidated networking database of over 200 Community Based Organizations

(CBOs) in East Harlem; communicated with organizations updating contact

information; maintained correspondence with Senior Centers on upcoming

events via telephone, fax, and visits; represented museum at Power of Aging

Health Festival & Senior Pool Party

Developed content for "What's Happening at El Museo del Barrio in the

Months of June & July" flyer; drafted community survey; prepared

instructional guide for conducting survey; organized a codebook for survey

to track participant responses; drafted research paper suggesting 5

organizations should partner with in the future & why; monitored what blogs

& websites said about prior adult programs

Assisted in preparing for cultural events; canvassed neighborhood informing

people of Super Sabado; participated in cultural institution visits

throughout NYC.

Washington Heights Corner Project, Volunteer

Spring 2011

Conducted ethnographic research, interviewing staff & participants on

funding, law enforcement, policy, and stigma surrounding Syringe

Exchange Programs (SEPs) in unison with course on HIV/AIDS in NYC:

culminated in a 22 page research paper; participated in NARCAN & outreach

training; packed Safer Sex & Safer Injection kits.

Administered Expanded Syringe Access Program (ESAP) Survey throughout 40

Pharmacies in the Hamilton Heights/ Washington Heights area;

catalogued program participants and non-participants in database; assisted

and represented WHCP in community outreach.

Brooklyn College Learning Center, Peer Writing Tutor

Fall 2010

Assist students in composing and editing academic writing; help them

develop analytic voice, organize thoughts on paper, and maintain strong

grammar and mechanics.

District Attorney's Office, Intern, New York, NY Summer 2010

Audited brown bag discussions and lectures series on various cases

presented by Assistant District Attorneys.

Attended arraignment shift and ECAB shift, shadowed a rookie Assistant

District Attorney, and observed courtroom proceedings; sat in as second for

Assistant District Attorney during hearings and trial.

Catalogued closed case files for Records Department; organized forensic

files database for Trial Bureaus 30 to 80 to identify possible network

consolidations; and helped prepare documents for Cybercrime and Identity

Theft training.

Developed content for sample brochure on "Identity Theft and Ensuring

You're Not a Victim."

Participated as police officer in Mock Suppression Hearing and juror in

Mock Trial Advocacy Program to help improve court room techniques of law

interns and first- and second-year Assistant District Attorneys.

East Harlem Tutorial Program, Intern; New York, NY Winter 2009-Spring 2010

Assisted Associate Director of Operations in planning daily operations to

ensure program would endure over years.

Compiled inventory list for depreciation schedule; conceptualized new

system of categorization for office inventory.

Diagnosed problem areas within program through evaluation and survey of

staff.

Prepared presentation on development of new IT infrastructure and

alternative methods of funding that can be implemented in future;

maintained e-mail correspondence between IT department and other

departments.

Researched statistics concerning District 4 in preparation for creation of

East Harlem Facts Brochure.

QTonic Water, Business & Marketing Intern, New York, NY Fall 2008-Spring

2009

Consolidated and analyzed data gathered at product demonstrations over

entire year to identify which products sold best and when, where, and by

whom they were sold.

Maintained data entry for customer relationship management (CRM) database

to track company contacts.

Oversaw distribution and monitored product sales in gourmet groceries

throughout New York City.

Leadership

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, Scholar; New York, NY Fall 2004-

Present

Participated in enrichment program with college and career preparatory

curriculum and workshops; completed summer study and competed in NFTE

Business Plan Competition and Impact Coalition Debate.

Goldman Sachs Alumni Program, Participant; New York, NY Spring 2008

Selected to attend weekend seminar to develop fashion retail business plan

and engage in educational sessions on business and sales; won prize for

team competition in business management.

Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, and Outlook

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