SANA AH ME D
**********@*****.*** New York, NY Cell Phone: 718-***-****
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SOC IAL M E D IA SPEC IAL IST
Social Media Specialist with demonstrated creative and project management skills to devise online
marketing and outreach strategies for effective lead generation and increased brand awareness. Proven
abilities to develop online community forums built around sound brands. Creates engaged relationships and
recruits outside expert contributions.
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• Online Marketing & Program Design • Relationship & Word-of-Mouth Marketing
• Blog Creation & Content Development • Social Media Integration to Brand Marketing
I nitiative
• Community Management & Building
• Created Social Media book &
Memberships
PowerEPlayers.com
• Web Metrics including Google Analytics
• Training business owners in social media
tools
SANADOTCO M CONSULT I NG, New York, NY August 2008 – present
Social Media M a rketing Consultant
Advised various authors, executives, coaches, producers, small business owners and educators on how to use
specific social media tools to use for networking, marketing, project launch / management. Select clients l isted
as follows:
xynoMedia (5/2010-9/2010)
Associate Social Media Strategist & Community Manager : L aunched social media campaigns that
generated new business for this marketing consultancy specializing in Online Marketing, Outreach
Strategies & Building Brand Visibility. Conducted WordPress class of 100+ clients. Facilitated support
for 8-week webinar for 25 clients on how to effectively create an online brand. Created videos, podcasts
and print tutorials to train on social media uses.
GreenlightCommunity.com (8/2008-Present)
NY Community Ambassador : E nrolled up to 1000 new members to NY Times Best Selling Author Keith
Ferrazzi’s NY Greenlight Online community. Promoted his May 2009 local book launch events via the
N Y online community.
JobsInSocial Media.com (8/2008-Present)
Social Media Community Manager : Added 20-30 members per month-currently over 1000 members.
Responded to reader mail; monitored members, events, groups, videos, photos and spam; produced blogs
and videos.
H ealthy Food Secrets (9/2008- 4/2010)
Online Content Manager : M anaged website’s blog by publishing health-related content and supervising
w ri ting team; Researched and created tags for effective search engine optimization resulting in #1
Google ranking.
AD M I N ISTRAT IO N & WR I T I NG EXPER I E NCE
READ I NG REFOR M FOU NDAT ION OF NY, New York, NY
M a rch 2009 – P resent
E xecutive Assistant
• Researched and prepared grant proposals that rose over $500,000 annually. Maintained funding records
database.
• Helped design and maintain company website w ith Dreamweaver CS4. Marketed website to target
audience.
• Oversaw production of annual review & newsletter for publication and prepared mass mailing.
• Prepared board meeting reports & minutes; handled mail, e-mail, letter, and phone correspondence.
KAP LAN K12 L EARN I NG SERV ICES, New York, NY
September 2006 – Ma rch 2009
Site Supervisor
• Implemented Supplemental Educational Services (SES) after-school programs in five schools for grades 1-
8.
• Supervised a fast-paced learning environment of several dozen teachers and hundreds of students.
• Promoted program through advertising and marketing and boosted enrollment from office and school
sites.
E DUCAT ION
St. John's University, Queens, NY, Bachelors of Arts in English M ay 2006
• Scholastic Excellence Scholarship • Certificate of Excellence in Public Speaking • Fluent in Urdu
SK I L LS
MS Office, XP Pro, Windows 7, Dreamweaver CS4, MS FrontPage, Camtasia Studio, Joomla, WordPress,
Quickbooks Pro