LAILA MOTLEY

773-***-**** ~ ade5a3@r.postjobfree.com

Skills Summary

* Corporate training * Team management * Mentoring * Recruitment experience * Social media marketing * Sales * Public speaking * Communication Skills *Organizational Skills * Time Management * Problem Solver * Highly Motivated * Some Spanish * Marketing

About Me

What sets me apart from other candidates is my work ethic and environmental flexibility. My exceptional interpersonal communication skills have been vocalized to me from various managers.

In addition, my time in college accompanied with my various organizational affiliations, helped me to become an organized, time managing, leader amongst my peers.

My ability to quickly transition and adapt into my environment helps me to master any program, work-systems or structures with ease.

I learn very fast and I am able to absorb an exceptional amount of information daily. I also have had numerous experiences with excel, which is a skill that can be valuable to your company.

Education and Organizations

`Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) / Graduation: May 2019

Mass Communications Major, Applied Communications Studies Minor

Bachelor’s Degree

`Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc/ Member since November 2018

Work and strive to provide sisterhood and service to all mankind.

`National Society of Leadership and Success / Member since August 2017

Helped me to develop my leadership skills and find the resources to help me towards my life goals

`Sister Circle (Mentoring Program) / Mentor since September 2017

Gave me the opportunity to be the support and guidance for freshman women who are finding their way through their first year of college.

Experience

`Fortuna Chicago

Account Manager : September 2019 - Current

Managed a team of 15+ sales representatives at a time

Trained and developed sales teams to meet high volume sales targets, delivered within the compliance requirements of the clients

Co-ordinated the company’s recruitment process

oTasks included preliminary interviews

oConducting second round interviews

oAssigning interviewees to different interviewers in the company

oHiring and onboarding

Represented the company at industry seminars and conferences, delivering multiple talks specializing in the area of compliant selling.

Regularly handled secure data and sensitive information relating to the client, acquired customers, and team members.

Personal brand development

`KTVI FOX 2/ KPLR 11

Intern: January 2019 – April 2019

Producer in training

oCreate run downs under airtime deadline

oFrequent use of the program opus

oWrite teases and openings for the show

oShadow producers while they’re running their show

Enhanced reporting skills

oWrote and edited packages under reporting live deadline

oLive writing and editing out in field

oShadow various reporters

oGained more camera shooting experience

oCreated my first anchor reel

Intensified editing skills

oEditing with final cut pro X

oEditing under deadline

oEditing closely with the networks morning editor

`SIUE Campus Recreation

Social Media Representative – Start date: Oct 2017 to May 2019

Maintain all six Campus Recreation social media outlets.

oAssuring the accounts are up to date, responsive, informative, motivational, and interactive daily.

Managing the diversity and inclusiveness on the accounts

Regularly engage with the followers throughout the sites

Responsible for creativity and growth of the sites and our following

Maintain our image and branding daily

`SIUE Housing

Resident Assistant – Start date: January 2017 to May 2019

Managed administrative duties: budgeting, maintenance requests, incident reports, and room transfers

Interviewed and hired new Resident Advisors

Developed and conducted programs on diversity, chemical abuse, personal development, relationships, and academic performance

Fostered the development of relationships among 55 residents

Implement and enforce all College and Campus Living policies, promoting academic excellence, addressing student needs, and encouraging involvement

Create, market, and lead student centered hall programs to promote social, education, diversity, health, emotional, understanding and growth

Developed mediation and conflict resolution skills

Utilized organizational and public speaking skills to create and present hall programs to educate residents about critical issues.

`Lyfe Kitchen

Cashier – Start date: May 2016 to September 2019

Provide excellent customer service

Serve as the first interaction the customers have, intensifying interpersonal skills

Ensure the experiences exceed any expectations the customers may have before visiting.

Volunteer and Academic Experiences

Housing’s Social Media Representative – Start date: Oct 2017 to May 2018 (Volunteer)

Maintain the University Housing’s public platforms and keep the information up to date, relevant, and intriguing.

Global Village Host – fall 2017 semester (Volunteer and Academic Experience)

Global village is a show produced, directed, and written by SIUE’s very own mass communications students.

Directed and assisted in the production of the show while hosting and maintaining the show’s content at the same time.

SIUE’s Advanced News Production Course (Academic Experience) fall 2017

Produce a variety of different news casts with stories written by myself and a partner. One of which included a segment where I interviewed the Mass Communication’s Department chair; Gary Hicks.

Salvation Army – December 25th 2017 (Volunteer)

Volunteered at the Salvation Army on Christmas to help give food to the homeless and less fortunate families. Distributed about 2,000 meals to those who came to the facility and to those around the city of Chicago.

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