Communications Specialist

Cyd M. Miranda

Arlington, VA 787-***-**** adhxd6@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/cydmariemiranda/ Skills:

● 3+ years of experience in communications

● 1+ years of experience in management

● 2+ years of experience customer service

● 2 years of international experience

● Bilingual in English and Spanish

● Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Prezi

● Communications Software: Photoshop, Audacity, Protools, WordPress

● Certifications: Introduction to SEO, Google Ads, TEFL, Spanish Sign Language Experience:

Language Assistant- Oct. 2018 – June 2020

Community of Madrid Madrid, Spain

• Taught English to 400 students within the ages of 3-12 in a public bilingual school in the Community of Madrid working with a diverse group of people increasing their English skills.

• Applied teaching practices and methodologies taking into consideration learners cultural background to effectively teach the language.

• Evaluated student’s growth based on their performance in school to select pairs for Cambridge PET and KET exams and presented a successful pair to the school board.

• Boosted the Bilingual Departments efficiency by proofread English material to present in class.

• Gave pair speaking lessons to learners taking Cambridge PET and KET that resulted in 93% of the students successfully passing the exams to enroll in a bilingual high school. Project Coordinator- Dec. 2017- Sept 2018

CAPAC Coalition Aguada, Puerto Rico

• Headed the management and completion of objectives and budget of the Drug Free Communities (DFC) grant, accomplishing all its goals proposed during the fiscal year.

• Created and pioneered a successful social media internship for college students that increased our following by 21.79% percent withing the first months.

• Designed, drafted, and produce a variety of communications and creative materials, including internal announcements, banners, brochures, presentations, and other related projects that highlighted the organization, its goals, and accomplishments.

• Translated grant, communication efforts, emails, and such into Spanish for the coalition’s staff, director, volunteers, and stakeholders.

• Secured relationships to work collaboratively with municipality leaders and politicians that aided in creating public policy change that aligned with the coalitions vision and achieved ordinance approval by our Municipality.

• Orchestrated the coalition’s most successful DEA Take Back Day with creative problem solving, event planning and advertisement that increased results of the recollections of unused or expired medicine by 260%.

Journalist – Jan. 2017 - June 2017

GFR Media San Juan, Puerto Rico

• Created and developed a wide variety of high-quality, high-engagement content for the leading newspapers in Puerto Rico: El Nuevo Día and Primera Hora.

• Covered stories in the Governor's Mansion and interviewed public officials for statements and follow- ups creating compelling articles of public interest.

• Worked in a fast-paced environment traveling around the Island interviewing key people for stories that got published in the front page.

• Photographed for the newspaper images that related to the articles written and engaged readers to read the articles.

Content Creator - Aug. 2015- June 2017

Tinta Digital Arecibo, Puerto Rico

• Wrote compelling and newsworthy stories for the journalistic blog that increased traffic, got readers to engage and share the content on social media.

• Proofread materials for colleagues to provide quality control and ensure all content was publication- ready when uploading to WordPress, increasing quality of the articles.

• Researched, collected data, wrote, and edit digital content including press releases, pitches, blogs, social media content and presentations to publish representing the blog’s vision.

• Produced communications efforts that showcased the achievements of our student bloggers creating awareness of the blog.

• Managed the social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) to engage with readers and promote content posted in the blog.

• Assisted with regular development and maintenance of the blog using WordPress assuring keywords were included and increase organic search.

Education:

University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo Campus

June 2017 Bachelor of Arts: Tele-Radial Communications Focus: Journalism Volunteer Experience:

o Aguada Municipality- Post- Hurricane María Support Volunteer- Oct 2017 o Tinta Digital- “Dar es Dar” campaign manager - 2015-2017 o DACIM Environmental Defenders- Environmental Assistant- 2016 o World Vision Colombia-Motivational Speaker- Sept. 2016

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