Elena Diane
Dix
*****.***@*****.***
Erie, PA
Summary Five years of successful civic, retail, event coordination, community development, social media management, and international working and teaching experience. Available for an opportunity where I can utilize my strengths and talents to support an established organization and to grow within and upward.
Skills
Experience
Constituency Organizer & Political Director
Andre Horton’s 2020 PA State Senate Campaign • Erie, Pennsylvania 11/2019 - 06/2020
As a political director for the campaign I worked with specific constituency groups to organize their involvement with the campaign, for example – laborers, seniors, educators, veterans, communities of color, new Americans, environmentalists, and college students, etc. I utilized my community outreach skills, which include good communication and social media competency, to develop a voter contact plan in coordination with the field director for particular communities by building relationships with the existing organizations that represent said communities. My assignments, projects and overall experience working with diverse constituencies strengthened my commitment to advocacy and expanding the intended base. Running campaign team meetings, strategizing, writing, and posting content on social media as an admin, attending events curated for the community, writing emails sent to the campaign mailing list, frequenting political affairs, and participating in private senior level forums reaffirmed the fundamental position I played, aside from incalculable affirmations received from the team, campaign manager, and the candidate, Andre Horton. While working on the campaign, my experience fortified my social media skills, deepened my understanding of the issues of equity or inequity, and the differential effects based on race, gender, socioeconomic status, etc., that compound experience expanded my willingness to collaborate and be more forthcoming with ideas, and served as a catalyst for my facilitating, researching, and contributing to conversations on sometimes uneasy, but salient issues. Community Development Coordinator
Aetna Better Health
09/2019 - 03/2020
Working at Aetna I successfully manage community outreach in 17 counties and 20 cities in Northwestern Pennsylvania. I continue to create deeply rooted partnerships, adding to the over 40 organizations and agencies I work with directly. I collaborate to create programs that are more efficient, reach larger quantities of people, and affect multiple social determinants of health and measures that are specified by the state. Working one on one with supervisors and directors to produce noteworthy outcomes to project assignments has prepared me for a larger scope of work.
Majority Inspector 5th Ward, 11th District
Erie County Elections & Voting Office
04/2018
Elected in 2018, I manage the poll books and grant Voter Ready slips to the eligible voters. My Management Community Engagement
Scheduling Customer service
Organization & Strategizing Communications
Social Media Marketing Advertising & Marketing
responsibilities include issuing ballots to registered voters, registering voters, monitoring the voting equipment, explaining how to mark the ballot or use the voting equipment or counting votes.
Special Events Coordinator
Make A Choice – A Diabetes Awareness Campaign, Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania 04/2017 - 04/2018
An integral member of the team responsible for $1.2 million Pennsylvania marketing and grassroots campaign. Responsibilities included: implementation of Make A Choice 2,000+ participants, management support for all campaign events, cultivation of participants, volunteers, and senior leadership. Acted as liaison and relationship-builder with PA Department of Health and Health Promotion Council. Executed the team communication plan including all onsite event tasks, set up, PR, and tear down. Retail Associate, Key Holder, Assistant Store Manager Commercial Retail Experience
08/2015 - 07/2019
Throughout my retail career, I directed product assortment to achieve category sales, gross margins, and inventory goals, accounting for regional/seasonal differences by retailer and location. I analyzed product performance across all channels and assisted management in negotiating purchases. Coordinated retail space planning to effectively present product; and collaborated with inventory teams to ensure product availability during promotions. Mud Puppies, Erie PA – July 2018 – July 2019
Abercrombie and Fitch, Erie, PA – May 2016 – May 2018 Victoria’s Secret, Erie PA – August 2015 – April 2017 Aerie, Erie PA – September 2014 – January 2015
Tutor
International Volunteer • Turku
01/2015 - 05/2015
Educational travel: Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, and Finland, where I volunteered and tutored at the Turku International School. I speak English fluently; I speak French and Finnish intermediately.
Education
Mercyhurst Prep • Erie, Pennsylvania
05/2014
Studied and became conversational in French & continued my linguistics practices in Europe in 2015.
Private Pilot- Ground School
North Coast Flight School • Erie, Pennsylvania
International Relations
CCP
Currently completing courses in international relations Languages
English French
Finnish