JACOB HORN
PHONE: 510-***-**** • E-MAIL: *********@*****.***
Career Objective
To obtain a position within an organization that seeks an ambitious and career-conscious person, where my marketing and radio broadcasting skills will be fully utilized toward continued growth and advancement.
Professional Experience
Green Approach, LLC – 2010 - Present Arcata, CA
Recruiting/Sales and Marketing Director
In charge of physician recruiting and marketing.
Accurately find and research physicians’ background, history and ultimately pitch them offers while presenting them with contracts to sign.
Also in charge of business to business relations and have helped sign up many physicians for online telemedicine opportunities.
Maintain institutional knowledge of strategic staffing plan and affirmative action goals in an effort to design
pro-active recruitment strategies to meet future workforce need.
Partner with department chairs/administrators/directors to develop innovative, effective and measurable recruitment strategies.
Manage all aspects of the recruitment process by screening and responding to candidates inquiries; contacting candidates and discussing opportunities; presenting qualified candidates to department chair or designee
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LiveOpenly.com – 2011- Present San Francisco, CA
Account Executive
In charge of sourcing and signing local and national businesses for daily deals.
Always followed-up with businesses on a timely basis regarding their inquiries and satisfaction with their deal campaigns.
Worked with local business owners to execute their daily deal campaigns effectively.
Humboldt State University Lumberjack Newspaper– 2011 Arcata, CA
Account Executive
In charge of sourcing and signing local and national businesses for newspaper advertising.
Always followed-up with businesses on a timely basis regarding their inquiries and satisfaction with their deal campaigns.
Worked with local business owners to execute their advertising campaigns effectively.
DailyPride.com – 2011 Los Angeles, CA
Account Executive
In charge of sourcing and signing local and national businesses for daily deals.
Always followed-up with businesses on a timely basis regarding their inquiries and satisfaction with their deal campaigns.
Worked with local business owners to execute their daily deal campaigns effectively.
KHSU-FM – 2010- Present Arcata, CA
On-Air Staff
Currently volunteer as an on-air host for the California Capitol News, a 2 minute daily news report that is used during NPR programming news breaks.
In addition to on-air duties, also help answer telephone calls during pledge drives and produce promotional recordings for the station.
KRFH – 2009- Present Arcata, CA
On-Air Staff
Currently volunteer as an on-air host for a weekly 2-hour live call-in music show.
In addition to on-air duties, also produce promotional and commercial recordings for the station.
General Merchandising Company – 2006 – 2010 Berkeley, CA
Customer Service and Fulfillment Representative
Was in charge of sales and customer order fulfillment using major internet marketplaces.
Always followed-up with customers on a timely basis regarding their inquiries and satisfaction with their purchases.
Developed expert knowledge of the merchandise.
Misk.com – 2009 Fishkill, NY
Customer Service Representative
Served as one of two customer service agents, who were responsible for answering and fixing problems regarding domain name and hosting accounts.
Provided support of site including coordination of maintenance and functionality of server with third party vendor, monitoring of site security and problem resolution. Assists business lines with special Web-related projects and/or promotions.
Examiner.com – 2009 – 2010 Denver, CO
Writer
Served as the Alameda County Headlines Examiner.
Effectively covered all local news in Alameda County, California.
While the majority of articles were about crime, also contributed food reviews among a wide array of topics.
Always wrote articles that held readers’ attention.
UC Berkeley, Department of Recreational Sports – 2008 – 2010 Berkeley, CA
Groundskeeper
Worked as Groundskeeper at UC Berkeley in charge of maintaining facilities owned by the Recreational Sports department.
Inspected and evaluated the conditions of building and grounds for possible mechanical, electrical and structural problems and for general building cleanliness and grounds maintenance to ensure established standards were met.
Kept the building and properties up to local, state and federal standards.
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Vast Interactive – 2009 Palo Alto, CA
Local Content Review Writer
Helped propagate the company’s new review site, Aroundme.com with restaurant reviews.
Wrote and edited restaurant reviews for several Bay Area cities in addition to Arcata, California. I also helped write many articles for use in SEO promotion.
Self-Employed – 2005 – 2009 Berkeley, CA
Freelance Writer
Worked as a freelance writer for many online and print publications.
Wrote food and theatre reviews for the Berkeley Daily Planet.
Served as a Technology Writer covering Apple news and program reviews while with Macteens .com.
Education
Humboldt State University 2008 - 2012 Arcata, CA
BA in Broadcast Journalism; Area of Study: Cultural Studies
Berkeley High School 2004 - 2008 Berkeley, CA
High School Diploma
Skills/Accomplishments
Excellent Computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Mac OS X, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Audition Fireworks, Adobe Dreamweaver, Apple Final Cut Pro.
Familiar with web technology.
Experienced in On-Line Marketing and b2b Communications.
Tying speed of 50 WPM.
Speak basic and understand Portuguese fluently; understand Danish fluently; speak, read and write basic Spanish.
References
References Available Upon Request