JENNIFER REIS SHURSKIS
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Telephone: 412-***-****
Address: **-** **** ******, *******, New York.11006
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Position: Fundraising for PLAN and ActionAid
ECM Aquisitions
Manhattan, NY – October 2011 – Present
Responsibilities and Contributions:
• Residential fundraising for implementation of programs in Africa, Asia, and Americas.
• Teaching and training others in fundraising methods.
• Leading and coaching a team of fundraisers.
• Various administrative tasks such as; entering daily donation forms into system: verifying forms have been filled out correctly:
Position: Sales
NYBP /Quill
Manhattan, NY – June 2011 – October 2011
Responsibilities and Contributions:
• B2B (business-to-business) cold call sales.
• Training other salesmen in communication, sales, and product knowledge.
• Interviewing candidates for sales position.
• Implementing sales and training workshops.
Position: English Teacher Assistant
Sequoia Foundation
Quissamã, RJ – April -December 2010
Responsibilities and Contributions:
• Helping English teachers implant the ELL (English Language Learners) learning approach in the classrooms.
• Improving both the students and teachers English skills.
• Setup and promote an afterschool English program at the Municipal school of Maria de Lourdes.
• Work as an intermediate between Sequoia Foundation and the public schools to improve dialogue between the two in order to seamlessly implant a solid educational structure in the classrooms.
Position: Administrative Assistant/Sales
Exito Technologies International
Belo Horizonte, MG – July 2009 - April 2010
Responsibilities and contributions:
• Assisted in company start up of international touch screen company.
• Created Portfolios and contacting potential clients and competitors.
• Developed generalized emails/questionnaire for sales department to maximize efficiency.
• Tracked shipment of samples, resolved complications arising from importation and international wire transfers.
• Copying, scanning, and refining contracts and documents.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of International Relations – UniBH (Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte). August – 2009
LANGUAGES
Portuguese – Fluent
Spanish – Basic/Intermediate
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
• Experience with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, office, and Internet research.
• 10 years experience in Brazil has given me in-depth knowledge of how cultures and language can effect business transactions and customer service.