323 Byxbee Street
San Francisco, CA 94132
(951) 440-9408

shushannahakin@gmail.com

SUMMARY

I have education and seven years of work experience that have made me an expert in the areas of office management, publications, professional writing, development, and press design. I have excellent proofreading skills, a strong attention to detail, and an ability to work well under deadline pressure.

SKILLS

• Adobe InDesign, Illustrator,
  and Photoshop; Microsoft Office Suite; Filemaker; and Quickbooks.
• Windows and Macintosh platforms
• Strong organizational and
  people skills, as well as an ability to multitask effectively.

EDUCATION

• B.A., Technical and Professional Writing with a concentration in Journalism.
• Studies include: public relations, editing, desktop publishing, grant writing and promotional writing.
• Graduated Cum Laude with 80 hours of Community Service Learning.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 – 2009

San Francisco Hillel
Office Administrator and Development Assistant

• Manage and execute three seasonal fundraising campaigns, reaching over 1,200 people.
  
• Proofread all grants before submission.
  
• Troubleshoot technical problems with electronics in office.
  
• Process payroll and pay all utility bills, insurance, and file nonprofit tax exemption paperwork with state and county.
• Submit follow-up reports to granting foundations.
  

2009

Abraham’s Vision

Writing, Design, and Development Intern

• Responsible for wide range of desktop publishing projects including flyers, invitations, and event programs.
• Used Salesforce to import and update contact information for individuals and foundations.
• Researched and compiled a database of more than 60 new foundations to apply to for funding.
• Developed skills as a grant writer for said foundations.

2006 – 2009
Irving’s Premium Foods/Irving Greisman Consulting

General Manager

• Created marketing materials for both businesses, including brochure, business cards, flyers, sales kits, etc.
• Managed orders and supervised delivery of challah to four counties in the Bay Area.
• Processed payroll and paid all utility bills, business license fees, and insurance.
• Worked as first point of contact for all customer inquiries and maintained relations with the Jewish
  community at large.
• Expanded customer base, increasing challah sales by more than 100 percent in three years.

2006 –2007
San Francisco State [X]Press

Graphic Designer

• Designed between 6-12 pages per week and assisted in copyediting
• Prepared pages for printing and transferred them to printer’s FTP client.
• Winner, best package design

2005
Population Service International

ShoutOut Managing Editor

• Generated content ideas and coordinated articles being written by high school students.
• Edited articles and designed pages.
• Reduced cost by doing design work in addition to editing

2004
Scotts Valley Banner/San Lorenzo Valley Press

Sports Editor

• Managed team of reporters and photographers.
• Responsible for layout of two sports pages per week, including editing of all content in accordance with AP style and photo color correction.
• Paginated final versions of interior pages and prepared them for the printer.
• Reported two stories per week for news section of the newspaper.
• Reduced time to produce sports section by half by increasing productivity

2004-2005
Santa Cruz Hillel

Cabrillo College Intern

• Performed outreach to Cabrillo College Students.
• Responsible for coordinating all programming for Cabrillo students.
• Successfully created base to charter Jewish Student Union.

FELLOWSHIP

2006 –2007
Abraham’s Vision Fellow

• Participated in three-week educational program in the Balkans, working on cross-conflict analysis
  and group process.
• Gave lectures with Palestinians about the Balkan wars and intercultural dialogue, speaking as a member
  of the Jewish community.