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Freelance Marketing and Social Media Specialist

As a film/TV and marketing professional with a degree from the University of Southern California, I finished up as a Marketing Executive in Sydney in Feb 2015, and spent the past year blogging and freelancing in marketing, writing, and social media while backpacking around the world. I am currently seeking full-time permanent opportunities to further my career in marketing in a lifestyle-based company.

Variety of freelance jobs including:
- Marketing copywriter for Marina’s Edge Vacation Rentals (SEO-friendly blogs and e-newsletters)
- Social Media Manager for Indus Travels (content creation and calendar management)
- Blogger for Kreative Living (blogs for lifestyle & clothing brand)
- Marketing and Social Media Manager for Virtual Strides (copywriting for marketing collateral, affiliate recruitment & support, social media content creation & management including increasing Facebook fans by 20k and Instagram followers by 1k in six months, website SEO to increase Google search rankings from #5 to #1, competitive market research)

- Web design and content creation for www.livinpuravida.com while traveling through 37 countries across 5 continents in one year of travel
- Online traffic management, social media marketing, and SEO to build up a following of 3000+ monthly visitors (and 7000 Instagram followers) & create revenue from affiliate advertising
- Partnered with various companies around the world, both remotely and on location:
     1. Australian Open of Surfing (Sydney, Australia) - Event Assistant (Feb-March 2016)
     2. Marina's Edge Vacation Rentals (www.marinasedge.com) - Copywriter (Oct 2015-March 2016)
     3. Tinggly Experience Gifts (www.tinggly.com) - Social Media Influencer & Blogger (Sept 2015)
     4. Smart Trip Florence (Florence, Italy) - Social Media Influencer & Tour Reviewer (Oct 2015)
     5. Pro Surf School Bali (Bali, Indonesia) - Marketing Specialist & Event Coordinator (Feb-Apr 2015)
     6. Bondowoso Tourism Board (Bondowoso, Java, Indonesia) - Marketing Consultant (Feb 2015)

Digital Entrepreneur, Travel Blogger, World Explorer

- Key marketing contact for Health colleges in charge of execution of lead generation activities and ensuring brand alignment
- Wrote content for websites, emails, texts, advertisements and other marketing collateral
- Developed, marketed, and executed events (workshops, college Open Days, etc) to generate leads
- Managed social media for ACNT, ANCB, and JNI colleges and coordinated the production of promotional videos 
- Briefed & liaised with internal design team on new collateral and worked with external suppliers 


Marketing Executive, Health

- Marketing: social media strategy (creating content to drive engagement for Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram)
- Copywriting and creation of marketing collateral
- Design: creating promotional material (brochures, signs, videos) and web design
- Events: planning, promoting, and executing events
- Admin: daily/monthly reports & graphs, invoices, budgets, presentations, organization, general admin


Marketing/Administration Coordinator

- Managed 11 affiliate TV stations (built and maintained business relationships with them, brainstormed sales and sponsorship ideas, developed and executed local promotions, campaigns, and launch kits to help affiliates market shows)
- Managed social media content (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube) for Fox shows
- Copywriting for marketing communications
- Coordinated and executed media events and conferences; gave a marketing presentation at one of them
- Compiled monthly spending report per show to stay on budget and compiled weekly GRP report to track on-air promos
- Co-op assistance (media buying for outdoor, radio, online, and cable), processed invoices to get affiliates reimbursed
- Worked with web designer to optimize Fox’s new co-op reconciliation website for affiliates


Marketing Assistant

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Christina Wieand: Freelance Marketing and Social Media Specialist in San Diego, CA

Christina Wieand

Various Companies

Livin' Pura Vida (www.livinpuravida.com)

Think Education (Sydney, Australia)

Invergowrie Properties (Sydney, Australia)

Fox Broadcasting Company (Los Angeles, CA)

University of Southern California