Email: [email protected] Website: www.marielkanene.com CAREER SUMMARY Professional MBA Candidate at SMU Cox School of Business with over eight (8) years’ experience serving nonprofit, private sector, and start-up tech organizations. Experienced leading and managing day-to-day tasks and communicating with intercultural teams to engage and partner with multilateral and bi-lateral foreign aid agencies and development funders in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Timor-Leste, Jordan, and at home in the United States. Built a reputation providing exceptional results collaborating with Senior Leadership, and leading cross-functional teams to manage day-to-day tasks including business development, product design, marketing, and go-to-market strategy activities as well as providing support for onsite events, and other pertinent tasks. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE EDUCATION Independent Consultant, Marketing and Business Development 2020 – 2022 (expected) Master of Business Administration Self-employed 2020-Present SMU Cox School of Business, Dallas, TX ● Selling my consultancy services: https://www.marielkanene.com/about-me 2014 – 2015, Master of Arts, Sustainable Development, International Policy and Management Lead, Global Strategic Partnerships School for International Training (SIT) Graduate Institute, Washington, DC Ubongo Edutainment 2019-2020 ● Developed and implemented digital fundraising campaigns and 2008 – 2012, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, minor in launched Network for Good page. Economics ● Wrote social media copy, website content, and e-mail marketing Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX campaigns. Managed monthly and weekly editorial calendars. Manager, Business Development & Partnerships TRAINING Fraym.io 2018-2019 2018, French (completed Basic 1 and 2 intensive 10-week ● Executed product go-to-market strategy for dataFraym, leveraged course) Pardot to increase B2B inbound leads and pipeline value by 2.5% -- International Language Institute, Washington, DC successfully secured new business opportunities totaling over $700,000 in revenue sales. 2016, Cert., Leading, Educating and Developing (LEAD) Program Manager, Global Business Development Cooper Center for Public Service, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Abt Associates 2016-2018 ● Collaborated with relevant teams to support efforts to ensure that SKILLS USAID proposals are branded in compliance with regulation and client branding policy directives and implementing guidance. • account management • market research and go-to market strategy Associate, Global Project Management • proposal writing and development International City/County 2015-2016 • communication and advocacy Management Association (ICMA) • human-centered design ● Provided project supervision for design consultants: provide • content production & copywriting project direction; ensure quality deliverables and consistent, • social media & e-mail marketing compliant branding. • Microsoft Office, Asana, Google Apps ● Managed launch of Urban-Links.org, including associated email • Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom marketing campaign and associated Twitter launch. OTHER QUALIFICATIONS Coordinator, Digital Marketing & Outreach - Graduate Researcher, Policy Advocacy & Media Education, AmeriCorps VISTA 2013 - 2014 g7+ Secretariat of Fragile and Conflict States, Dili, Timor- ● Developed and managed social media strategies, increasing Lester, 2015 Twitter & Facebook followers 3x since beginning of employment. - Market Researcher, Economic Growth team, Creative Launched Instagram and organically grew a follower base. Associates International, Washington, DC, 2014 – 2015 ● Performed grant writing, resulting to a new $100,000 grant from - Legislative Aide, Texas House of Representatives, Austin, the Taproot Foundation to upgrade office IT supplies (e.g. TX, 2013 computers, printers, Wi-Fi, etc.) and receive pro-bono - Consultant, Grassroots Marketing & Get Out The Vote branding/website redesign services for: www.turningthepage.org. (GOTV) Outreach, Various Organizations, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX and Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL, 2012 .