Think Outside The Watermelon

JESSAMYN EMBRY'S RESUME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:	Avignon Local Expert PlanetEye Duties: Creating, maintaining, and updating the Avignon City Guide
	Inside Sales / E-Marketing Consultant Art du Voyage – Beverly Hills, CA Duties: • Creating customized luxury tours of Europe and arranging all client services • Designing Promotional Tour Packages • Writing and Designing company newsletter and website • Conducting On-Site Inspections: Paris – 2006, Loire Valley - 2007
	English as a Second Language Teacher International House USA - Santa Monica, CA Courses Taught: • General English - 15 h/wk • Skills Focus (Grammar, Conversation, Compositon, Pronunciation) – 10 h/wk • Business English (One-to-One) • Exam Preparation (TOEFL, FCE, CAE, IELTS) • American History and Culture - 1 hour/week Levels Taught: All (Elementary through Advanced) Ages Taught: 12 - 55 Tour Guide Duties: •Leading ESL walking tours of Santa Monica and UCLA • Designing and presenting lectures on potential activites in Los Angeles and thoughout California and the American Southwest
	Public Relations Assistant French 50’s – 60’s – Venice, CA Duties: • Writing press releases and other marketing text • Designing advertising • French-English translation
	Legal Research Assistant Farmworker Justice Fund – Washington, DC Duties: • Researching agriculture-related occupational safety and health issues. • Attending congressional meetings on public health and immigration issues. • Assisting co-director of international non-profit organization.
EDUCATION:	France Destination Specialist American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA)
	CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) International House USA– Santa Monica, CA
	Bachelor of Arts in International Relations The American University, School of International Service – Washington, DC Concentrations: International Development United States Foreign Policy
	School for International Training Peace and Conflict Studies– Ireland and Northern Ireland Independent Research Project: Bogside Views of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
	School for International Training Development Studies - India Independent Research Project: Health Hazards of Home-based Incense Production
	Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) Cours de Civilisation Francaise de la Sorbonne Study Abroad Courses: Advanced French Language and Cultural Studies
LANGUAGE SKILLS:	FRENCH - Fluent SPANISH - Beginner MANDARIN CHINESE - Beginner
COMPUTER SKILLS:	Operating Systems: Proficient in Mac OS X 10.4 and Windows XP / Vista Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint iWork: Pages, Numbers, Keynote Adobe CS3: Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator Markup / Programming Languages: Experienced in: HTML, XHTML, CSS, Currently Studying: ActionScript 3.0, PHP
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