Sara Dowe
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About
I used to work at Bubba Gump's on Cannery Row...for far too long.
Then I moved to Busan, South Korea to teach English. I planned on only staying a year, but fell in love with my students, my job, and Korean food and lived there for four years.
Now I'm back and my dream job would be Anthony's Bourdain's gig, so Tony, if you're reading this I'm down to travel to the ends of the Earth and grub on whatever dishes we find.
A girl can dream. Realistically, I'd love to be able to parlay any of my three favorite things (words, graphic design, and food) into some sort of career in something that makes me excited to wake up in the morning. What that particular occupation may be is as undetermined as the location in which it may be happening.
I'm open to ideas or suggestions. If it's fun, challenging, and doesn't involve me asking someone how they would like their steak prepared, I'm in! -
Education
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B.A. English, with an emphasis in Creative WritingCalifornia State University-Monterey Bay2002 - 2007Senior project entitled "They're Gay; It's What They Do," a collection of short stories, poems, and other prose discussing gay life and culture in the 21st century and illuminating the inequities today's society places on the homosexual community.
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B.S. Telecommunications, Multimedia, and Applied Computing, with an emphasis in Print DesignCalifornia State University-Monterey Bay2002 - 2007Graduated Cum Laude
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Experience
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Sales & Marketing Communications AdministratorKorloy America, Inc.Torrance, CAApr 2013 - Present (13 years 2 months)In charge of designing and disseminating all promotional material, coordinating all aspects of trade shows and sales meetings, seeking out and cultivating new business partners and advertising opportunities, and generally being awesome while doing so.
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ESL InstructorAOI College of LanguagesTorrance, CAJan 2013 - Jun 2013 (5 months)Focused on teaching students to constantly work on their conversational English ability, as well as informing them on all of the cultural Americana that they may have missed out on, from Friends to Lindsay Lohan. There was also a sprinkling of grammar, listening, speaking, pronunciation, reading, and writing skills mixed in for good measure.
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Marketing Consultant / BloggerSearch RespectDec 2012 - Mar 2013 (3 months)Utilized a variety of mediums/methods to help this company re-brand themselves and informed them on how to best continue to market themselves in-house.
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Head ESL InstructorJM Story SchoolFeb 2010 - May 2012 (2 years 3 months)At the Gaegeum JM Story School branch I taught students the necessary language skills that would propel them toward global success. The curriculum focused on the need for fundamental skills in effectively communicating in English.
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Director / Event CoordinatorStudent Digital Art & Design ContestMonterey, CASep 2005 - Sep 2007 (2 years)Wrote, designed, and distributed all promotional materials.
Contacted and coordinated with all vendors, judges, donators, and caterers.
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Media Technician / Executive DesignerSchool of Information Technology and Communication DesignAug 2004 - May 2007 (2 years 9 months)Ran the Media Production Studio under direct request of the Dean. Duties included, but not limited to, designing and laying out promotional materials to be distributed all over campus (ie. posters, brochures, flyers) and operating the large-scale printer when needed to produce student projects.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@saradowe, member since 2008
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