alexandra dejohn

About

Higher Education professional with experience at public and private institutions. Organized and efficient with strong communication and leadership skills. Proven to lead, mentor, and motivate a team. Flexible in responding to constantly changing situations. Effective volunteer manager and highly skilled major event planner. Skilled territory manager and recruiter. Extremely outgoing and personable; Knowledgeable about higher education best practices and current issues. Specialties: Alumni relations, development, student management, communication planning, admissions and enrollment, student services, recruitment, retention, social media, programming, strategic planning and implementation, leadership, academic advising, training, budget analysis, assessment.

Country

united states

City

owings mills

Industry

higher education

Skill

admissions, public speaking, event planning, social media, community outreach, higher education, student development, recruiting, microsoft office, peoplesoft, leadership, event management, student affairs, alumni relations, enrollment management, social networking, powerpoint, staff development, student recruiting, program development, project coordination, student recruitment, student leadership, facebook, student engagement, high school students, team building, microsoft powerpoint, development, stewardship, management, student employment, social media marketing, strategic planning, data analysis, territory management, imagenow, salesforce.com administration, twitter, hootsuite, project management, alumni affairs, fundraising, communication, annual giving, annual fund, individual donor cultivation, donor communication, institutional giving

Experience

camp director

department of recreation westfield nj

2001-6 - 2008-7 · 7 yrs 2 mos

I worked as a camp counselor and site supervisor for seven summers. I was in the care of 75-100 children from the age of 5-12 every day. As a supervisor I managed a staff of 5-6 counselors and several counselors in training. I was in charge of communication with the families regarding camp related news.

director

towson university

assistant director of university admissions

towson university

2008-7 - 2013-3 · 4 yrs 9 mos

admissions intern

mcdaniel college

2007-10 - 2008-4 · 7 mos

As an intern for the Admissions Office I was in charge of preparing files, assisting with touring families, preparing documents, filing, and as needed duties for the Director of Admissions.

assistant director

towson university

associate director of alumni relations, student and young alumni engagement

mcdaniel college

2016-5 - Present · 10 yrs 5 mos

Associate Director of Alumni Relations, Student and Young Alumni Engagement at McDaniel College

senior assistant director of admissions

towson university

2013-3 - 2016-5 · 3 yrs 3 mos

* Promoted to supervisor staff and students within University Admissions * Serve as the primary contact for all students from Baltimore and Carroll Counties in Maryland * Manage 2-3 professional staff members * Supervise our Admissions Call Center and Front Desk * 25-30 Student workers * Support the development and implementation of our strategic enrollment and recruitment plan * Develop and manage our first social media communication plan -Facebook, Twitter and Instagram