James Wyatt Sherwood

Helping Others and Telling Stories

Education

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Bachelor of Arts in Communications: Major in Communication Sciences and Social Inquiry

Bachelor of Science in Sociology: Major in Criminology

Google Certification - Digital Marketing and E-commerce

  • Completed August 2023
  • Administered by Coursera
  • Courses:
    • Foundations of Digital Marketing and E-commerce
    Attract and Engage Customers with Digital Marketing
    From Likes to Leads: Interact with Customers Online
    Think Outside the Inbox: Email Marketing
    Assess for Success: Marketing Analytics and Measurement
    Make the Sale: Build, Launch, and Manage E-commerce Stores
    Satisfaction Guaranteed: Develop Customer Loyalty Online

Work Experience

Implementation Specialist - 700Credit - August 2022 to Present

  • Training customers in credit software and compliance best practices
  • Ensuring dealerships protect consumer data and run credit responsibly
  • Implementing applications onto websites in coordination with web service providers. Providing mock ups with recommendations to increase consumer activity
  • Managing 50-60 products, around 30-40 clients, in an active queue
  • Full Time

Manager's Associate - Blacksburg Boxing and Fitness - January 2022 to May 2022

  • Door-to-door advertising, spoke with potential customers and hung up door hangers
  • Managed marketing tables at sporting and school events
  • Coordinated and distributed fliers and other materials to local businesses
  • Part Time

Maintenance Worker - National Park Services, Wolftrap - July 2021 to August 2021

  • Cleaned and sanitized facilities to protect public from Covid-19
  • Full Time

Parking Lot Attendant - Wegmans - November 2017 to June 2021

  • Coordinated nightly closing tasks working in small teams during the day
  • Occasionally worked register, interacting with customers and scanning items
  • Part Time

Relevant Experiences

Internship - Mass Shooting Database - January 2022 to May 2022

  • The Mass Shooting Database is a non-partisan, non-profit organization collecting and consolidating mass shooting incidents
  • Team lead for communications and design
  • Posted weekly on social media relating to mass shooting news and statistics
  • Created and distributed a monthly newsletter, managing the collection and occasional creation of content for articles
  • Continued volunteer duties listed below

Volunteer-Mass Shooting Database - October 2021 to December 2021

  • Consolidation and transfer of data between Excel spreadsheets
  • Fact checking other volunteers' data entry
  • Assist with creation of a banner for use in protests, including:
    • Data entry of facts used in banner
    Generate concepts for graphic design of banner

Eagle Scout - November 2017

  • Led an Eagle Scout project and on average guided 5-6 people per workday
  • Made two archway gates for a church donation garden to keep out animals
  • Completed a workbook that details every step of the project from planning to review
  • Generated a budget and gathered church donations for a total expenditure of roughly $1,000

Google Certificate - Digital Marketing and E-commerce

  • Administered by Coursera
  • In Progress

Skills

  • Microsoft Studio
    • Word
    PowerPoint
    Basic Excel
  • Basic HTML
  • Basic CSS
  • Public Speaking
  • Creative Writing
  • Professional Writing
  • Research Writing
    • APA
    ASA
    MLA
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
    • PhotoShop
    Premiere Pro
    InDesign
    Lightroom