Sarah Richard

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Sarah Richard
224 Beatrice Street, Toronto, ON, M6G 3G1, Canada
(647)528-6050






Work Experience
Corporate Engagement Manager
ME TO WE (August 2014 – Present)
• Responsible for fulfilling the corporate trips pipeline and actively engaging new corporate leads.
• Managing relationships for all of the Me to We trips’ corporate s, ensuring a very personal customer service experience that has resulted in maximized retention.
• Honouring corporate sponsorship and donations to Me to We’s charity partner, Free The Children, by providing life changing opportunities for their employees and families to visit the communities they are supporting.
• Designing and customizing trips to exceed the expectations of my clients, including safari extensions in Kenya, Galapagos and Machu Picchu extensions in Ecuador and Jaipur and Agra extensions in India.
• Utilizing our fall and spring We Day tours to personally visit corporate clients in order to make employee engagement presentations.
• Facilitate corporate trips when necessary to provide a seamless travel experience and act as Me to We’s representative in country.

Brand Ambassador
GOOD FOOD FOR GOOD (June 2015 – Present)
• Able to engage consumers at local food markets and festivals and connect with the product through story-ling and taste-testing.
• Retained knowledge of the brand very quickly in order to speak to it personally and sincerely
• Provided further experience handling cash

Youth Coordinator
FREE THE CHILDREN (July 2012 – July 2014)
• Maintained a portfolio of over 300 youth from all over the globe who are interested in fundraising for Free The Children development projects.
• Front-facing for the organization during our inspirational, annual event, We Day that takes place during the fall and spring all across Canada, the United States and the UK.
• Facilitating leadership modules to groups of between 15-30 young people at youth summits across Ontario.
• Facilitating youth trips to Kenya (May and August 2013) and Nicaragua (March 2014).
• Strong ability to convert youth leads into fundraising ambassadors for the organization, providing personal customer service and mentorship in order to maximize annual retention.

Sales Associate
HARMONY CRAFTS (June 2009 – June 2012)
• Maintained the integrity of the fair trade jewellery and clothing brand of the retail store.
• Ability to engage customers from entry into the store until point of sale.
• Developed a passion for geology and strong understanding of the properties for specific precious and semi-precious stones.

Education
Bachelor of Arts (), International Development Studies with an area of concentration in the Environment and Resource Management
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (2007 – 2011)
• Also included three years of study in French Immersion

High School Diploma
YORK MILLS COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE (2004 – 2007)
• Earned the French Immersion Certificate

Certifications
Standard First Aid CPR/AED Level C
CANADIAN RED CROSS (April 2013 – April 2016)

Travel Counsellor Exam
TICO CERTIFICATION

Open Water Scuba Diver Certification
TORONTO SCUBA CLUB (August 2014)

Volunteer Experience
Volunteer Citizen Scientist
EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE (June 2015)
• Conducted shark conservation research with PhD. Candidate, Mark Bond, in Belize.
• Prepared underwater video cameras daily in order to track the different species of sharks.
• Collected data on water salinity, temperature and current, in order to track controlled variables.
• Handled nurse, reef and hammerhead sharks in order to tag, measure and collect genetics.

Volunteer Photographer
FOCUS ON NATURE (February 2011 – April 2011)
• In-school program to educate youth in grades 5 and 6 about the elements of design.
• Coordinate local hikes and teach children about using digital cameras.
• Inspire them to embrace and enjoy nature through photography in order to bridge the gap between technology and the environment.



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