Experience

Epic Media Relations, Intern (Jun 2009 - Present)

Location: Alexandria, VA
Achievements: Drafted pitches for various clients, which have landed them in local and national publications.
Responsibilities: Support the implementation of strategic communication campaigns for a wide variety of clients, write press releases and media advisories, develop messaging and talking points for clients, construct weekly and monthly activity reports, and draft pitches to pitch the media.

Allied Advertising, Intern (Sep 2008 - Dec 2008)

Location: St. Louis, MO
Achievements: Gained excellent phone skills, which has allowed me to build strong relationships with the media.
Responsibilities: Organized promotions with local college media, aided the publicists in promoting upcoming pictures and local premier events, and distributed promotional items at events.

Arzu, Inc. , Intern (Jun 2008 - Sep 2008)

Location: Chicago, IL
Achievements: Made significant contributions to the re-design of Arzu's website pertaining to content.
Responsibilities: Assisted the Director of Public Relations and Marketing, researched social media outlets and various blogs of interest to the organization, created media lists and organized marketing material information, designed layouts and wrote up drafts for press releases and various other materials.

Education

Saint Louis University (Jan 2009)

Location: St. Louis, MO
Degree: BA
Major: Communications
Minor: MINOR

Honors

Graduated Cum Laude Member of the Communications Honor Society, Lambda Pi Eta

Certifications

Certificate in Marketing Certificate in Creative and Professional Writing

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