EXPERIENCE
General Writer and Social Media Specialist, Compass, Ohio University Communications and Marketing
Athens, Ohio | Sept. 2011 to present
- Generate story ideas, write articles for the campus-wide and parent-read email newsletter
- Responsible for official Twitter account, created under my leadership through development of strategic plan
- Recognized by Executive Vice President and Provost of Ohio University Pam Benoit for contributions to Founders Day website
- Organization won Ragan Award for “Appalachia Rising” series, in which I wrote a featured article
Director of Social Media, Southeast Ohio Magazine
Athens, Ohio | Sept. 2012 to January 2013
- Increased social media presence, expanding online follower base by the hundreds
- Supervised social media assistant
Communications Intern, ONE Campaign
Washington, D.C. | June 2012 to August 2012
- Successfully coordinated and implemented D.C.-wide campaign awareness event with fellow intern team
- Managed media relations assignments, including issue and campaign coverage, press lists, media reports
- Compiled daily clips related to ONE issues from renowned global publications for internal and website release
- Wrote, edited ONE press releases, ONE blog; edited works picked up by Politico
Director of Public Relations, Ohio University Student Senate
Athens, Ohio | June 2011 to June 2012
- Lead team of public relations specialists
- Conceptualized, launched and evaluated campaigns to market Student Senate; created first Student Senate awareness newsletter
- Responsible for Senate’s social media presence
Copy Chief, Backdrop Magazine, Ohio University’s student-run magazine
Athens, Ohio | May 2011 to June 2012
- Reviewed and copy edited all articles after submission using my working knowledge of Associated Press style
- Performed final copy edit to all articles prior to quarterly publication
Editorial Intern, The Publishing Group Ltd.
Columbus, Ohio | Nov. 2011 to Dec. 2011
- Collaborated with editorial staff on story concepts
- Researched and wrote articles for CityScene Magazine and five partnered magazines: DublinLife, Westerville Magazine, Tri-Village Magazine, Healthy New Albany and Pickerington Magazine
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Financial Affairs Committee Chair, Student Activities Commission, a division of Ohio University Student Senate
Athens, Ohio | March 2010 to June 2011
- Led a team of 10 student leaders as the Chair of the Financial Affairs Committee, mentor them in their funding decisions
- Interviewed student organizations, review their request for funding of proposed programs
- Created a proposed quarterly budget, with a line by line spreadsheet listing allocations for each organization
- Presented quarterly budgets to the General Body for approval
- Allocated quarterly funds of $100K+ to registered student organizations for programs and events on campus
- Reviewed special circumstance requests (i.e., emergency funding requests, carryover requests, etc.) submitted by student organizations and write resolutions passing or failing the requests
- Maintained a professional relationship with many executive representatives of student organizations
EDUCATION
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio | September 2009 to present
Bachelor of Science, Journalism, Expected May 2013
EXPERTISE
- Fluent in Associated Press style
- Adobe CS5 Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and QuarkXPress knowledge
- Online social network expertise
- Knowledge of blogging platforms
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Research and information gathering techniques
- Shoot video and edit using Apple Final Cut Pro
- Leadership experience
- Elementary Spanish
- Travel abroad experience
