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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

My Experience

EDUCATION

2014 - 2018

  • University of South Carolina, B.A.J.M.C. Public Relations, Minor International Relations

    • Graduation: May 2018

    • Presidents List: 3.98 Honors Graduate

  • Howard Community College, Associates Degree, General Studies with a Business Emphasis

    • Graduation: May 2015

    • Phi Theta Kappa, 4.0 Honors Graduate

LEADERSHIP

2016 - 2018

  • Fundraising Officer and Treasurer, MEDLIFE at USC

  • Membership Education Vice President, Beta Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi at USC

  • Public Relations Society of America Member

SCHOLARS PROGRAM INTERN, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Colonial Life, September 2017 - Present

  • Research, write, produce and edit content for an employee intranet and weekly employee newsletter

  • Define and further execute and manage strategy for the social media brand ambassador program on GaggleAmp

  • Write and coordinate news releases and byline articles with local media and trade publications

  • Write and upload content using Word Press to two external brand journalism sites

  • Report on company corporate social responsibility efforts for internal and external platforms

  • Coordinate intranet editorial calendar content and publishing

ASSISTANT MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER

The State Department, Bureau of Public Affairs, June 2017 - August 2017

  • Coordinate U.S. policy centered events and briefings for foreign correspondents reporting on U.S. issues for international based news sources

  • Research and organize event listings for the weekly PressPass email

  • Manage the creation and design of a NYFPC Report

MARKETING ASSISTANT INTERN

Monroe Financial Group, August 2016 - June 2017

  • Design and create original content for the 8-page quarterly newsletter 

  • Plan and coordinate semi-annual client appreciation events 

  • Create and distribute all client communications for the firm  

  • Update and maintain all company website and social media content 

MARKETING ASSISTANT AND CONSULTANT

KeraLink, June 2016 - May 2017

  • Draft press releases and maintain all company website and social media

  • Research marketing strategies to aid in the company rebranding process   

  • Design marketing collateral to showcase various brand technologies

  • Manage all external marketing communications

  • Manage the Donor Thank You Program

Professional History: CV

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