Resumé

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Education

University of Missouri at Columbia, MO 

  • Bachelor of Journalism, Communications
  • Minor in English, Multicultural Studies
  • Graduation Date: May 2019 
  • Magna Cum Laude Honors, 8x Dean’s List

Professional Experience

Fishman Public Relations; Chicago, IL

March 2023 – Present

Account Supervisor

  • Assist in the creation and organization of PR events for government agencies and clients.
  • Develop PR plans and crisis strategies for clients.
  • Write bylines and articles on behalf of clients.
  • Mentor junior PR professionals to support their growth and development goals.
  • Create large event plans including strategy, goals, budget and tactics.

Account Executive

  • Lead client-facing PR efforts for 14 different franchise businesses between local, national, and international media.
  • Ideate, write, and pitch unique press releases and pitches on behalf of each franchise client to bolster their franchise system growth with media support.
  • Generate franchise business leads for each client with secured press coverage.
  • Launch agency’s pilot podcast content program.
  • Secure national news coverage for several clients on CBS News, FOX News, Parade Magazine, and more.
  • Represent agency at in-person client sessions to foster the growth of client business relationships.
Club Champion; Willowbrook, IL 

January 2022-February 2023

Marketing Associate

  • Initiate social media pages and write web copy for new E-Commerce platform.
  • Create and monitor digital assets for company’s new website on a daily basis.
  • Head of Company’s Charitable Initiatives, donated over $100,000 in goods and services in 2022.
  • Rework YouTube channel strategy to increase subscriber rate and channel views by over 100% from 2021.
  • Engage advertising partners and create social media ads for company podcast.
  • Ideate and create social media advertisements for company’s record profit year.
  • Oversee all previous duties as PR and Social Media Marketing Assistant

December 2020-January 2022

Social Media and PR Marketing Assistant

  • Lead public relations efforts of international multi-million dollar sporting goods company, garnering over 1 billion media impressions in 2021.
  • Administer company’s social media accounts for all platforms and answer customer questions and reviews on forums and business suites. 
  • Responsible for total social audience growth of over 20,000 followers in 2021 with over 45 million impressions across all social platforms.
  • Create, produce and edit company’s Fits With the Founder Podcast, ranked in iTunes’ Top 100 Global Golf Podcasts.
Chicago White Sox; Chicago, IL 

January 2020-October 2020

Public Relations Associate

  • Develop story opportunities and media events for Chicago White Sox both pre and post-pandemic.
  • Mediate media events and scrums between local and national media and professional athletes.
  • Track and monitor media mentions from events that garnered billions of impressions.
  • Main contributor to the Inside the White Sox blog, writing the Heroes Beyond the Diamond series, several White Sox Magazine features, and a Tim Anderson article featured in Sports Illustrated.
  • Organize, plan, and promote the massive in-person SoxFest Fan Convention and Game Changers the virtual event panel series.
Pawtucket Red Sox; Pawtucket, RI 

May 2018-September 2019

Community Relations/Social Media Intern

  • Initiate social media accounts for the team’s relocated identity in Worcester, MA while working remotely in Columbia, MO and in-person in Pawtucket.
  • Administer and analyze follower analytics for team’s social media accounts, growing the audience to over 200,000 across all social media platforms.
  • Oversee McCoy Stadium’s Fan Center and serve as a liaison to the Red Sox in the ballpark and the community.
  • Produce and perform pre-game, in-game and post-game ballpark operations and sponsored events.
  • Represent organization in its 50 Acts of Kindness for Rhode Island before team’s relocation.
Columbia Missourian; Columbia, MO

August 2017-January 2019

Sports and Utility Reporter, Social Media Producer and Editor

  • Perform extensive research, conduct interviews and attend events to report on.
  • Write game previews, game recaps and feature stories for publication.
  • Allocate skills to write both local and state government as well as higher education and community beat articles.
  • Create/promote articles and advertisements from the publication’s social media accounts.
  • Work in conjunctions with other journalists to produce an award-winning publication.
  • Edit content and headlines for publication.
Ellis Library Physical Processing; Columbia, MO

March 2016-December 2018

Generalist

  • Managed registry of library property via computer. Demonstrating strong computer skills.
  • Process new materials including books, audio visual and computer software.
  • Organized and inventoried all library products.
  • Clerical duties as directed by supervisor.
  • Trained new hires.

Skills

  • Expert writing skills.
    • Press release and media advisory writing.
  • Social media and social trend expertise.
    • Encyclopedic pop-culture knowledge.
  • Strong video, audio, and photo editing abilities.
    • Experience with Adobe Software, Microsoft Office, Final Cut PRO and iMovie.
  • PR Software Expertise
    • Cision, Critical Mention, Meltwater, Muck Rack, Qwoted, and more.
  • Host, edit, produce and promote two professional podcasts in free time.
  • Eidetic memory.
  • Strong knowledge in SEO and social media data analytics.
  • Able to work independently or with a team.
  • Excellent communication skills, personable, and honest.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills.

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