alyssa townsend resume

WORK EXPERIENCE Public Relations Intern at Linfield College Office of Communications, January 2013 - Present Wrote and edited press releases and articles for The Linfield Magazine and Linfield website Organized media reports and media contact information Social Media and Visual Communication Manager at Nicholson Library, February 2015 – Present Trained and managed a student on Nicholson Library’s social media and event promotion best practices Citizenship Intern at Waggener Edstrom Communications, June 2014 – August 2014 Wrote a social media plan for Waggener Edstrom's nonprofit partner, Boys & Girls Club of Bellevue Created content for @WE_Citizen and Waggener Edstrom's monthly citizenship newsletter Wrote and edited blogs for Waggener Edstrom's internal and external websites Researched, wrote and presented a project with recommendations on citizenship best practices Created a communications plan and planned a volunteer event in partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington Social Media Assistant at Nicholson Library, February 2013 – January 2015 Created content, maintained and evaluated Nicholson Library’s Twitter and Facebook Wrote communications plans and created tactics for events at the library Social Media Specialist for author Frank Lisciandro, October 2013 – January 2014 Produced a strategic social media plan for “Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together” Created and maintained content on Facebook and Twitter to promote the book’s release date Undergraduate Research Assistant for Dr. Susan Currie Sivek, June 2013 – August 2013 Assisted in conducting interviews with independent digital magazine creators and editors The paper, “Opportunities and Constraints for Independent Digital Magazine Publishing,” was published in the Spring 2014 issue of the Journal of Magazine and New Media Research Grant Writing Intern at St. James Catholic School, August 2013-December 2013 Researched, wrote and edited grant proposals requesting financial aid for classroom technology Recorded and edited a promotional video for the school’s website EDUCATION Linfield College, Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication - expected completion May 2015 3.754 GPA ACTIVITIES President of Order of Omega (Greek Honor Society), November 2013- Present Linfield College Advanced Chamber Ensemble (cello), August 2011 – Present Vice President of Risk Management for Linfield’s Alpha Phi chapter, December 2013 – December 2014 Opinion Editor for The Linfield Review, August 2012 – October 2013 SKILLS Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Audition, Wordpress and Tweetdeck Photography, audio and working knowledge of video production Able to plan, coordinate and evaluate events HONORS & AWARDS Dean’s List Fall 2013 & Fall 2014 Alyssa Townsend [email protected] http://alyssatownsend.wix.com/alyssatownsend

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WORK EXPERIENCE Public Relations Intern at Linfield College Office of Communications, January 2013 - Present

Wrote and edited press releases and articles for The Linfield Magazine and Linfield website

Organized media reports and media contact information

Social Media and Visual Communication Manager at Nicholson Library, February 2015 Present

Trained and managed a student on Nicholson Librarys social media and event promotion best practices Citizenship Intern at Waggener Edstrom Communications, June 2014 August 2014

Wrote a social media plan for Waggener Edstrom's nonprofit partner, Boys & Girls Club of Bellevue

Created content for @WE_Citizen and Waggener Edstrom's monthly citizenship newsletter

Wrote and edited blogs for Waggener Edstrom's internal and external websites

Researched, wrote and presented a project with recommendations on citizenship best practices

Created a communications plan and planned a volunteer event in partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington

Social Media Assistant at Nicholson Library, February 2013 January 2015

Created content, maintained and evaluated Nicholson Librarys Twitter and Facebook

Wrote communications plans and created tactics for events at the library

Social Media Specialist for author Frank Lisciandro, October 2013 January 2014

Produced a strategic social media plan for Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together

Created and maintained content on Facebook and Twitter to promote the books release date

Undergraduate Research Assistant for Dr. Susan Currie Sivek, June 2013 August 2013

Assisted in conducting interviews with independent digital magazine creators and editors

The paper, Opportunities and Constraints for Independent Digital Magazine Publishing, was published in the Spring 2014 issue of the Journal of Magazine and New Media Research

Grant Writing Intern at St. James Catholic School, August 2013-December 2013

Researched, wrote and edited grant proposals requesting financial aid for classroom technology

Recorded and edited a promotional video for the schools website

EDUCATION Linfield College, Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication - expected completion May 2015

3.754 GPA

ACTIVITIES President of Order of Omega (Greek Honor Society), November 2013- Present

Linfield College Advanced Chamber Ensemble (cello), August 2011 Present

Vice President of Risk Management for Linfields Alpha Phi chapter, December 2013 December 2014

Opinion Editor for The Linfield Review, August 2012 October 2013

SKILLS Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Audition, Wordpress and Tweetdeck

Photography, audio and working knowledge of video production

Able to plan, coordinate and evaluate events

HONORS & AWARDS Deans List Fall 2013 & Fall 2014

Alyssa Townsend [email protected]

http://alyssatownsend.wix.com/alyssatownsend