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EDUCATION University  of  North  Florida  Jacksonville,  Fla.  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Communication,  Public  Relations  Minor  in  Community  Leadership,  May  2015  ||  GPA  3.7      Leeds  Metropolitan  University  Leeds,  United  Kingdom    Study  Abroad  Exchange  Program  January  2014-­‐May  2014    

   

INVOLVEMENT PRSSA  UNF  Chapter  Social  Media  Manager,  2014-­‐2015  UNF  Leadership  Summit  Volunteer,  2012-­‐2015  CHILD  Cancer  Fund  Volunteer/Part-­‐time  Intern,  2013-­‐  2014          TECHNICAL SKILLS Adobe  Creative  Suite:  Photoshop  (Basic  Understanding)      Photo  Styling      Captured  and  styled  photos  for  Natural  Life  as  well  as  freelanced  for  companies  such  as  1Face  Watches,  Sashka  and  Co  and  Puravida  Bracelets    Social  Media:  LinkedIn,  Instagram,  Twitter,  Wordpress,  Facebook,  Pinterest,  Tumblr    Public  Relations/  Marketing  Software:  Vocus,  PR  Newswire,  Hootsuite,  URL  Builder,  Bitly,  Tailwind,                    

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WORK EXPERIENCE Natural  Life,  Jacksonville,  Florida          Social  Media  and  Charity  Assistant,  January  2015-­‐  Present  Marketing  Intern,  October  2014-­‐  January  2015  • Manages  social  channels  as  well  as  create  brand  awareness  strategy,  raising  

company’s  Instagram  followers  by  30%    • Collaboratively  planned  company’s  largest  annual  event,  the  Community  First  

Natural  Life  Music  Festival  which  raised  over  $30,000  for  Children’s  Home  Society  of  Florida  and  had  10,000  attendees  

• Facilitates  all  charity  involvement  for  the  brand,  creating  and  maintaining  relationships  with  over  100  non-­‐profits      

 JAXPORT  (Jacksonville  Port  Authority),  Jacksonville,  Florida    Marketing  Intern,  May  2014-­‐  November  2014  • Wrote  weekly  internal  newsletter  and  contributed  to  external  publications,  such  at  

JAXPORT  Magazine  and  monthly  report    • Composed  media  releases  that  were  used  by  large  local  stations,  such  as  WTEV  and  

WTLV    • Launched  company’s  Instagram  account  and  helped  maintain  other  social  media  

platforms,  creating  content  such  as  video  and  photography    

PRSSA,  Jacksonville,  Florida    Blogger,  August  2014-­‐  January  2015    • Developed  content  for  national  blog  that  has  a  readership  of  12,000  people    • Represented  a  national  organization  with  over  11,000  members    • Conducted  social  research  for  future  PRSSA  articles  

 Axia  Public  Relations,  Jacksonville,  Fla.  Public  Relations  Intern/Blogger,  August  2014-­‐  January  2015    • Drafted  press  releases  and  alerted  media  to  client  initiatives  that  received  national  

coverage  • Gathered  data  such  as  media  coverage  hits  and  circulation  numbers  on  stories  • Wrote,  edited  and  contributed  blog  posts  to  company  website          

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