High School Project

Kristina M. Coats

***** ******** **. ? Houston, TX 77040 ? ********.*****@*****.*** ? (713)

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OBJECTIVE Obtain a communications position in a dynamic

organization that will

utilize my strong writing, editing and

communications skills.

EDUCATION Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Graduation: May 2011

Bachelor of Arts in English

Cumulative GPR: 3.0

Major GPR: 3.3

WORK Pennebaker Fifthring, Houston, TX

EXPERIENCE Summer, 2010

Intern

. Wrote and edited copy for print and

advertising materials for one of Houston's

largest nonprofit

organization's fundraising campaign.

. Wrote article for the company website on

social media and the law.

. Researched and wrote blog posts for the

company website; topics included: cloud

computing,

telecommuting and social media in the modern

workplace.

. Edited materials for international

corporation looking to expand their business

to the United States.

. Assisted with video production for nonprofit

marketing campaign.

. Worked with the design team on writing

headlines for print campaign materials.

. Participated as team member on a qualitative

research project for a worldwide oil field

services

company. Handled the organization of

interview notes, information for project

reports and assisted

with final results presentation.

. Organized and coordinated meeting notes and

documents for assigned projects.

MAJOR Aggie Recruitment Committee

ACTIVITIES 2009 - 2011

Executive Committee Member, 2010-2011

. Manage sub-committee in charge of conference themes and

execution

. Serve as Leader of Houston recruiting region; in charge

of admissions training and risk management

. Write skits for subcommittee to perform at conference

. In charge of obtaining and acting as liaison with

performance groups of diverse backgrounds and talents

for conferences

. Actively take part in planning conferences with an exec

team

. In charge of designing and executing overall conference

theme

. Supervise up to 175 high school students and 100

committee members during conferences

. Give progress presentations at meetings twice a week

Member, 2009-2010

. Actively participated in a sub-committee and worked in a

team to help put on conferences for high school students

around the world interested in Texas A&M

. Went to various Houston high schools as an Aggie

representative and gave presentations to recruit

students to Texas A&M

. Wrote and performed in skits to demonstrate college life

to high school students

. Served as discussion group leader to 10 high school

juniors during a three day conference; responsible for

their safety over the course of the weekend.

. Participated in various service projects with the

committee including Big Event, Replant, and Move In Day

Volunteers

COMPUTER

SKILLS Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, Word

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