Communication Studies, Public Relations & Advertising

Lindsay M. Ellis

*** **** ****, ***** ****’s College Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Phone: 219-***-**** E Mail: ********@**********.***

Objective

Seeking a challenging, full time position upon graduation that encourages me to expand my managerial and organizational skills, leads

to professional growth, and allows me to contribute to the overall success of the company that I work for.

Education

Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame, Indiana August 2009 present

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, May 2013 GPA: 3.74/4.0

Concentrations in Public Relations and Advertising

Dean’s Scholarship & Dean’s List (3.6 GPA & above)

Experience

Social Media & Marketing Intern White Lodging, Merrillville, IN January May

2013

Wrote and managed a blog for the Fairfield Inn South Bend at Notre Dame.

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Created a marketing project involving an ongoing contest to increase brand awareness and traffic on the hotel website; made

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community relationships with businesses surrounding the hotels in order to give prizes for the contest.

Took over all social media accounts (Facebook & Twitter) for the hotel and increased amount of followers and virality.

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Worked with the Corporate Communications team to brainstorm ideas for PR/advertising in hotels nation wide.

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Student Mentor Study of United States Institute, Notre Dame, IN June & July 2012

• One of 10 Saint Mary’s women hired for the prestigious SUSI program sponsored by the US Department of State. Interacted with

women from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Mongolia and Burma to develop academically and professionally.

• Improved personal understanding of global relations and cultivated profound knowledge of the five different cultures.

• Acted as an ambassador to foreign women, volunteered in the community, cultivated greater leadership ability, and traveled to

speak at conference with 5 other SUSI programs in Washington, D.C.

Resident Advisor Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN August 2010 May 2012

Managed a residence hall floor of ethnically diverse undergraduate students.

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Resolved conflict and counseled troubled students on personal and academic issues.

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Maintained all bulletin boards and fliers with accurate, up to date, and useful information. Utilized Word, PowerPoint, and

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Excel.

Ran monthly floor meetings and interacted with residents to discuss events, developments, and concerns. Used these

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interactions to create need based, interactive programs for the hallway.

Effectively communicated alcohol and visitation policies in an inviting and friendly atmosphere and wrote incident reports

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when said policies were violated by residents.

Activities & Honors

Completed a self designed senior thesis project by conducting qualitative research, drawing conclusions, and writing a

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literature review plus a review of own findings. Completed the project by giving an 8 minute oral presentation to the staff and

public.

*References available upon request

Volunteered at Rebuilding Together, the Center for the Homeless, and the Young Woman’s Christian Association.

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Maintained a leadership role by becoming secretary of Lambda Pi Eta: National Communication Association’s honor society.

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Became a member of the Letter Writing Committee for Dance Marathon and was held responsible for the actual letter writing

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campaign. Tracked addresses turned in by dancers & printed letters for the dancers to send to the proper recipients. This role

was major in fund raising and was critical in order to have a successful campaign.

Customer service experience: Guest Services employee at Deep River Water Park & Barista at South Bend Chocolate Café.

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