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O BJECT I V E Looking for a position where I can use my creativity and communication skills in
establishing and growing a customer base that will be valuable to your company.
E D UCAT IO N
W illiam Paterson University
Wayne, NJ
Bachelor of Art Communication
A nticipated May 2015
Journalism/Public Relations Concentration GPA: 2.8
R E LATE D EXPER I E NCE
Dollhouse Ent
E lizabeth, NJ Event planning group (Member)
2006-2009
• Hosted parties for many occasions
• Contributed charity work for the community
• Mr. and Mrs. Pageant A friend and I hosted a pageant for Elizabeth High school, one of the
b iggest of high schools of the country as a senior project. I t took a lot of planning from selecting
contestants to finding sponsors to contribute to the event.
S tudent Public Relations Association
Wayne, NJ Member
01/11-05/11
• Helped pitch ideas for clubs events, programs and more.
S he Bytes, Women Tech Blog 06/2012 -
09/2012
Internship Advisor: Natalie
A nise
• Was in charge of detail topic content to accommodate the SheBytes Blog's target audiences.
• also helped in creating press releases and assisted in event coordinations.
• helped build excel spread sheets for particular spectrums of the event, as well as assisted in the
online marketing methods, and example of this would be Twitter.
RELEVANT COURSE WORK
M edia Writing
• Learned how to write different types of news leads and make them into stories.
• Able to use creative thinking to create advertisements
• Writing and editing
I nt ro to Public Relation
• Created a comprehensive public relations plan to support a relaunch of the childhood toy Etch
a sketch. I t included p itching a new idea to make it more valuable for today generation. Also
a lot of research, objectives, strategies, target audiences, competitive analysis and tactics
i ncluding events, social media, releases, and pitch i deas, etc.
O T H E R E MP LOY ME N T
D affys Clothing Store
E lizabeth, NJ
Sales associate 5/09-
9/11 Employee
of the month Sept 2010
• Assisted customers with help
• Responsible for t aking care of my department making sure it was cleaned, organized, etc
• Fashion tips on putting together displays for the store
L ove Culture
Sales Associate Woodbridge mall,
Woodbridge NJ
Sept 2012- May 2013
Assistant manager May 2013- May2014
Employee of the month Feb 2013
• Been honored as the top seller on the f loor
• Assisting customers with their wants and needs.
• Making sure Love culture is an welcoming environment.
• Promoted to assistant manager due to my excellent performance on the f loor.
SK I L LS MS Word, MS Excel, Publisher and MS PowerPoint, WordPerfect, writing, editing,
p roofreading, Google/Yahoo/Facebook, social media, Blogs and search engines