EXPERIENCE

ASSISTANT EVENT PLANNER, ELEGANT EVENTS BY LAURA, LLC; NYC/ NJ 2010 TO PRESENT

Coordinate event setup and execute event design.

Meet with clients, brainstorm event details and

design.

Act as point person for vendor arrival and setup.

Assist with logistics of all event operations.

Maintain client and vendor relationships.

RIGHTS ASSISTANT, PEARSON EDUCATION, INC. ; HOBOKEN, NJ 2011- 2016

Communicated with affiliate publishers overseas

in Asia

Granted permission and issued contracts and

addendum to International Affiliates

Responsible for obtaining and distributing copies of translated text books from overseas to editors

and authors for their approval.

Searched interdepartmental and intercompany

databases for pertinent documents.

Responsible for procuring obscure documents to

send to publishers, worked with production team

to achieve this.

Created weekly and monthly reports to track

publication dates, and sales records.

PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN, SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION; MAHWAH, NJ 2008

Assembled daily press clippings and uploaded

them to the company’s website.

Prepared reports for weekly status meetings and

presentations.

Worked with corporate event planning staff on

the company’s conference event.

PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN, THIRTEEN-WNET/NY, NEW YORK, NY 2007

Organized and compiled photos for national PBS

programs which included Peabody and Emmy,

African American Lives, Oprah’s Roots, and the award winning American Masters.

Compiled news clips and press quotes with

mentions of TV programs and reviews.

Researched, built, maintained, and edited media

lists. Fact checked press releases and media

documents.

Paraphrased program guide descriptions for Cantos Latinos, guide published online for use by media

outlets.

EDUCATION

WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, WAYNE NJ

BACHELOR OF ARTS: COMMUNICATIONS-JOURNALISM & PUBLIC RELATIONS- 2010 HONORS/ACTIVITIES

Recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Leadership and Community Service

Drug Abuse Resistant Education (D.A.R.E) Role Model

Published in University Newspapers- The Pioneer Times and The Minstrel

Volunteer with the Ramsey High School Drama Club and Onstage Inc- Costumer, Tailor, Wardrobe. SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, HTML, Flash, Quark, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Social Me dia/Networking, Blogging, Google- Email, Calendar, Drive, Skype, Dropbox, Proficient on Mac and PC Computers.

23 Hopper Terrace, Ramsey, NJ 07446 C: 201-***-**** H: 201-***-**** act96u@r.postjobfree.com KELLY E. SMALL

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