Ja’el Bryant
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EDUCATION
Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia
Expected Graduation Date June 2024
Mass Communications Major / Marketing Minor/ GPA 3.57 College Track San Francisco First Generation College Support Program Member since 2016
WORK EXPERIENCE
SSE Student Worker Intern, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia August 2022 – Present Present • Front desk & office coverage in various departments where needed • Social Media support covering content and posting onto VSU’s various public social media pages • assistance with various special events on campus
Communications Intern, Persuasion Models, Richmond, Virginia August 2021 – May 2022• Write copy and advertising for events and promote daily for production and fashion modeling start -up created by Virginia State alum, marketing to local young, Black urban community • Supervise all social media accounts; review and curate all photos used for business • Schedule events & coordinate photographers, art directors, models and other personnel Development Associate, Family Lifeline, Richmond, Virginia August 2021 – May 2022 • Create, post and schedule publication of social media content for Development Department of large nonprofit serving the greater Richmond area’s low-income families with social services • Collaborate with team on brand identification and layout of outgoing communications • Create content telling story of organization’s mission; introduce staff members to public; interview various staff members and produce videos explaining their work for posting
• Track, organize and update donor base in Excel; brainstorm on content development for fundraising activities; locate and communicate with potential donors Video Intern, BAYCAT Film & Media Academy, San Francisco, CA Aug 2019 - Aug 2020 • Learned filmmaking, sound recording and digital media skills in internship with organization coaching low- income youth of color
• Produced video shorts for local organizations such as KQED, Golden State Warriors and College Track using Premiere Pro, Illustrator, film and sound equipment
• Directed short interviews of individuals representing the Bayview community Administrative Assistant, Young Community Developers, SF, CA Summer 2018 • Handled front desk reception, communication and file management for city nonprofit administered by Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program aimed at increasing economic prosperity in Bayview Hunters Point community
• Compiled content and created layout for Volunteers Newsletter LEADERSHIP/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Career Prep Fellow, Management Leadership for Tomorrow Feb 2022 - Present • MLT Career PRep provides eighteen months of one-on-one coaching and in-person workshops to help undergraduate juniors conquer the job search process, maximize their college and internship experience and accelerate their post-undergraduate career
SKILLS & ACTIVITIES
• Adobe Illustrator • DSLR Camera • imovie • Premiere Pro • Excel • Google Suite • PowerPoint • Salesforce
• Twitter/Instagram/TikTok • Track & Field High School All-City • Virginia State Collegiate Varsity shot put discus thrower • SF First A.M.E. Zion Church Sunday school teacher since 2015