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COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE 

Roles & Responsibilities

January 2021 – May 2021

PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN, DIX & EATON

  • Update and maintain media lists for various clients

  • Produce weekly media pitches to local and national journalists promoting client services and products

  • Curate lists of relevant news articles for weekly sustainability newsletter and investor relations newsletter

  • Assist with writing feature stories for CSR and ESG reports for clients

  • Assist with implementing new diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within the firm

November 2020 - January 2021

PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN, GIRLS NITE LIVE

  • Specialized in media relations

  • Collaborated with PR team to curate three media kits a week, including press releases, fact sheets, backgrounders, photos, etc., to promote weekly workshops and organization milestones

  • Curated extensive media lists using Google 

  • Coordinated with social media, writing, and advertising teams to launch overall brand campaigns

October 2020 - November 2020

PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN, TOUCH CLEVELAND LLC

  • Created media list of local and national reporters and journalists to promote special web series “Unspoken,” launching virtually through Youtube Premiere

  • Curated media kits that include a press release, backgrounder and fact sheet 

  • Wrote pitch emails to journalists to garner earned media to promote “Unspoken”

July 2020 - August 2020

PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN, DIX & EATON

  • Updated and maintained media lists for various clients 

  • Produced weekly media pitches to local and national journalists promoting client services and products

  • Curated pitches to prospective clients using industry news 

  • Curated lists of relevant news articles for weekly sustainability newsletter and investor relations newsletter 

June 2020 - October 2020

PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN, NORTHEAST OHIO ALLIANCE FOR HOPE

  • Planned and executed a social media campaign to garner attention for the 2020 Census in East Cleveland, Ohio

  • Posted to Instagram and Facebook three times a week to encourage East Clevelanders to fill out the 2020 Census

June 2019 – August 2019

COMMUNICATIONS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS INTERN, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

  • Spearheaded the rebranding of MIX events and associated collateral to attract a younger audience

  • Created audience personas for target audience of MIX events

  • Assisted with social media engagement of millennial and Generation Z audiences to draw interest to MIX events 

  • Created and published content twice a week to museum Facebook, Instagram, website, and blog

  • Assisted with planning MIX: Lagos, which had 2,350 total attendees

February 2019 – January 2021

UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT, S.I. NEWHOUSE SCHOOL, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

  • Created content for and update the Newhouse Diversity Instagram, Facebook and Twitter twice a week 

  • Organized cohort of 60+ student ambassadors to assist with information sessions and tours 

  • Planned and promoted two mixers per semester for the ambassador cohort  

  • Organized and promoted two recruitment events per semester for potential ambassadors

Communications Experience: Experience
Communications Experience: Text
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

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