CURA Strategies | Public Relations and Communications Intern

Arlington, VA | August 2020 - Present

• Authored social media posts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram for multiple clients and the agency itself then used Hootsuite to schedule them

• Monitored media coverage on clients and their industries, created media lists of relevant journalists and pitched events and op-eds to a variety of publications

• Conducted media audits on potential clients to inform new business decisions

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Warren for President | Campaign Volunteer and Campus Ambassador

Chapel Hill, NC | October 2019 - March 2020

• Served as a campus ambassador at UNC-Chapel Hill during the week leading up to Super Tuesday, committing to performing high traffic canvassing every day to get out the vote

• Called up to 100 potential voters across the country weekly, registered people to vote, recruited campaign volunteers and mobilized support for the campaign

• Canvassed in Des Moines, Iowa the day of the caucus to help with last-minute get out the caucus efforts

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Kendra Scott | Sales Associate and Assistant Visual Lead 

Durham, NC | September 2018 - March 2020

• Assist with creating visual displays and working on floor flips for new product launches

• Provide exceptional customer service to clients in order to foster long-lasting relationships, communicate product knowledge and recommendations and quickly solve customer problems to maximize their satisfaction and encourage repeat visits and purchases

• Multitask by greeting customers, responding to their questions and ensuring their satisfaction all while maintaining a neat, well-organized store

• Host store events, often in collaboration with local charities or small businesses, which entail promoting events to customers beforehand, setting up and executing events while ensuring that all customer needs are being met at the same time

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Siemens Government Technologies | Communications Intern 

Reston, VA | June 2019 - August 2019

• Worked directly under the organization’s Director of Communications, assisting in the areas of marketing, media relations, corporate communications and public affairs

• Wrote press releases about contract wins, authored a biweekly email newsletter sent to all company employees and contractors, updated and created fact sheets about projects, designed slide decks for executive presentations, updated the company’s external website and drafted CEO emails

• Served as the sole representative for the company at a government hearing held by the Department of Defense in Washington, DC 

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Lead for America | Communications Assistant  

Chapel Hill, NC | January 2019 - April 2019

• Served as the communications team’s digital relations lead, being the individual primarily responsible for managing the organization's online presence

• Drafted content for social media platforms, identified opportunities for engagement, brainstormed and pitched social campaign ideas, created social media graphics consistent with company branding and monitored social media analytics

• Read 10+ news articles per week then wrote captions for Facebook posts sharing them

• Started a social media campaign that profiled the organization's interns, created a Google Form with questions to get to know them, compiling their answers into one document and designing an LFA-branded profile photo frame to put on their headshots

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Institute of International Relations, Prague | Public Relations Intern 

Prague, Czech Republic | June 2018 - July 2018

• Interned in a foreign country for eight weeks as part of a study abroad program

• Planned, executed, promoted and oversaw major events hosted by the Institute on a weekly basis, such as conferences, summits, talks and research presentations

• Created outputs for the Institute’s social media accounts, proofread articles for its website and wrote reports summarizing events 

• Regularly updated the English versions of the email newsletter and information sent to the press to reflect the most current information about researchers and their projects