Caitlin Harrington  caitlin.harrington6@gmail.com      (907)  738-­‐1087      linkedin.com/in/caitharrington  

Allen Hall PR (Student-Run Agency) September  2013  –  June  2014  

Eugene,  Ore.  

Account executive •  Worked  effectively  in  an  account  team  of  two  other  people  to  produce  PR  materials  for  the  Portland-­‐based  nonproPit  Children's  Healing  Art  Project  (CHAP).  

•  Contributed  to  the  development  of  a  media  kit  by  creating  pitch  emails  tailored  to  different  types  of  media  outlets  in  the  greater  Portland  area.  

•  Created  an  infographic  through  the  program  Piktochart  that  highlighted  the  services  offered  at  CHAP.  

•  Analyzed  CHAP's  website,  chap.name,  and  contributed  to  the  team's  website  audit.  

LT PUBLIC RELATIONS October  –  December  2014  

Portland,  Ore.  

PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN •  Wrote  press  releases  on  behalf  of  the  agency  and  clients  that  were  published  in  local  media  outlets.  

•  Composed  4-­‐12  industry  related  posts  for  the  agency’s  Twitter  account  each  day.  •  Wrote  industry  related  blog  posts  and  published  them  on  the  agency’s  Wordpress.  •  Conducted  business  development  research  for  an  RFP  response,  potential  clients  and  networking  opportunities.    

•  Contributed  to  client  social  media  work,  including  the  creation  of  posts,  calendars  and  campaign  proposals.      

Oregon bach festival

May  –  July  2013  Eugene,  Ore.  

Donor relations intern •  Supported  the  planning  and  execution  of  receptions  and  major  events,  including  tracking  donor  RSVP’s  and  assisting  the  development  staff  during  events.  

•  Assisted  with  corporate  and  individual  donor  benePits  and  mailings.  •  Contacted  and  interacted  with  donors  via  phone  and  in  person.  •  Used  the  online  relational  database  Quickbase  to  learn  about  donors.  •  Assisted  audience  members  in  box  seats  before  performances  and  during  private  intermission  receptions.  

Women in wikipedia edit-a-thon

March  2013  Eugene,  Ore.  

Media outreach volunteer •  Wrote  media  pitch  emails  tailored  to  different  broadcast  and  print  media  outlets.  •  Created  a  Bit.ly  URL  of  the  event  press  release  for  the  pitch  email  to  track  initial  success  of  the  pitch;  all  reporters  opened  the  link.  

•  Followed  up  by  phone  with  reporters,  resulting  in  coverage  in  the  local  newspaper  and  on  the  websites  of  a  local  news  station  and  the  University  of  Oregon.  

•  Helped  promote  URL  to  local  newspaper  story,  which  received  112  Facebook  likes,  23  tweets,  seven  recommendations  on  Google,  and  one  share  on  LinkedIn.  

•  Wrote  a  Wikipedia  entry  about  concert  pianist  and  record  producer  Teresa  Sterne.  

Mu phi epsilon (professional music

fraternity) September  2011  –  June  2013  

Eugene,  Ore.  

Marketing manager •  Headed  a  group  of  Pive  other  members  to  plan  marketing  strategies.  •  Wrote  a  press  release  for  the  group’s  spring  benePit  concert.  •  Distributed  press  release  via  email  to  different  media  outlets,  resulting  in  coverage  in  the  local  and  campus  newspaper,  on  both  newspapers’  websites  and  on  the  School  of  Music  and  Dance’s  twitter  and  Facebook  page.  

•  Created  and  posted  to  a  Facebook  fan  page  for  the  Nu  Chapter.  Education

University of oregon Graduated  June  2014  

 Bachelor  of  Arts  in  Journalism:    

Public  Relations    

Bachelor  of  Arts  in  Music:  Piano  

Skills Software: Microsoft  OfPice,  Keynote,  Basic  InDesign  and  Final  Cut  Pro  

X  Skills,  Piktochart

social: Facebook  fan  pages,  Twitter,  Wordpress,  Bit.ly,  Google  Analytics  

Database: Quickbase,  Tessitura