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Work social media promotions for documentary fi lm Pioneers in Skirts.Directed by DGA winning director Ashley Maria this fi lm looks at thesetbacks women face in the workplace today. This is a fi lm for women bywomen and men. Help win IndieWire Project of the Week through social media promotions.Contacted and arranged for press during the successful Kickstarter campaignwhich raised $50,000. Published articles for PR Expanded, Project Women, Her Campus, The DailyTar Heel.In charge of university outreach- contacting student newspapers forarticles, informing college students about Pioneers in Skirts.

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Managed social media, Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedInWorked as a media correspondent at the 2013 GLOBSEC SecurityConference- Attended panels and recorded quotes from Dr. Brzezinski,among other political leaders which were distributed to all foreign andnational media outlets. Conducted promotional interviews for The Center for Foreign Affairsinterviewed U.S. Ambassador Theodore Sedgwick.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism, B.A. Public Relations Concentration Dec. 2016

International StudiesThe City University of Seattle-Bratislava, SlovakiaMarch 2013

A F F I L I A T I O N S

Academy of Television Arts andSciences Student Member2013 - Present

PRSSA Member2013-Present

L E A D E R S H I P

Public Relations

Social Media

Film/Entertainment

PR Writing

Published

S O C I A L M E D I A

Vice President- Tau Sigma

National Transfer Honor

Society May 2015-Present

T-Link: Transfer Mentor- New

Student and Carolina Parent

Programs Jan. 2015-Present

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Responded to emails, answered phones, worked new student orientationsfor 3,000 new students and 6,000 parents. Created welcome packets for freshman and transfer orientations. Refined leadership skills and gained skills necessary to work in an office.