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University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Bachelor of Science in Communication: expected May, 2009
Majors in Visual Communication and Spanish
Study Abroad in Granada, Spain May-June, 2008
EXPERIENCE
Direct Hit Solutions - Social Media Strategist 8/09 to present
- Maintain online presence for brands
- Regulate company and client profiles on social media networks
- Develop customized strategies for clients based on their target demographics
- Optimize web sites for search engine results using targeted keyowds
Self - Freelance web designer and video editor 5/09 to present
- Web design, logo design, package design
- Short-term or temporary video editing gigs
CSTV/CBS; University of Miami Athletics, Miami, FL - Web/video intern 8/08 to 5/09
- One of two interns that write, shoot, produce, edit video to put on www.hurricanesports.com
- Maintain certain aspects of hurricanesports.com according to the requests of the Athletic department
Special Olympics Live; 2009 World Winter Games, Boise, Idaho - Documentary producer, Webcasting team 2/09
- Worked on a documentary team to produce five documentary stories in five days during world games
- One of 30 University of Miami students chosen to produce a live site for families to follow the games
Apple Computers, Miami, FL - Campus Representative 2/07 to 12/08
- One of 500+ reps responsible for the advertisement of Apple products to students
- Worked remotely from managers in California, communicated/submitted activity reports via the internet.
Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Chicago, IL - Web Content Intern, Production Assistant 6/08 to 8/08
- Responsible for the redesign of an internal company portal.
- Only intern among a web team of four professional designers and programmers
CBS Network, The Early Show, South Beach, FL - Production Assistant 1/07
- Served as a temporary intern for The Early Show during Superbowl week
- Assisted in crowd control and placement
Rolling Green Country Club, Arlington Heights, IL - Server, 5/03 to 12/07
- Provided quality customer service to members and waited tables and assisted in food presentation.
- Waited tables and assisted in food presentation.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
- Special Olympics Unified Bowling partner
- Un Techo Para Mi Pais
- University of Miami Fun Day – special citizens spend a Saturday at UM
- Bi-weekly Earth Alert beach clean-ups – comb beach for trash
- University of Miami Cane-For-A-Day – host prospective student for a day
- Greeks & Goblins – underprivileged trick-or-treating
HONORS
- Dean’s List
- Henry King Stanford Academic Scholarship
- Mary Ann Lummis Bowyer Memorial Scholarship
- Rho Lambda Honor Society
- Order of Omega Honor Society
ACTIVITIES
- Delta Gamma Northwest Chicago alumni chapter
- Univeristy of Miami Alumni Circle
- Delta Gamma: Director of E-Communications, Director of Chapter Archives, Webmaster
- UMTV Executive Board: Webmaster
- Panhellenic Association: Vice President of Recruitment
- President’s 100: Student Ambassador
- Band of the Hour: Hurricanette Dancer
- UM Dance Marathon Inaugural Executive Board: Design/Media Chairperson
SKILLS
- Fluent in Spanish, working knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL)
- Web design skills—Dreamweaver and XHTML, Flash
- Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Quark Express, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier
- Videography and photography
- Mac and Windows platforms
- Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn
- Social bookmarking: Delicious, Reddit, Digg, Diigo, Faves, Propellers