Work history
Account Coordinator
tags:
time management
• detail-oriented
How would you describe your time at Connecting Point Communicat...?
Account Coordinator at a busy San Francisco high-tech PR agency.
- Effectively managed priorities in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment to meet deadlines.
- Helped coordinate three successful high-tech product launches, including sending press releases via Businesswire and Cision, booking media interviews, tracking coverage and following up with reporters.
- Experience in both B2B and B2C technology
- Pitched high-tech products to media and ensured review units received.
- Proactively researched strategic public relations opportunities for clients with media, awards and conference speakers.
- Worked with print production house to create client documents such as clipbooks before deadline.
- Discovered a love of consumer technology (i.e. gadgets) and training/ mentoring younger staff.... 
Writer
tags:
blogger
• writer
How would you describe your time at Writing a book?
Administration Support
tags:
organization skills
• filing administration
• add website content
• multi tasking
• teamwork
How would you describe your time at The New Zealand Commerce Co...?
Filed every bit of information outgoing or incoming in both hard copy and electronically for Gas and later Electricity teams. Completely reorganized a huge jumble of files into easily-found folders with intuitive index to track.
Reduced and cleared six-month backlog of unsorted information. Supported first 4 and later 6 staff members. Put copy up on website. Wrote first process manual for role as well as introductory/ explanatory information for new staff members. Data entry and entry-level accounting/ quality assurance. Other administrative work as required such as ensuring Commissioners received important papers before meetings.
(And when I had some free time, ran up to Communications department and did a bit of media analysis for them to keep my skills up.)...
Communications Officer
tags:
internal communications
• admin assistant
• editing and proofreading
• media analysis
• writing
• public affairs
• research & analysis
How would you describe your time at Transit New Zealand?
Assisted Communications Manager and two Advisors in corporate communications support.
Wrote internal and external communications from media releases/ own research, including Transit's national magazine Intransit, and Transit's monthly Roadworks column for Truck and Driver magazine. Copy and developmental editing, media management and analysis of daily news articles, general administration tasks, general public inquiries....
Advertising Executive
tags:
b2b direct advertising sales
• appointment setter
• lead generation activities
How would you describe your time at Ad On Wheels?
Advertising sales position in small advertising agency. Market analysis and research, business-to-business account sales, lead generation, setting up appointments via telephone and email. Assisted Sales Manager with website and image development, edited proposals and other copy.
Education
Graduate
tags:
public relations
• communication audits
• strategic thinking
• crisis management
• political communication / med...
• perserverance
How would you describe your time at Massey University of New Ze...?
PostGraduate Diploma in Business and Administration, majoring in Communication Management
(i.e. equivalent to a US Masters degree, in PR / Communications.) Also did some strategic management studies.
Skill tags include some skills we were taught / did in assignments.
Graduate
tags:
media analysis
• perseverance
• social media analysis
• time management
• organization skills
• film analysis
• multi tasking
• report writing
• interpersonal skills
• technical knowledge
• editing and proofreading
• writing
• research & analysis
How would you describe your time at Victoria University Welling...?
Bachelor of Arts in Media and Film Studies.
Started off rather misguidedly in science and engineering but quickly decided it wasn't for me - however it has given me a decent technical understanding.
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