Work History

PR Graduate Placement, Boom Dialogue	01/07/2010 — 01/10/2010
London, UK http://www.boomdialogue.com Position: Account Executive Clients: Supermassive Games™ (Big Match Striker launch) Future Publishing (Golden Joystick Awards) Wells & Young’s (Courage Beer) Key responsibilities: Research conducted on web and over the phone Led and managed social media campaigns across all agency clients Monitored coverage and success of social media programmes Worked closely with A.D. and owner of the agency across all clients Exceeded client’s KPI’s and helped achieve contract extension Project managed promotional campaign involving supplier search, negotiation and creative packaging
PR Internship, Hai Media Group	01/08/2009 — 30/09/2009
London, UK www.haimedigroup.com Position: Intern Clients: EcoSmart Key responsibilities: Research for the most relevant bloggers and journalists (familiarity with Media Disc, Features Exec) Building lists based on Alexa Traffic Rank and Technorati Authority score Conducted outreach to US-based journalists and bloggers from the DIY / Lawn Care / Gardening / Green Lifestyle Market Segments Set up and established social media presence for the client (copy writing, content management): Twitter account – @GetEcoSMART Facebook Fan Page Flickr! Get EcoSMART
Work experience, Charity Children of the Andes (COTA)	01/03/2009 — 30/05/2009
London, UK www.childrenoftheandes.org Position: Event Organiser Key responsibilities: Assisted with organisation of a fundraising event ‘COTA Walk 2009’ and organisation of a photographic exhibition: Search for and contact of potential prize donors and sponsors (obtaining several valuable prizes) Constructing evaluation forms, ‘Thank You’ messages / emails Volunteering at the event – working closely with my supervisor and charity management, ensuring safety of the participants and a member of the start/finish welcome team Marketing/PR activities – copy writing for the website/social media, poster design, press release draft
Work experience, Eventrus Ltd.	01/03/2008 — 20/12/2008
London, UK www.eventrus.com Position: Event Executive Key responsibilities: Assisted with organisation of international conferences ‘Green Retail 2009’ and ‘Green Retail USA’, and UK only ‘Beauty Business 2008’ Compiling market research and creating a comprehensive database of potential speakers Constructing press releases Outreach to potential guest speakers Negotiating media partnership with several websites Front office position during the ‘Beauty Business’ conference – welcoming attendees, registration, assisting speakers, managing hotel staff
Part-time position, AC&C Ltd.	2004
Prague, Czech Republic Position: PA & Receptionist to the PR practitioners and agency management Key responsibilities: Handling incoming calls from journalists, clients, other companies and members of the public Collection and recording the incoming mail and fax Research and press monitoring during campaigns Assisted with organisation of events and PR stunts – designing marketing material, ensuring invitation distribution, giving out leaflets during the PR stunt, assisting my manager with some key tasks on the day