Monday, December 3, 2007

Student seeking a Public Relations internship for the Spring 2008 semester.

Student seeking a Public Relations internship for the Spring 2008 semester.

Experience
Aug. 2007- Present Media Technology Assistant, St. Edward’s University Austin, TX

  • Troubleshooting and assisting faculty, students, and staff with technology problems and equipment in classrooms.


Consumer Marketing Intern, Texas Monthly, TX
  • Composed written correspondence in response to customer inquiries, requests and complaints.

  • Learned writing strategies for handling direct requests in a timely manner.

  • Assisted Advertising Researcher; created excel documents summarizing advertising statistics and demographics; created PowerPoint for advertising staff, using graph layouts.


Sales Associate/Shift Leader, Double Dave’s The Woodlands, TX
  • Provided quality customer service; supervised seven employees; handled sales/cashier transactions.


Activities & Recognition
  • Dean’s List, Fall 2006 and Spring 2007

  • SEU Public Relations Student Society of America- Local Liaison, 2007

  • SEU Communication Society Member, 2006-present

  • Double Dave’s Employee of the Month, August 2004


Skills
  • Mac and PC user, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint


MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS

Lauren Doak is a senior at St. Edward's University pursuing her bachelor's degree in Communication. She has been on the Dean's List for the past two semesters. She hopes she can apply what she has learned in her Public Relation's classes and gain valuable work experience. When Lauren is not in class or working in the Media Services office at school she enjoys biking around Austin, traveling and experiencing new cultures, and reading a good book.

RELATED LINKS

Lauren's PR Blog
This blog was created as a project for an Internet and Social Media for PR class.

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