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AMELIA WRIGHT CONTACT EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP & INVOLVEMENT May 2016- August 2016 April 2015- May 2016 Sept. 2014- Oct. 2016 May 2015- August 2015 Gonzaga University Class of 2017, Spokane, WA Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations, May 2017 Minor: Promotions Concentration: Leadership GPA : 3.83, President's List: 6 Semesters National Communications Honor Society March 2016- Present Oct. 2013- Present Sept. 2015- April 2016 Oct. 2015- April 2016 April 2015- April 2016 WordPress, AP Style, Hootsuite, Canva Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word Social Media (Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter) Organized, collaborative, creative, detail-oriented, outgoing Aims to beat deadlines, ESFP (Meyers-Briggs Personality Type) SKILLS & STRENGTHS Public Relations Intern Let It Shine Media, Spokane, WA -Promote Jamaican non-profit organization Great Shape! Inc. and Spokane PR firm Let It Shine Media via press releases, social media marketing and management, networking, and blog writing -Conduct weekly Public Relations research presentations -Recruit Great Shape! Inc. volunteers and Let It Shine Media clients via traditional Public Relations tactics Community Relations Intern Gonzaga University Student Involvement & Leadership, Spokane, WA -Direct weekly Snapchat campaign in partnership with the Gonzaga University MarCom Dept. -Communicate with fellow interns, the Gonzaga student body, the office of Student Involvement & Leadership, and clubs and organizations Public Relations/Social Media Director Gonzaga Bomb Squad, Spokane, WA -Creator of the Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts of the Gonzaga Bomb Squad hip-hop dance team (@gu_bombsquad) -Uphold the Gonzaga Bomb Squad brand on virtual and communicative levels Broadcast Journalism Intern KUTV 2News, Salt Lake City, Utah -Write news articles for the KUTV 2News website -Manage and create content for The Refresh's Facebook page and KUTV 2News site -Shadow off-site shoots, TV personalities, and producers -Produce/write three 5 p.m. news segments using iNews and Interplay -Engage in e-mail marketing Gonzaga University MSC Box #496 502 E. Boone Ave. Spokane, WA 99258 [email protected] | 801-870-6446 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameliawright214 http://ameliawright.foliotek.me/ CONTACT Gonzaga Bomb Squad Dance Team Captain Spokane, WA -Recruit, select, train, manage, motivate, and lead 26 hip- hop dancers and peers for performance, travel, and service purposes -Create marketing material for team events, develop and supervise team fundraising and executive board chairs -Collaborate with team coach, school administration, and faculty advisors in order to achieve team goals Comprehensive Leadership Program Spokane, WA -Member of Gonzaga’s interdisciplinary academic leadership program developing leaders for the common good Gonzaga Public Relations Student Society of America Secretary & ONE Campaign Executive Director Spokane, WA -Director of promotional efforts for the Gonzaga ONE Campaign -Aid in hosting and production of Public Relations- focused campus events, seminars, and guest speakers Volunteer Mentor Artisans Non-Profit Employment Support Services Spokane, WA -Mentorship to adults with intellectual and physical disabilities -Build meaningful relationships with mentee(s), nurture their career aspirations, holistic development, and discovery of leadership and social responsibility skills Setons of Gonzaga Service Organization Spokane, WA -Engage in service & leadership opportunities dedicated to building community within the greater Spokane area -Aid in production of annual Charity Ball, Charity Auction, and various charitable fundraisers and events -2015-2016 Junior Advisor Public Relations Campaign Writing for Public Relations Strategic Communications Media Law Leadership & Storytelling PR Internship Course Research Methods in PR Principles of Marketing Organizational Issues for PR PR Speech Writing & Delivery BA PUBLIC RELATIONS RELEVANT COURSES

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A M E L I A W R I G H T

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W O R K E X P E R I E N C E L E A D E R S H I P & I N V O L V E M E N T

May 2016-August 2016

April 2015-May 2016

Sept. 2014-Oct. 2016

May 2015-August 2015

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B a c h e l o r o f A r t s i n P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s , M a y 2 0 1 7

M i n o r : P r o m o t i o n s

C o n c e n t r a t i o n : L e a d e r s h i p

G P A : 3 . 8 3 , P r e s i d e n t ' s L i s t : 6 S e m e s t e r s

N a t i o n a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s H o n o r S o c i e t y

March 2016-Present

Oct. 2013-Present

Sept. 2015-April 2016

Oct. 2015-April 2016

April 2015-April 2016

WordPress, AP Style, Hootsuite, CanvaMicrosoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word Social Media (Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter) Organized, collaborative, creative, detail-oriented, outgoingAims to beat deadlines, ESFP (Meyers-Briggs Personality Type)

S K I L L S & S T R E N G T H S

Public Relations Intern Let It Shine Media, Spokane, WA-Promote Jamaican non-profit organizationGreat Shape! Inc. and Spokane PR firm Let ItShine Media via press releases, social mediamarketing and management, networking, andblog writing-Conduct weekly Public Relations researchpresentations -Recruit Great Shape! Inc. volunteers and Let ItShine Media clients via traditional PublicRelations tactics

Community Relations InternGonzaga University Student Involvement &Leadership, Spokane, WA-Direct weekly Snapchat campaign in partnershipwith the Gonzaga University MarCom Dept.-Communicate with fellow interns, the Gonzagastudent body, the office of Student Involvement& Leadership, and clubs and organizations

Public Relations/Social Media Director Gonzaga Bomb Squad, Spokane, WA-Creator of the Instagram, Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube accounts of the Gonzaga BombSquad hip-hop dance team (@gu_bombsquad) -Uphold the Gonzaga Bomb Squad brand onvirtual and communicative levels

Broadcast Journalism Intern KUTV 2News, Salt Lake City, Utah-Write news articles for the KUTV2News website-Manage and create content for The Refresh'sFacebook page and KUTV 2News site-Shadow off-site shoots, TV personalities,and producers -Produce/write three 5 p.m. news segmentsusing iNews and Interplay -Engage in e-mail marketing

Gonzaga University MSC Box #496

502 E. Boone Ave.

Spokane, WA 99258

[email protected] | 801-870-6446

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameliawright214

http://ameliawright.foliotek.me/

C O N T A C T

Gonzaga Bomb Squad Dance Team CaptainSpokane, WA-Recruit, select, train, manage, motivate, and lead 26 hip-hop dancers and peers for performance, travel, andservice purposes-Create marketing material for team events, developand supervise team fundraising and executive boardchairs-Collaborate with team coach, school administration,and faculty advisors in order to achieve team goals

Comprehensive Leadership Program Spokane, WA-Member of Gonzaga’s interdisciplinary academicleadership program developing leaders for the commongood

Gonzaga Public Relations Student Society of AmericaSecretary & ONE Campaign Executive Director Spokane, WA-Director of promotional efforts for theGonzaga ONE Campaign -Aid in hosting and production of Public Relations-focused campus events, seminars, and guest speakers

Volunteer MentorArtisans Non-Profit Employment Support ServicesSpokane, WA-Mentorship to adults with intellectual and physicaldisabilities-Build meaningful relationships with mentee(s), nurturetheir career aspirations, holistic development, anddiscovery of leadership and social responsibility skills

Setons of Gonzaga Service OrganizationSpokane, WA-Engage in service & leadership opportunities dedicatedto building community within the greater Spokane area-Aid in production of annual Charity Ball, CharityAuction, and various charitable fundraisers and events-2015-2016 Junior Advisor

Public Relations Campaign Writing for Public Relations

Strategic Communications Media Law

Leadership & Storytelling PR Internship Course

Research Methods in PR Principles of Marketing

Organizational Issues for PR PR Speech Writing & Delivery

B A P U B L I C R E L A T I O N S

R E L E V A N T C O U R S E S