         DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS / ASSOCIATE ARTIST       Summary     Creative administrator and public relations coordinator offering administrative experience in both corporate and non-profit office environments. Dedicated and focused, adept at completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals.        Highlights          Mastery of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel)  Meticulous attention to detail  Windows, Mac OSX.   Business writing  Strong interpersonal skills  Understands grammar  Proofreading  Billing and coding      Proficiency in Outlook, Tessitura, Cision, Gorkana, Constant Contact software.  Self-directed  Professional and mature  Resourceful  Meeting planning  Report writing  Schedule management            Experience      Director of Public Relations / Associate Artist     Oct 2013   to   Current      Company Name   －   City  ,   State     Handled all media and public relations inquiries.  Extensive research and outreach to cultivate media connections.  Contacting media outlets, pitching interviews with company and cast members.  Writing and editing of press releases and promotional materials for productions.          Account Coordinator / Executive Assistant     Oct 2013   to   Oct 2013      Company Name   －   City  ,   State     Assistant to Senior Executive Vice President Marcia Horowitz, focus on crisis management   Extensive research and reporting - collecting daily media hits for clients and organizing them into reports   Easily managed busy phone and email traffic   Coordinated travel arrangements and expense billing for Ms. Horowitz  Arranged both in-house and off-site meetings, as well as catering if needed.  Keeping tabs on clients social media and web presence  Proofreading and editing of press releases and written statements to reporters   Interacting with members of the media on behalf of Ms. Horowitz.   Served as back-up for the assistants of Howard and Steven Rubenstein, President and Founder of the company.         Receptionist / Administrative Assistant     Jun 2012   to   Oct 2013      Company Name   －   City  ,   State     Served as liasion for visitors (many high profile) with building security   Handled heavy phone, in-person, and email traffic.  Arranged catering for large events, including celebrity luncheons, board meetings, product testing, and employee training.  Coded to department, scanned, organized and sent company invoices (from all branches) to accounts payable.  Maintained extensive records for off-site inventory of company-wide filing and storage system.         Assistant Store Manager     Dec 2010   to   Apr 2012      Company Name   －   City  ,   State     Started as Seasonal Sales in Washington DC, and worked way up to Assistant Store Manager of NYC Flagship   Generated impressive sales figures, we were regularly the top-selling store in the United States.  Communicated with customers, employees and other individuals to answer questions and explain information regarding product and sales.  Reported the store's financial performance every evening, in a report sent not only to US management, but to headquarters in London.  Reconciled and reported discrepancies found in records.  Trained new employees on brand focus and operations Implemented creative new displays   Worked alongside head of US PR in order to prepare for spring trunk shows, and arrange the loan of merchandise to magazines for publicity.         Office Coordinator     May 2010   to   Aug 2011      Company Name   －   City  ,   State     Served as first point of contact between instructors, parents and students for Duke University Summer Program   Managed the front desk, including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in-person requests for information.  Handled medical records, driver's log and vehicle check-out  Created a schedule for the airport pick-up and drop-off students in the program.  Dispersed incoming mail to correct recipients throughout the office.  Made copies, sent faxes and handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence.  Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents.  Received and screened a high volume of internal and external communications, including email and mail.  Also served as class instructor, created a syllabus for and taught classes akin to an introductory Theatre class at the college level.  Made a semester's worth of lesson plans, exercises, rehearsals,performances, and presentations for a class of 18 students          Education      Master of Arts     2008     The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama           Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media London, United Kingdom   Worked independently with other graduate students across disciplines to create work for the prestigious Source Festival.  Interned for play development workshop  The Fiend .   Specialized coursework geared towards copywriting, script reading, and development.         Bachelor of Science     2004     Skidmore College          GPA:   Cum Laude Graduated with Departmental Honors     Theatre Saratoga Springs, New York, United States   Member of The Ad-Liberal Artists, Skidmore's finest (and only) improv team.   Multi-year participant in the National College Comedy Festival.   Graduated Cum Laude, with Departmental Honors         Interests    All aspects of theatre, especially performance and playwriting, volleyball, kayaking, music, reading, hiking, swimming, blogging      Skills      Accounts payable  Copywriting  Crisis management  Editing and proofreading  Research  Filing  Inventory  Mac, PC, Excel, Microsoft Office programs, Office, Outlook, Windows, Word  Organizing  Promotional materials        Additional Information      Interested in all aspects of theatre, especially performance and playwriting, volleyball, kayaking, music, reading, hiking, swimming, blogging     