Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Currently I am working as the Atlanta Book Examiner at Examiner.com, developing and updating local interest stories about contemporary and classic literature and publishing them online about three times a week.

I have most recently worked with Cumulus Media Partners, Inc. at Q100 in Atlanta as a promotions intern where I developed relationships with local businesses and implemented promotional events at various venues. In addition to my internship with Q100, I interned with T.E.E.N. Diaries developing promotional campaigns, establishing national and local relationships for partnership with the Project Butterfly tour, creating a six-level sponsorship program for national partners of the Project Butterfly tour, and researching promotional swag as well as establishing a network of important national media figures.

I am seeking a position with a media company that concentrates on program research, development, and planning and entails field work with consumers and utilizes focus groups to garner pertinent data to build successful networks.

Work History

• Cumulus Media Partners, Inc.
• Q100 Promotions Intern
• July 2009 to Febuary 2010

• - Represented Q100 as an “ambassador” for all public events
  - Prepared, compiled, and organized documents in addition to verbally and orally communicating with administrators and maintaining professional manner through all endeavors within the organization and as a representative of Q100
  - Promoted Q100 through collaborative efforts with local businesses to market model searches, raffles, and other youth oriented events
  - Implemented unique lighting and displays for a city wide event attended by over four hundred people at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta
  - Creatively executed lighting designs and decorations for Q100 Office Party, which hosted approximately 800 individuals at The Loft in Atlanta, while also ensuring a controlled and safe environment for attendees and guest performers

• T.E.E.N. Diaries
• Marketing Intern
• October 2009 to Febuary 2010

• - Created and implemented programs to brand T.E.E.N. Diaries on a national scale through research of consumer base and developed relationships with national media outlets
  - Created and developed six sponsorship levels for T.E.E.N. Diaries’s Project Butterfly tour which detailed available advertising conduits through promotions, event duration, and event swag based on contribution
  - Identified and contacted numerous companies within the Atlanta area to market T.E.E.N. Diaries’s Project Butterfly tour for potential partnership/sponsorship while researching promotional swag, calculating expenses, and corresponding with marketing businesses to determine exact cost and quantity of appropriate items

• Metromix.com
• Writing Specialist
• Febuary 2008 to June 2009

• - Penned reviews of restaurants and bars and reported and photographed Athens events
  - Wrote short reviews for over 100 local eateries and venues to compile database for new entertainment website
  - Researched and reviewed musical acts performing in AthFest while reporting daily festival events; photographed performers, festival attendees, and artistic works for website content
  - Photographed and reported University of Georgia home football games including extra coverage on homecoming events and reunions
  - Identified and analyzed the key UGA and opponent match-ups for the 2008 NCAA football season

Education

• University of Georgia
• Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Telecommunication Arts, Minor: English
• 2005 - 2009