Education
American University, Washington, D.C., May 2004
Major: Marketing, GPA: 3.42
Experience
Red Bull
Intern, Mobile Energy Team
Washington, D.C.: October 2003 through present
· Trained extensively on brand image and development, need recognition by Red Bull
· Educate potential consumers on product benefits
· Conduct customer need recognition to identify appropriate consumers
· Brainstorm methods to reach target consumers
· Collaborated with a team of five to launch a Post Office Campaign, involving 1,412 employees; over half were new users.
Lydian Wealth Management
Intern, ITG Department
Rockville, MD: May 2003 through August 2003
· Attention to detail: Reconciled statements, found missing stock prices, and performed data entry.
· Team work experience: served as liaison between software development and financial consultants to develop a software program to reduce paperwork processing time
MLC
Intern, ThreeSixty Solutions
Sydney, Australia: January 2003 through May 2003
· Work during study abroad in Australia
· Communications department of Financial Planning Organization
· Helped to create internal and external newsletters (weekly, biweekly and monthly): improved writing for targeted audience and formatted for readability
American University
Orientation Leader, New Student Services
Washington, DC: May 2002 through August 2002
· Selected as orientation leader to welcome more than 1,200 new freshmen to American University.
· Led groups of 20-25 students throughout a series of two-day orientations, focusing on academic preparation, diversity training, community building and alcohol awareness.
American Marketing Association
Vice President of Finance and Membership Fall 2003- Spring 2004
Chi Omega
Event planning experience; leadership position in Spring Recruitment 2004
Golden Key Society: Honor Society that recognizes outstanding scholarship, service and leadership senior year.
Initiated October 2003.