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HELLO

THANKS 

FOR VISITING

MY WORK STORY

I am a motivated New Home Sales Consultant with StyleCraft Homes in Richmond, VA. I graduated from Virginia Tech in May 2016, Cum Laude with a degree in Public Relations and minors in Marketing and Real Estate. 

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During my time at Virginia Tech, I learned a lot about public relations and marketing, but I also learned a lot about myself. I learned that I love people: engaging them, communicating to them and understanding them. Through internships in industries that at first seemed foreign to me, I learned how to understand concepts and effectively communicate them to the public.

 

It was while working for The Health Wagon non-profit that I truly discovered my passion for success. I was chosen as the leader of six selected students completing a PR internship with The Health Wagon. My team was the sole PR force for the nationally recognized non-profit, previously featured on CBS 60 Minutes. I challenged my team to achieve our goals while encouraging a high standard of work. 

 

As an undergrad student, I also completed internships with New River Valley Bridals & Events as a lead campaign coordinator for the campaign Virginia is for Weddings where I led, planned and executed a summer-long campaign for the organization and mission. I also worked as a Public Affairs intern with A. Morton Thomas, a consultant civil engineering firm in Richmond, working closely with the Virginia Department of Transportation.

 

During my last year of school, I was a member of Virginia Tech Baja, (an engineering senior design team working to construct a single-seat off-road vehicle), as a PR and marketing team member. I worked to raise over $30,000 for the team to build the vehicle and finance competition fees and also promote the team as they competed in three sanctioned competitions in Kentucky, Tennessee and New York. 

EDUCATION

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

 

Public Relations Major

Special Studies in Marketing & Event Management, Real Estate

 

Graduation May 2016

 

Favorite thing about Blacksburg: Cheering on the Hokies and enjoying all four seasons (sometimes even in one day)

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Forrest Performance Group New Home Sales Training

 

Google Analytics Fundamentals

 

Adobe Creative Suite

 

iMovie

 

Microsoft Office

 

Wix, Wordpress, Strikingly

 

EXPERIENCE

New Home Sales Consultant

StyleCraft Homes of VA

May 2016 - present

 

Sell and manage Move-In Ready homes and To Be Built homes in the Richmond area, including Stone Ridge and the Townes at Stonewall Manor

 

Sales | marketing | Realtor relations | customer service | residential construction

PR & Marketing Team Member

Virginia Tech Baja SAE Engineering Team

August 2015 - May 2016

 

Organizing all PR and marketing efforts of the Baja team building an off-road racecar sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers

 

Raising over $30,000 in funds from sponsors for the production and development of the vehicle

 

Web design | graphic design | fundraising | grant writing | press kits

Public Affairs & Administrative Intern

A. Morton Thomas & Associates Consulting Engineers

May 2015 - August 2015

 

Informed the public of engineering projects within the Construction branch of the Virginia Department of Transportation

 

Handled over 250 citizen inquiries and complaints

 

Traffic alerts | press releases | feature writing

Campaign Coordinator & PR Intern

New River Valley Bridals & Events

April 2015 - August 2015

 

Coordinated Virginia is for Weddings campaign to promote the event planning industry by branding a DMV license plate

 

Created web content, garnered community support and petition signatures to create the license plate, hosted design competitions for plate design

 

Social media campaign | graphic design | branding | awareness

PR Project Manager

The Health Wagon

January 2015 - May 2015

 

Worked with The Health Wagon nonprofit featured on CBS 60 Minutes on a semester-long program-sponsored internship as project manager of six selected students

 

Laid groundwork for 1st inaugural fundraising gala for 150 invited guests 

 

Press kits | fundraising | event planning | social media campaign 

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

REAL ESTATE COURSES

 

Principles of Real Estate

Real Estate Marketing

Residential Property Management

Multifamily Property Management

 

 

 

 

MARKETING & EVENT MANAGEMENT COURSES

 

Marketing Management

Advertising

Travel & Tourism Management

Meetings Management

Marketing Communications

Events Management

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS COURSES

 

Communication Law

Writing & Editing for Public Relations

Principles of PR

Public Relations Case Studies

Public Relations Campaigns

Visual Media

Persuasion

Social Media Theory & Practice

Digital Advocacy Campaigns

 

 

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't- you're right" -Henry Ford

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