RESUME

Experience

Social Media Marketing Intern

The Developing Professional

Remote

Created social content that accurately represented clients brand identities
Assisted in conducting research and developing strategies to increase audience engagement across all client accounts
Grew client social accounts from 37 followers to 1,071 followers in four months to raise overall brand awareness

Senior Advertising and Public Relations Intern

Akrete

Evanston, IL

Assisted account executives with multiple advertising projects (account strategy, creative and media planning)
Conducted research on new business opportunities and prepared account leads for new business meetings
Conducted market research within the cannabis industry to inform best practices for PR and advertising within the growing industry
Created client and Akrete social media to increase consumer and audience engagement (Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn)
Established a weekly newsletter on breaking news in the cannabis industry

Front-End Supervisor/Shift Lead

Fresh Farms International Market

Niles, IL

Supervise the floor by responding to all assistance calls in order to satisfy customers
Train over fifty new cashiers through a comprehensive training course to prepare them to perform on register

Banquet Server

Croatian Cultural Center

Chicago, IL

DePaul University

M.A., Public Relations and Advertising

Chicago, IL

DePaul University

B.A., Public Relations and Advertising

Chicago, IL

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)

MailChimp

Sprout Social

Google Analytics

Brand Strategy

Research

English (native)

Croatian (Fluent)

Serbian and Bosnian (Profecient)