Kara (Kerwin) Kane

Current

Director of Communications at Medaille College

Past

Assistant Director of Communications / Web Editor at Medaille College
Assistant Director of Electronic Media at Hamilton College
Teaching Assistant and Instructor at State University of New York at Buffalo

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Education

State University of New York at Buffalo
Le Moyne College
East Syracuse Minoa High School

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Kara (Kerwin) Kane’s Summary

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Kara (Kerwin) Kane’s Specialties:

copywriting/editing, public and media relations, web design and development, blogs, advertising/marketing, social media, graphic design, project management, information architecture, search engine optimization, fluent in HTML/XHTML and CSS

Kara (Kerwin) Kane’s Experience

Director of Communications

Medaille College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

Manage communication efforts across three college campuses; support admissions, retention and development communications; produce electronic and print publications; manage marketing, branding and promotional projects; lead public relations, media relations and social media outreach; assess communication and advertising projects; supervise web initiatives.

And other duties as assigned.
Assistant Director of Communications / Web Editor

Medaille College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2005 — February 2009 (3 years 10 months)

Direct and create content – text, graphics, images, features - on official College Web pages, including www.medaille.edu, www.experiencemedaille.com, and www.medaillenews.com; write and organize content for every campus office and department; advise departments and offices on promoting programs for internal and external audiences; create and maintain code and content with Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop; promote faculty accomplishments, student achievements, and campus events internally and externally; produce written features, press releases and content for print publications.
Assistant Director of Electronic Media

Hamilton College

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Teaching Assistant and Instructor

State University of New York at Buffalo

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

August 2001 — July 2003 (2 years )

Instructed undergraduates in introduction to communication, principles of persuasion, and media in the information age.

Kara (Kerwin) Kane’s Education

State University of New York at Buffalo

MA , Communication , 2001 — 2005

- teaching assistant for COM 101, intro to communication
- taught sections of two courses: Media in the Information Age, and Principles of Persuasion
- graduate coursework focused on communication theory, mass media, and technology
- master's thesis analyzed the use of hyperlinks on weblogs
Le Moyne College

BA , political science and history , 1997 — 2001

- completed the Integral Honors curriculum
- honors thesis was on globalization and genocide in Rwanda
East Syracuse Minoa High School

HS Diploma , Regents , 1994 — 1997

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Kara (Kerwin) Kane’s Interests:

professional: web design and development, writing, editing, fonts, social networks, public relations personal: home improvement projects, sailing, skiing, cooking