at Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Communications at Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Past
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- Production Assistant at Community Media Workshop
- Elections Worker at Dupage County Elections Commission
- Communications Intern at American Cancer Society
- National Marketing and Customer Relations Intern at Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Administrative Assistant/Event Planning Coordinator at Autism Society Illinois
- Intern at Lynn Hazan & Associates
- Education
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- Columbia College
- Eastern Illinois University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Online Media
- Websites
Lea Erwin’s Summary
Recent M.A. graduate with three years of professional communications experience involving marketing, public relations, content management and social media for profit and non-profit organizations. Strong writing skills with a background in editing content for the web and researching social media applications.
Lea Erwin’s Specialties:
Journalism or news writing
Web communications
Marketing communications
Non-profit communications
Public Relations
Project management
Social Media/New Media
Also continuing to freelance for online developmental disability publications and writing about disability rights and issues.
Lea Erwin’s Experience
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Communications
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Government Agency; Banking industry)
July 2009 — Present (6 months)
·Manage the Supervision and Regulation departments' internal website, serving 400 staff members.
·Post and edit at least 8 news articles daily and fulfill updates and site maintenance requests from staff daily.
·Manage weekly editorial meetings, work with S&R groups/teams on meeting their communication needs.
·Interview staff and write articles weekly for publication on the site.
·Provide support to management while renovating new internal website. -
Production Assistant
Community Media Workshop
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)
A non-for-profit organization specializing in working with other non-profits to improve their communication and media skills.
· Contributed to producing CAN-TV show and e-newsletter, in addition to editing and writing articles for the CMW Media Guide. -
Elections Worker
Dupage County Elections Commission
(Government Relations industry)
February 2009 — April 2009 (3 months)
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Communications Intern
American Cancer Society
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2008 — November 2008 (4 months)
Wrote and edited press releases, talking points, brochures and other PR materials for cancer fighting campaigns, and videos.
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National Marketing and Customer Relations Intern
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2007 — May 2008 (1 year )
· Used AP style for edits to editions of FedFlash, monthly newsletter.
· Collaborated with developers, content, design and management teams in organizing the year long process to renovate FRB Services site.
· Assisted Senior Communications Analyst in editing over 400 website pages. -
Administrative Assistant/Event Planning Coordinator
Autism Society Illinois
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
December 2005 — August 2006 (9 months)
Non-for profit organization specializing in helping to provide education and practical support to parents and families with autistic children.
· Organized and coordinated multiple major networking events (200+ in attendance) and oversaw other conferences, workshops and trainings.
· Established ASI as an on-site job training site for disabled students.
· Designed, wrote and dispatched brochures, invitations, letters and newsletters for events and updated databases of 2,000+ members. -
Intern
Lynn Hazan & Associates
(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)
2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
Lea Erwin’s Education
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Columbia College
Master of Arts , Journalism , 2009
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Eastern Illinois University
B.A. , Journalism, , 2002 — 2005
Also received a minor in Sociology
- Activities and Societies:
- Member of honor fraternity, Phi Sigma Pi, and entertainment editor at Daily Eastern News, also worked as staff writer and beat reporter. Worked on award winning college news station, WEIU-TV 51 which serves 12 counties as the news writer and on air reporter.
Additional Information
Lea Erwin’s Websites:
Lea Erwin’s Interests:
Journalism topics I like to cover include: Business, finance, the economy, politics, government budgets for non-profits, and special disability stories. In addition to journalism I also have an interest and experience in editorial work, public relations and marketing. I hope to one day work as a Communications Director covering PR, marketing and journalism with emphasis on budgets for a non-profit organization.
Lea Erwin’s Groups:
Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP)
Lea Erwin’s Honors:
While working at the Autism Society of Illinois (ASI) I was awarded by a local high school for implementing ASI as a job training site for students with disabilities.
I continue to maintain a 3.8 GPA and above while working towards my Masters Degree in Journalism.
Lea Erwin’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
