Meg Roberts

Current

• Promotions Associate at New Media Strategies
• Contributing Blogger at Brazen Careerist

Past

• Intern at VOX Global Mandate/ Fleishman Hillard
• Intern at VOX Global
• Director of Marketing and Public Affairs at University of South Florida Student Government

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Education

• University of South Florida
• Elon University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Meg

Connections

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Meg Roberts’s Summary

Meg prides herself on being a young communicator with a grasp of the digital space. She is passionate about social media and the dynamic conversations it encourages between corporations and consumers, and is eager to share this passion with others in the field. To enhance her knowledge of social media, Meg started her own blog where she discusses current issues in public relations, social media, and communications. Her blog, PR Interactive, now averages over 300 hits a day and has been linked to by top blogs such as PR Squared, Read Write Web, and Stowe Boyd's Message. She was one of 50 young professionals chosen to contribute to a group blog hosted by Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist.

Meg graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in mass communications and a concentration in public relations. She was also a recipient of the prestigious School of Mass Communication scholarship for excellence, as well as the 2nd Place winner of the 2008 Daniel J. Edelman/PRSSA award for Outstanding Public Relations Student.

Meg Roberts’s Specialties:

social media marketing, digital PR, blogging, design, internal communications, professional writing, international relations, conversational Spanish language, government relations, media relations, public affairs, speech writing, media analysis

Meg Roberts’s Experience

• Promotions Associate

  New Media Strategies

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

• Contributing Blogger

  Brazen Careerist

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

• Intern

  VOX Global Mandate/ Fleishman Hillard

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2008 — September 2008 (5 months)

• Intern

  VOX Global

  (Public Company; omc; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Director of Marketing and Public Affairs

  University of South Florida Student Government

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  November 2007 — May 2008 (7 months)

Meg Roberts’s Education

• University of South Florida

  2005 — 2008

• Elon University

  Corporate Communications 2004 — 2005

Additional Information

Meg Roberts’s Interests:

writing, reading, big cities, the beach, traveling, architecture, history, sports, Spanish culture, the Latin Quarter in Paris

Meg Roberts’s Groups:

University of South Florida, Ronald McDonald House Volunteers, Public Relations Society of America

•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Event Planning & Management - the 1st Group for Event Planners
•    Network of PR Professionals
•    PR Professionals
•    Refresh DC
•    Fleishman-Hillard Employees and Alumni
•    Social Media Club DC (SMC-DC)
•    Twitter for Communicators
•    #PRintern | #EntryPR

Meg Roberts’s Honors:

Full Academic Scholarship from the state of Florida 2004-2008
Runner Up Prize Winner in Daniel J. Edelman/PRSSA Award for Outstanding Public Relations Student
John and Jerry Wing Alexander Endowed Scholarship 2007-2008
Dean's List 2004-2008
Top 10 Finalist for the Outstanding Senior Award at USF

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