Randi Mason

Current

• Research Librarian at Public Relations Society of America
• Research Librarian at PRSA

Past

• Research Librarian at Center for Marketing Intelligence, Interpublic
• Librarian at Condé Nast Publications
• Research Librarian at WeberShandwick

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Education

• Saint John's University
• Pennsylvania State University

Connections

95 connections

Industry

Information Services

Randi Mason’s Summary

Research librarian with exceptional investigative and analytical abilities, communications expertise, and strong customer service skills.

Randi Mason’s Specialties:

LexisNexis, OCLC, Factiva, NewsEdge, ProQuest, Dialog, Profound, InMagic DBTextworks, Westlaw, Hoovers, D&B, Investext, Bloomberg, EDGAR, Forrester, Gartner, IDC, Jupiter, META, Yankee, Euromonitor, Mintel, Intelliscope, Datamonitor, Yankelovich, RoperASW, Ovid, MEDLINE.

Randi Mason’s Experience

• Research Librarian

  Public Relations Society of America

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  October 2004 — Present (4 years 1 month)

  Provide in-depth research for the members of the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals, in addition to providing ready reference for over 200 members of the general public on a monthly basis

• Research Librarian

  PRSA

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

  October 2004 — Present (4 years 1 month)

  Provide in-depth research for the members of the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals, in addition to providing ready reference for over 200 members of the general public on a monthly basis

• Research Librarian

  Center for Marketing Intelligence, Interpublic

  (Public Company; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2004 — September 2004 (9 months)

  Created information packages on demand by providing written analysis of business and marketing trends, as well as abstracting and compiling relevant analyst reports and articles, in order to serve the information needs of Interpublic, the third largest group of global advertising and communications practices, and its subsidiaries.

• Librarian

  Condé Nast Publications

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  October 2003 — December 2003 (3 months)

  Utilized proprietary and commercial databases, as well as print resources, to quickly and accurately accommodate the research requests of the marketing and news departments within the varied Condé Nast publications, including Vanity Fair, GQ, and Vogue. (Contract position)

• Research Librarian

  WeberShandwick

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 2000 — August 2003 (3 years 3 months)

  Provided research services for over 100 users, delivering critical industry information on key practice areas. Performed database searches, supplied competitive intelligence and monitored media for client mentions, enabling practice teams to concentrate on marketing and promotional efforts. Maintained periodical and reference library.

Randi Mason’s Education

• Saint John's University

  Masters, Library Science, 2000 — 2004

• Pennsylvania State University

  Bachelors, Psychology, 1986 — 1990

Randi Mason’s Contact Settings

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