Project Assistant at APCO Worldwide
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Project Assistant at APCO Worldwide
Washington D.C. Metro Area
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
June 2008 — Present (6 months)
(Online Media industry)
March 2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 5 months)
My focus at the Mine Action Information Center was on writing and editing articles for the biannual Journal of Mine Action, an international publication about issues related to explosive remnants of war. I would assist with other grant-funded projects, including the 2006-2007 To Walk the Earth in Safety, the U.S. Department of State's annual report on Humanitarian Mine Action, and the e-book Adaptive Technology Catalog.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)
The Communication Resource Center at the James Madison University is a public speaking tutoring center for students and faculty. As a student speech consultant, I would help individuals prepare for presentations and public speaking engagements. This would range from developing speeches and creating presentation visuals to working on actual speech delivery.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 1 month)
I worked with other editors to manage the process of creating a 400-page publication distributed to students and faculty at JMU. In addition to promoting events on-campus, I also wrote and edited articles.
The Bluestone 2008 is the 99th yearbook of James Madison University.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
BA, Communication studies and media arts & design, 2004 — 2008
School of Communication Studies Public Relations Student of the Year, 2008