Tegan Marie Zimmerman

Current

• Assistant Account Executive at Vivid Ascent

Past

• Intern at Wheatley & Timmons
• Marketing and Public Relations Intern at Pomerantz Career Center
• President, University of Iowa Chapter at Public Relations Student Society of America

• CampusU Marketing and Public Relations Intern at Universal Pictures
• Founder and Public Relations Director at Sigma Alpha Pi, Society of Success and Leadership
• Public Relations Intern at Sarah Hall Productions, Inc.
• Public Relations Intern at The WiderNet Project
• Firm Director, University of Iowa Chapter at Public Relations Student Society of America

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Education

• University of Iowa

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Blog

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Summary

You can also connect with Tegan on Twitter @teganzimmerman or on her web site, http://teganzimmerman.weebly.com.

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Specialties:

CPG and B-to-B Marketing, media relations, online and print editorial outreach, strategic leverage of social media, basic web page creation, video production, pitching top tier media, branding, copy writing, new business, client management, design, basic SEO and creative thinking.

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Experience

• Assistant Account Executive

  Vivid Ascent

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Intern

  Wheatley & Timmons

  (Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2009 — September 2009 (5 months)

• Marketing and Public Relations Intern

  Pomerantz Career Center

  (Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — May 2009 (10 months)

  • Collaborated with Director of Marketing and Public Relations to brainstorm and implement marketing plans for Pomerantz Career Center
  • Managed all Career Center social media efforts including Facebook and spearheaded the Career Center Twitter account
  • Generated press releases about Career Center events and wrote the monthly student and employer newsletters
  • Constructed and executed marketing/promotional plans for Pomerantz Career Center future events
  • Oversaw Peer Advisor Recruitment campaign, resulting in the most applicants since the creation of the program

• President, University of Iowa Chapter

  Public Relations Student Society of America

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  • Established chapter goals and objectives and constantly reevaluated them throughout the year, resulting in double the amount of members
  • Oversaw all officers and led a student organization of 150 members
  • Wrote a proposal to the Communications Department resulting in the first ever PRSSA grant to attend the 2008 PRSSA National Conference
  • Coordinated and held all chapter events and maintained a knowledge of PRSSA procedures and ethics on a national/district/chapter level

• CampusU Marketing and Public Relations Intern

  Universal Pictures

  (Public Company; GE; Entertainment industry)

  December 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 6 months)

  • Invented a unique, grassroots marketing campaign tailored to the University of Iowa Campus for all movies and DVD releases
  • Brainstormed campaigns and established relationships with student groups to further promotion
  • Hosted and formulated pre-screening events of upcoming movies for students at off-campus movie theatres
  • Acquired and maintained relationships with local theatres and media

• Founder and Public Relations Director

  Sigma Alpha Pi, Society of Success and Leadership

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  December 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 6 months)

  • Founded local chapter of student organization to promote leadership and engagement among students
  • Formulated a publicity plan that attracted 145 members the first semester of organization activation on campus
  • Created recognition and branding for the society on campus through strategic communication materials

• Public Relations Intern

  Sarah Hall Productions, Inc.

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  • Conceptualized story ideas for clients and pitched them to national media outlets
  • Wrote monthly publicity reports for clients and written press material for new clients
  • Developed and updated media lists using Cision MediaSource
  • Created clip reports and congratulation notes for client placements
  • Participated in research for new business opportunities and client presentations

• Public Relations Intern

  The WiderNet Project

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  September 2007 — June 2008 (10 months)

  • Generated press releases to inform the media on new events and accomplishments
  • Compiled press kits to send to interested partners
  • Reorganized entire publicity database to increase productivity
  • Wrote the monthly newsletter and distributed it to partners and others in the field
  • Revised and formulated the WiderNet website to better project organization goals
  • Pitched stories to local and national media outlets to gain publicity

• Firm Director, University of Iowa Chapter

  Public Relations Student Society of America

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  • Guided a 40 person student-run firm, ”Ideal Communications”
  • Collaborated and established three clients for the firm to work for, resulting in partnerships through 2009
  • Developed a tailored publicity plan for every client and saw through their campaigns

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Education

• University of Iowa

  Bachelor's , Communication Studies and Journalism , 2005 — 2009

  Activities and Societies:

  Dance Marathon, Family Representative: 2008- 2009
  Chi Omega, Public Relations Committee: 2006 - 2009
  Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Member: 2007- 2009
  Public Relations Student Society of America, Official Member: 2005- 2009
  Dance Marathon Newsletter, Journalist: 2007-2008
  Dance Marathon, Dancer: 2005-2008
  Campus Activities Board, Public Relations Committee: 2006- 2008

Additional Information

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Websites:

• My Blog

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Interests:

Horseback riding, snowboarding, reading, blogging, being active, and family.

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Groups:

PRSA Young Professionals

•    University of Iowa Alumni Networking
•    Chicago Young Professionals
•    Iowa Hawkeyes
•    Tweeple
•    Chi Omega Fraternity
•    PRSSA
•    University of Iowa Alumni Association Network
•    PRSA Chicago Young Professionals Network
•    #PRintern | #EntryPR
•    University of Iowa PRSSA
•    Social Media Recruiting Group

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Honors:

• 2009 Graduate of the Career Leadership Academy: Studied and applied leadership theories over the course of 4 semesters

• 2009 Chi Omega Founder's Society Award: Granted to members with top grades in the chapter

• 2008 Lambda Pi Eta Scholar: highest honor awarded to top students in Communication Studies by the National Communication Association

• 2008 Career and Leadership Panelist: chosen to mentor students and provide advice on how to become involved on campus and develop leadership skills

• Featured in “Iowa Journalist” about experiences and leadership in public relations

• University of Iowa Dean’s List: Five semesters

Tegan Marie Zimmerman’s Contact Settings

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