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Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Work directly with Marchon's portfolio of luxury eyewear brands including Valentino, Salvatore Ferragamo, Chloé, Emilio Pucci, Fendi, Jil Sander, Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Diane von Furstenberg, G-Star RAW, Lacoste.
• Responsible for all sample trafficking as well as maintaining relationships with editors at consumer and trade publications and other media outlets.
• Manage all of Marchon's social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. This includes content creation, scheduling/posting, and analytics.
• Write and distribute product and entertainment marketing press releases as well as manage and coordinate the seasonal press kit process.
• Coordinate and execute PR events such as annual Vogue Italia collaboration party, G-Star RAW NYFW Party, ACE Awards, Vision Expo East and West trade shows, etc.
• Attend shows at New York Fashion Week on behalf of Marchon to provide social media coverage.

Greater New York City Area

• Assist with idea generation and image research for Andrew Mukamal's website, Today's Look.
• Responsible for updating social media platforms to create a more interactive experience and increase the number of blog views.
• Correspond with and book featured guests for Today's Look.

New York, NY

• Responsible for sample trafficking and press clippings for high profile clients such as Pierre Hardy, Pomellato, Marchon Eyewear, and Superga.
• Worked New York SS ’12 and FW '12 Fashion Weeks at shows such as Proenza Schouler, Altuzarra, Narciso Rodriguez and Zero + Maria Cornejo as well as Versace for H&M. Responsibilities included creating press kits.
• Coordinated a 300+ person Superga gifting to editors and celebrities.
• Created seasonal portfolios of press clippings that were shown directly to clients and created trafficking spreadsheets for client's monthly reports.

New York, NY

• Responsible for Prada sample tracking for both the women's and men's collections in addition to helping with daily Prada press clippings.
• Created a new organizational system for an important media list spreadsheet.
• Corresponded with editors about sample returns,
• Showed initiative by asking my supervisors to teach me more about what they do and asking to sit in on meetings.

• emcBlue.com is a division of Executive Music Company.
• Wrote lifestyle articles geared towards young adults. Articles were written primarily about fashion but also on music and pop culture.
• Responsible for submitting articles three times a week which prepared me for working with a strict deadline.
• Was trained on WordPress as well as the editing process.

Hauppauge, NY

• Interned in the Sales, Operations, and Compliance departments.
• Responsible for completing reviews and special projects that were required for my departments to succeed and was relied on as an important team member.
• Learned valuable office skills such as time management, organization, communication, flexibility, and focus.
• Showed leadership by training other interns.
• Received intensive finance training as an intern that is usually reserved for top brokers. This included fixed income bond training, general economic training, as well as money management training.

New York, NY

• Contributing member of the photo department. I assisted at photo shoots, scouted locations, created contact sheets, pitched ideas, and helped with photography research.
• Responsible for corresponding with contacts on behalf of my superiors in a timely manner.
• Took part in information and training sessions with top editors and directors at the magazine, including the editor-in-chief.
• Pitched ideas for ways to improve the magazine in a meeting with the deputy editor.

Holbrook, NY

• Learned how to be an effective leader and was responsible for teaching and choreographing dance routines for high-level competition dancers
• Communication skills were pertinent when dealing with everyone from children and parents to other teachers
• Was pro-active in order to get dances completed by deadlines

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications, Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Lambda Pi Eta – National Communication Honor Society, Saint Joseph's College Service Circle, Dean's List.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Binghamton University Dance Team