Madelyn Chen Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pasadena, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Secondment from Davis Polk

New York, United States

1L LCLD Scholar

British Parliamentary Debate Format

• Winner of ’16 Corsairs British Parliamentary Debate Invitational and #2 speaker, Winner of ’16 USC California Cup, Varsity quarterfinalist in ’17 Cal APDA tournament and #4 speaker, Novice semifinalist and #8 novice.
• Lead recruitment and retention efforts, with a focus on increasing female representation
• Build up research files and remain updated about current events
• Utilize 15 minute preparation time before a round to construct case for assigned side with partner. Compete against three other teams of two, ranked from 1-4
• Judged and chaired at Morehouse USUDC 2016, national debate tournament

• Oversee and organize student press corps for high school and college conferences
• Create lesson plans and teach Model UN skills to 20+ students for 90 minutes every Friday afternoon
• Chair of Novice UNESCO for BruinMUN 2016, Vice-chair of SPQR for LAMUN ’15, Moderator of UNHRC for BruinMUN ’15
• Part-time staffer for 2016 UCLA Model UN Summer Institute, helped teach Model UN skills to high school students
• Won Distinguished Delegate Award as Iran on UNEP at SBIMUN ’15

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Compiled detailed notes during executive meetings regarding film slate, publicity budgets, and awards campaigns
• Maintained and updated press lists, publicity materials, screening reactions, and release calendars
• Assisted at film screenings and executive panels

Burbank, California

• Handled talent and press at San Diego Comic Con, escorted casts of Arrow and Young Justice to panels, signings, interviews
• Create publicity strategy for pilot show, take notes during EPK interviews, table reads on studio lot, set visits, award panels
• Centralize publicity assistant and intern info into comprehensive guides, conduct information interviews across departments

Beverly Hills

• Brainstormed advertisement ideas, including creative pitch for International Day of the Girl that ran in Variety
• Conducted agency counts and tracking, digitized paper archives, created press clippings
• Consolidated job information, resources, and tips into an intern guide to help future interns

• Boost social media (increased client’s IG engagement by 558%, created company IG elviegpr_ with 3,000+ followers/following <100). Take initiative to: create deck, edit CEO’s LinkedIn and bios, pitch to new clients
• Craft press releases, secure speaking engagements and media features for clients, consolidate media lists
• Research and reach out to celebrity guests for The Elvira Guzman Show, promote to press contacts and social media, execute taping logistics

Santa Monica

• Took initiative to create explanatory guide and consolidated materials for future interns, made pitching and hiatus calendars
• Pitched press kit ideas and show angles, assisted onsite at premieres and press junkets and created talent travel itineraries
• Compiled coverage reports and clippings for press releases, created Screeners pages for shows and talking points for talent

• Took initiative to reach out for opportunity, submitted clients for Breakdown Express roles, created client database consolidating information, demo reel notes, and submission tips to streamline Breakdowns process

Glendale

• Proactively created research template to compile celebrity info, transcribed tapings, accommodated interviewees in studio
• Wrote episode descriptions on Ora TV website, efficiently managed heavy research tasks, updated IMDB episode info

• Improved campus media by working with editors to develop shared resources, presented plans to board, appointed editors

• Manage press releases and social media, oversee student staff, edit written communications

• Provide detailed script coverage, story synopses, social media suggestions, and research

Interview subjects, write, and edit articles on influential women. Strategize ways to increase social followings

• Helped manage UCLA Alumni Mentor Program, answered emails, and organized information in Excel
• Conducted and presented research for UCLA Sharpe Fellows Program and Alumni Careers Program
• Edited speaker biographies for Self-Innovation Lab and developed efficient organization

• Oversaw youth group who met monthly with local politicians to discuss community-wide issues
• Contacted Congresspeople using research and perseverance, to gain their participation in awareness-raising events

• Researched charitable causes to generate student support for. Managed student representatives, served as liaison between statewide organization and local schools
• Organized book drive and beautifying project, supply drive for nonprofit, holiday donations drive, and chapter’s Fight Apathy event to raise awareness about socioeconomic and political issues

• Took initiative to reach out to HuffPost Teen editor about writing opportunities
• Brainstormed, wrote, and edited own stories about personal insights
• Gave blogging advice to teenagers who messaged question, and cultivated domestic and international contacts

Student paper/magazine Of Lowell High School In San Francisco

• Covered budget, curriculum, and sports beats. Wrote and edited news stories, features, op-eds, and profiles
• Researched and interviewed sources for stories, learned interview and information-collecting tactics

San Francisco Bay Area

• Advanced from novice to varsity level through the Golden Gate Speech Association within a year
• Created research database of current issues and events
• Utilized 20 minute preparation time with partner to construct case for assigned side at debate competitions

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Cum laude Dean's Scholar Prizes; Harvard Business Law Review - Senior Editor; Research Assistant; Negotiation Workshop Teaching Fellow.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Major, Concentration In Creative Writing, Film Minor

Magna cum laude UCLA Debate Union, UCLA Model United Nations