Claire Breen (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

Oakland, Ca, Us

Oakland, California, United States

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created content for The Hill’s events including policy briefings, roundtable discussions, and newsmaker interviews• Spearheaded and conducted a yearly speaker diversity report to assess the diversity of speakers for all events in 2018, showing the areas we could be doing better, and made suggestions for ways we could improve for the following year • Developed the concept for The Hill’s first ever Women’s History Month event, which focused on the women making history in the 116th Congress• Ensured that content development for all events adheres to The Hill’s event guidelines that emphasize a balanced view of sectors and perspectives• Collaborated closely with the newsroom to craft compelling and newsworthy content• Served as a content liaison with clients• Led targeted speaker recruitment for events on a wide range of topics in the policy and politics sphere• Worked closely with and support the logistics team from event concept to execution• Wrote content proposals and work with the Executive Producer to develop new innovative event ideas

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Worked as a producer with different podcasts and newsmagazines such as How I Built This, Pop Culture Happy Hour, and Weekend Edition• Edited news stories for the most-listened to news shows in the country• Pre-interviewed guests, prepared interview material, and wrote corresponding questions for hosts• Gathered and managed assets for the web builds of podcast episodes• Produced news stories for air as well as full-length podcast episodes• Wrote and managed all social media for How I Built This• Wrote promotional copy for How I Built This live tour including 30 second host-read promos for radio, • Coordinated multi-city live tour for the podcast How I Built This, working with internal & external stakeholders• Acted as a liaison between NPR's programming and events teams• Booked guests for How I Built This live tour including Jonah Peretti of BuzzFeed and Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman of Reddit• Scripted intro and outro cards for host during live events

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Was the inaugural How I Built This with Guy Raz intern • Conducted interviews with entrepreneurs, and produced weekly "How You Built That" segment• Pitched ideas for episodes•Booked guests & compiled research packets• Created & scheduled social media content • Created handbook for future How I Built This interns

Berkeley, Ca

• Served as the the coordinating link between the phone room and the on-air studios during KPFA's fund drive• Tracked and managed daily donations using a database • Answered phone calls and spoke with potential donors • Assisted volunteers in the phone room• Wrote copy for on-air fund drive updates

Berkeley, California

• Edited audio using Sony Sound Forge & Adobe Audition• Wrote and managed social media• Updated website using Wordpress • Booked and pre-interviewed guests • Pitched ideas at daily editorial meetings • Prepared runsheets for live show • Engineered recording sessions• Reported stories for KPFA's newscast

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Pitched news stories at weekly meetings • Reported news stories that air during KCSB's weekday newscast• Interviewed relevant subjects • Edited audio using Audacity software

Santa Barbara, California

• Prepared weekly playlists according to a theme• Hosted and interviewed musicians on air • Produced public service announcements • Found/reviewed new music• Volunteered at concerts/events to promote KCSB• Participated in KCSB's annual fund drive by writing personal pitches & working the phone bank

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Pitched and wrote stories ranging from news to arts & entertainment

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Acted as a special event coordinator for PPSBVSLO's participation in Capitol Day 2016• Helped recruit participants, successfully recruiting a record # of participants from the PPSBVSLO affiliate (~40)• Coordinated & booked transportation, lodging, and meals for participants • Budgeted logistics using Excel and Google Sheets• Assisted Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California (PPAC) with special needs and requests• Attended Capitol Day and assisted as necessary

Oakland, Ca

• Created a content calendar & managed Intern Tumblr• Led an intern Twitter takeover of the @Pandora account• Planned programmatic intern events, ranging from ping pong tournaments to speaker series & final presentations• Facilitated focus groups with all 70 interns and reported back to team • Acted as a point of contact between fellow interns & the university recruiting team• Created a communication plan between the university recruiting team, hiring managers, & the greater company

Santa Barbara, California

• Received training about issues of interpersonal violence• Learned how to be an advocate for survivors of sexual assault• Planned an on campus event about issues surrounding sexual assault• Promoted event by designing and distributing fliers • Worked with a budget in order to cover guest speaker, food, fliers, space reservation, etc.

Palo Alto, Ca

• Researched prospective progressive female candidates to run for California state legislature• Profiled assembly and senate districts• Wrote articles for Close the Gap’s blog. 

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Researched, compiled information, and generated statistical charts on current women in state legislature and congress• Created informative power points that promote women in politics.

Master Of Arts, Teaching

Bachelor'S Degree, Global Studies, Feminist Studies

Activities and Societies: College of Letters and Science Honors Program, UCSB KCSB-91.9 FM, Planned Parenthood Generation Action.

Spanish Language

Intensive Spanish Language study abroad program Fall semseter 2014