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Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

- Built a communication and public relations strategy from the ground up that resulted in front page regional newspaper coverage- Fostered communication between the firm and government officials and agents to ensure timely and effective response to those in need during disaster response.

• Developed campaign and media strategy, messaging and branding to target and penetrate specific demographics for local campaigns; identified and optimized marketing and advertising venues.
• Collaborated with communications director to determine media strategy including identifying top press opportunities to pursue; developed and prioritized discussion topics for gaining the most leverage.
• Assisted with data collection and interpretation for a successful mayoral campaign focusing on voter turnout rates, economic trends, and demographics; pulled database queries using SQL to produce statistics valuable to.
• Developed content for press releases, blog, videos, radio advertisements, television, speeches, and social media; wrote copy and edited copy.
• Planned press conferences and fielded media requests.
• Created coalitions through talking with church leaders and liberal groups in the community and keeping them up to date on legislation.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area

• Supervised print shop with $500K in sales and up to 15 employees including printers, screen techs, artists, and sales representatives ensuring that customer orders were filled accurately and on schedule.
• Managed multiple customer orders simultaneously to ensure the most efficient use of resources while retaining flexibility and meeting multi-tiered deadlines.
• Oversaw all aspects of production including customer service, art creation, ordering, quality control, post-sale, proofreading, and editing from inception to completion.
• Increased productivity by 20% through training employees on new production methods and reconfiguring workflow.
• Increased revenue by 50% through community outreach, marketing campaigns, public relations, cold calling, and social media.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area

• Assisted with research including collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data on the economic impact of entertainment statutes in New Orleans, Louisiana, and their influence on local economics and Senate races.
• Researched laws, socio-economic impact, and likely impact of proposed legislation, and predicted how it would impact industry or citizens to help promote or defeat laws.
• Created class outlines, lectured, and conducted classes.
• Advised students on research methods and data sources as related to their research papers and class projects.
• Represented University of Mississippi at the Southern Political Science Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• Awarded “Best Research Abstract” in the Liberal Arts Department.My research focused on the variability of policy positions in legislative races, specifically in states dominated by a single political party. Immigration.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Political Science And Government, 3.93

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha, SPSAPrimary Field of Study: American Politics Subfields: International Law and Organizations.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science

Major in Politics, Minor in Latin