Laurn Jones

8105 Port Tobacco Road, Port Tobacco, MD 20677 Email: la.jones23@yahoo.com

Work Experience
Marketing Intern at Green Buzz Agency June 2012December 2012 Increased website traffic by 15 percent by posting and promoting blog posts three to four days a week Created and wrote the GBA Weekly, a weekly blog post tailored to marketing decision-makers that included social media trends, online video analyses and feature stories on startups Edited guest blog posts from marketing decision makers, including vice presidents from Blackboard, Ogilvy and Edelman Conducted video interviews for the Green Buzz Agency blog with communication professionals, including Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress, and Adam Nelson, a three-time Olympic athlete Collaborated with team members to brainstorm creative, innovative ideas for video pitches to clients Organized Green Buzz Agencys first Twitter chat, in which the company founder answered v ideo production questions for 16 participants Recruited Kinjil Parikh, the vice president of digital marketing at Saks Fifth Avenue, to be a speaker at Whats Next DC 2013 Social Media Intern at Y? Entertainment Increased Facebook reach by 30 percent with weekly blog links and content updates Established a Wedding Wednesday blog and wrote the weekly wedding trend blog posts January 2012August 2012

Blogger for thedcladies.com December 2011June 2012 Contributed biweekly blog posts specifically targeted to Washington, D.C., area college women Accumulated the most Facebook likes on blog posts out of all Collegiate Club contributors, including 19 likes for most recent post

Education
University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain Bachelor of Arts, Communication University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Honors College, University Honors Program Overall GPA 3.8 Spring 2013 Anticipated May 2014

Public Relations Techniques Fall 2012 Wrote public relations documents including press releases, fact sheets and memos for a fictional non-profit organization News Editing for Public Relations Spring 2012 Created a newsletter and a promotional video using own writing, photography and video skills Teaching Assistant for News Writing and Reporting for Public Relations Spring 2012 Edited students news and feature stories for proper grammar, spelling, punctuation and AP style

Activities and Awards

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Recipient Grunig Lecture Publicity Coordinator PRSA MD Kathleen Kelly Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient Public Relations Student Society of America, Membership Outreach Coordinator UMD Treblemakers a cappella group, Music Director Spring 2013 Fall 2012 Spring 2012 September 2011December 2012 September 2010December 2012

Skills
Social media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Foursquare, Instagram, Flickr Adobe InDesign, iMovie, Google Analytics, Microsoft Office, WordPress Intermediate knowledge in Spanish PhotographyPhoto blog: http://throughrenslens.tumblr.com/