SHELBY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FREELANCE WRITER
Flint, MI | FLINTSIDE.COM | JULY 2015 - PRESENT

COX
Attend events and conduct interviews
Write community and feature stories

COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT
Mount Pleasant, MI | MPYF | JUNE 2016 DEC. 2016
Managed social media accounts and appearance of web-
site for Mt. Pleasants Rocket Youth Football League
Developed team Newsletters and emails informing fami-
lies and the community of sporting events
EDUCATION Attended organization board meetings to provide create a
new scope toward organizations future growth
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY PUBLIC RELATIONS SEMINAR INTERN
Mount Pleasant, MI Mount Pleasant, MI | CMU | JAN. 2016 - MAY 2016
Bachelor of Applied Arts, December 2016 Performed research analyses for Mercantile Bank to en-
MAJORS: Broadcasting & Cinematic Art and hance their student-to-bank relationship
Journalism: Public Relations Concentration Created social media accounts (Twitter and Instagram),
campaigns, and handled promotions for the Office of Diver-
sity Education at Central Michigan Universitys Annual Diver-
sity and Inclusion Symposium
SKILLS Helped coordinate and facilitate Central Michigan Universi-
tys Annual Diversity and Inclusion Symposium
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADOBE INDESIGN JOURNALISM INTERN
ADOBE AUDITION Dublin, Ireland | REACHOUT.COM | JUNE 2015 - AUG. 2016
GOOGLE DRIVE Wrote web content for their blog and social media ac-
iMOVIE counts, created fact sheets, and performed miscellaneous
MICROSOFT OFFICE tasks as instructed
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS Uploaded daily community stories to organization website
STRONG STORYTELLER Provided insight for company graphic design advancement
SHOOTING AND EDITING VIDEO/AUDIO and future branding events
WORDPRESS
WRITING AND COPY EDITING

CONTACT
shelby.cox@cmich.edu
shelbyccox.weebly.com
(810) 610-8395
linkedin.com/shelbyccox
WORK EXPERIENCE
MCDONALDS STREET TEAM MEMBER
Grand Rapids, MI | SEYFERTH PR | MAY 2014 - PRESENT
Promote McDonalds through social media, gathering feed-
back and utilizing data to better promote the brand at various
events across Michigan
Photograph community events to display corporate drive for
strong neighborhood impacts
COMMUNITY ASSISTANT
Mount Pleasant, MI | THE RESERVE | MAY 2016 - DEC 2016
Guided apartment complex tours to potential lesser as well as
oversaw property rentals
Promoted the property through on-campus interation with
students and social media
Exemplified great customer service in establishing corporate
relationship with residents