Resume 512014.doc

Kaycia Sailsman 682 Ralph Avenue, Apt. 4A Brooklyn, NY 11212 Cell: 3474454795 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION State University of New York at New Paltz Major: Journalism Minors: Black Studies and Film and Video studies Anticipated Graduation: May 17, 2015 Cardiff University, Cardiff Wales Study Abroad experience, Fall 2014, Journalism, Media, and Cultural studies Blogged about my experience in Cardiff for the International office at New Paltz WORK EXPERIENCE DAP Media Group, LLC, Public Relations Intern (01-2015- Present) Create content for the online magazine Haute and Trendy Aggregate topics through social media and my own interest Conducting interviews over the phone Queens Chronicle, Intern Reporter (06/2014- 08/2014) Conducted in-person and phone interviews Generated articles from press releases Utilized Twitter to promote articles Got experience reporting on a hyper local level New Paltz Oracle (Staff Writer) (10/08/2011-2013) Responsible for contributing weekly articles due every Sunday Learned Associated Press style writing Prepared articles in different writing styles associated with different sections Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Peer Mentor (08/19/12- 12/19/12) Assisted first-years in becoming acclimated with campus life Acted paraprofessional between my mentees and their assigned advisor Kept track of their mandated eight meetings during their first semester Created a mentee/mentor bond MTA East Side Access Project (Communications Intern) (07/08/2011- 08/09/2011) Updated Employee Roster on the project intranet Took photos of new employees and sized them for IDs and intranet introductions

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Kaycia Sailsman

682 Ralph Avenue, Apt. 4A

Brooklyn, NY 11212

Cell: 3474454795Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION TC \l1 " State University of New York at New Paltz Major: Journalism Minors: Black Studies and Film and Video studies Anticipated Graduation: May 17, 2015Cardiff University, Cardiff Wales Study Abroad experience, Fall 2014, Journalism, Media, and Cultural studies Blogged about my experience in Cardiff for the International office at New PaltzWORK EXPERIENCE DAP Media Group, LLC, Public Relations Intern

(01-2015-Present) Create content for the online magazine Haute and Trendy

Aggregate topics through social media and my own interest Conducting interviews over the phoneQueens Chronicle, Intern Reporter

(06/2014-08/2014)

Conducted in-person and phone interviews

Generated articles from press releases

Utilized Twitter to promote articles

Got experience reporting on a hyper local levelNew Paltz Oracle (Staff Writer)

(10/08/2011-2013) Responsible for contributing weekly articles due every Sunday Learned Associated Press style writing Prepared articles in different writing styles associated with different sectionsEducational Opportunity Program (EOP) Peer Mentor

(08/19/12-12/19/12) Assisted first-years in becoming acclimated with campus life Acted paraprofessional between my mentees and their assigned advisor Kept track of their mandated eight meetings during their first semester Created a mentee/mentor bondMTA East Side Access Project (Communications Intern) (07/08/2011- 08/09/2011) Updated Employee Roster on the project intranet Took photos of new employees and sized them for IDs and intranet introductions Set up video and audio equipment for conferences and meetings Updated the office gallery with current site photos Conducted interviews and Prepared articles for the ESA intranet Skills

Adobe Creative Suite (Audition, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, ) Avid Media Composer Publishing content using the blogging site WordPress Microsoft (Word and PowerPoint)Accomplishment SUNY Certificate of Academic Achievement (04/2012) Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society

(04/2013) Global Scholar Recipient

(04/2014) Jim Fredricks Scholarship Recipient (04/2014)