7/27/2019 Shannen Laur's Resume

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 Shannen

Laur 

Contact

 Address: 130 University Drive Kent, OH

Phone: (412)889-6998 Email: slasur@kent.edu

Website: shannenlaur.weebly.comEducation

achelor of Science| Kent State University | Dec. 2014

Major: Public Relations

Experiencentern | Flash Communications | Kent State

• Currently work as an intern at FlashCommunications, an on-campus student PRagency and part of the UniversityCommunication & Marketing department.Duties included find story topics, conduct interviews, write and edit stories for the Kent State website, magazine and faculty newsletter.

ntern | All Occasions Party Rental | Pittsburgh, PA

• Served as the public relations and marketingintern from June through August 2013.Responsibilities included updating companyblog, employee newsletter, attending event set-ups and assisting with the creation of marketingmaterials. 

Reporter | Daily Kent Stater | Kent State

Served as a feature’s correspondent and the

beat reporter for the College of Communicationand Information for Kent State’s student -runnewspaper.

Assistant | Institutional Advancement | Kent State

Worked within the Institutional Advancement department at Kent State. Served as an assistant,performing clerical work and data entry fromAugust 2012- January 2013.

RelatedCourseworkLaw of Ad & PR | Fall 2013

• Learning the laws and regulations of different types of speech, First Amendment rights and how it applies toadvertising and public relationspractitioners.

Global Ad & PR | Spring 2013• Traveled to London with group of faculty-selected students. Conductedresearch on topic of choice in the publicrelations field and created a blog toshowcase work.

PR Online Tactics| Spring 2013• Created and maintained a blog. Learned

SEO and best practices for writing onthe web.

Media Relations & Publicity | Spring 2013• Prepared series of media kits and pressreleases for client of choice. Performedmedia monitoring for real-world client.

Print Beat Reporting | Spring 2012

• Served as the College of Communicationand Information beat reporter. Duties

PRSSA

• Elected as the Vice President of Fundraising for the 2013-2014 schoolyear for PRSSA Kent. Implemented asilent auction for homecoming that brought in over $2,000 for the chapter.

National Competition

Bateman Case Study Competition | Spring 2013

• Invited to work in a group of faculty-selected students to research, create,implement, and evaluate a real-world publicrelations case study for PRSSA’s National

Bateman Case Study Competition. Objectivewas to partner with a local school to reducechildhood bullying. Submitted case book tobe judged against 70 other universities