Marketing / Advertising / Public Relations
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Chance Braithwait
145-87 21st Street
Bevins, NY 55555
555-555-5555
cbraith@anydomain.com

Objective: Management Level in Marketing/Advertising and Public Relations

Profile

Enthusiastic, resourceful, and trainable recent graduate with academic background in communications and internship experience as Communications' Program teachers' assistant.

Offer old-fashioned work-ethic and excellent prioritization abilities developed through balancing of rigorous academic and employment objectives throughout high school and college years.

Professionally committed and responsible. Adapt easily to new situations. Successfully handle a wide range of functions using a combination of creative, organizational, and writing skills.

Maintain focus in demanding work environments, under deadline and pressure conditions. Meet challenges head-on and always find a way to effectively complete multiple assignments or tasks.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Marketing
Post University, Greenmail, NY                                      2003

Courses included Introduction to Public Relations, Message Criticism, Advanced Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communications, Organizational Communication, and Persuasion.

Internship

Teachers' Assistant Post University, Greenmail, NY        2002

Assisted professors in planning, teaching, and record-keeping for forty-two students in two Communications classes: Interpersonal Communication and Group Interaction and Discussion.

Tutored students daily and taught one day per week.

Wrote study guides and held review sessions. Aided in preparation of professors' lesson plans and prepared lesson plans for own teaching. Served as liaison between students and teachers. Kept teachers' attendance records and grade book.

Originally suggested internship to one professor and pursued existing opportunity with the other. Received excellent evaluations from each teacher and from students.

Computer and Communication Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel. Work in PC and Mac environments. Accomplished writer, editor, and public speaker. Conversant in Spanish.

Employment

Donways Grocery
Deli Clerk
Flowerside, NY
1999

Theater in the Round
Theater Attendant
Flowerside, NY
1998 to 1999

St. John’s Nursing Home
Nurse’s Aide
Bayside, NY
1995 to 1996

Reitman’s
Cashier
Brooklyn, NY
1993 to 1994

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