caitlin harrington resume
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Caitlin Harrington [email protected] (907) 738-‐1087 linkedin.com/in/caitharrington
Allen Hall PR (Student-Run Agency) September 2013 – June 2014
Eugene, Ore.
Account executive • Worked effectively in an account team of two other people to produce PR materials for the Portland-‐based nonproPit Children's Healing Art Project (CHAP).
• Contributed to the development of a media kit by creating pitch emails tailored to different types of media outlets in the greater Portland area.
• Created an infographic through the program Piktochart that highlighted the services offered at CHAP.
• Analyzed CHAP's website, chap.name, and contributed to the team's website audit.
LT PUBLIC RELATIONS October – December 2014
Portland, Ore.
PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN • Wrote press releases on behalf of the agency and clients that were published in local media outlets.
• Composed 4-‐12 industry related posts for the agency’s Twitter account each day. • Wrote industry related blog posts and published them on the agency’s Wordpress. • Conducted business development research for an RFP response, potential clients and networking opportunities.
• Contributed to client social media work, including the creation of posts, calendars and campaign proposals.
Oregon bach festival
May – July 2013 Eugene, Ore.
Donor relations intern • Supported the planning and execution of receptions and major events, including tracking donor RSVP’s and assisting the development staff during events.
• Assisted with corporate and individual donor benePits and mailings. • Contacted and interacted with donors via phone and in person. • Used the online relational database Quickbase to learn about donors. • Assisted audience members in box seats before performances and during private intermission receptions.
Women in wikipedia edit-a-thon
March 2013 Eugene, Ore.
Media outreach volunteer • Wrote media pitch emails tailored to different broadcast and print media outlets. • Created a Bit.ly URL of the event press release for the pitch email to track initial success of the pitch; all reporters opened the link.
• Followed up by phone with reporters, resulting in coverage in the local newspaper and on the websites of a local news station and the University of Oregon.
• Helped promote URL to local newspaper story, which received 112 Facebook likes, 23 tweets, seven recommendations on Google, and one share on LinkedIn.
• Wrote a Wikipedia entry about concert pianist and record producer Teresa Sterne.
Mu phi epsilon (professional music
fraternity) September 2011 – June 2013
Eugene, Ore.
Marketing manager • Headed a group of Pive other members to plan marketing strategies. • Wrote a press release for the group’s spring benePit concert. • Distributed press release via email to different media outlets, resulting in coverage in the local and campus newspaper, on both newspapers’ websites and on the School of Music and Dance’s twitter and Facebook page.
• Created and posted to a Facebook fan page for the Nu Chapter. Education
University of oregon Graduated June 2014
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism:
Public Relations
Bachelor of Arts in Music: Piano
Skills Software: Microsoft OfPice, Keynote, Basic InDesign and Final Cut Pro
X Skills, Piktochart
social: Facebook fan pages, Twitter, Wordpress, Bit.ly, Google Analytics
Database: Quickbase, Tessitura