Director of Communications @ From September 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaStudent @ BA in Communications with a focus in media and politics From September 2009 to December 2012 (3 years 4 months) Intern @ Assisted IP3’s training coordinator with customer service dealings with international participants
· Assisted international participants with computer issues, including instruction on how to setup and use Skype, create formulas on Microsoft Excel, and general computer inquiries
· Gained knowledge and proficiency in media applications such as iMovie & Audacity to create video testimonials of participants to upload on IP3 website as well as IP3 YouTube page
· Utilized marketing tools such as Salesforce and Pinpointe to help generate registrations via email campaigns
· Assisted Communications and Marketing Manager with international marketing initiatives which included launching overseas scheduled courses
· Assisted in the general upkeep of IP3’s General Direct Mailing List using Microsoft Excel
· Edited course brochures and alumni testimonials using Microsoft Word
· Assisted in regular postings to IP3’s Facebook page From June 2012 to August 2012 (3 months) Marketing Intern @ Working front desk at a combination yoga/cycling studio. Duties include signing people in, handling money, entering clients into the online system, and selling apparel sold in the store. Also doing an unpaid marketing internship for the owner, Sima Tamaddon, which includes writing marketing blurbs to send to clients, using Excel to create lists of clients and possible advertisers, all while learning how a small business is run and uses marketing to help gain clients. From June 2011 to January 2012 (8 months) Intern with Communications Department @ Interned in the Communications department working on daily online newsletters, updated company website daily with news and information regarding the frozen food industry, researched information for the National Yogurt Association, became proficient in Microsoft InDesign to help with fliers that were used for the 2010 Government Action Summit, gained knowledge of how communications is used in trade associations From June 2010 to August 2010 (3 months)
Communications; Business Administration @ University of New Hampshire From 2009 to 2013 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies @ University of New Hampshire From 2009 to 2012 Elizabeth Blair Shipp is skilled in: Event Management, Public Speaking, Events Coordination, HTML, Professional Communication, Blogging, Adobe Audition, Social Networking, YouTube, Social Media Marketing, Facebook, iMovie, Twitter, Pinterest, Salesforce.com, Pinpointe, Advertising, InDesign