DARA GOLD

46 Pasadena Drive Plainview, NY 11803 daramgold@gmail.com (516) 732-9097

OBJECTIVE Obtain a summer internship in public relations field to enhance communication skills and grow professionally. EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, Communication with emphasis on public relations University of Maryland, College Park, MD Overall GPA: 3.32 Deans List. Spring 2010 Lambda Pi Eta Honors Society Anticipated May 2014

RELATED COURSEWORK News Writing and Editing for PR; Public Relations Theory; Oral Communications; Retail Management RELATED EXPERIENCE Assistant Director. Oral Communications Center, University of Maryland January 2013- Present Administrative duties include: emailing professors to notify them their students have visited the center and filing the information of the students who visit the center on excel Manage the peer consultants to make sure all hours that the center is open there are consultants on duty Peer Consultant. Oral Communications Center, University of Maryland Fall 2012- Present Guide students in planning oral presentations for their respective classes Consult with students who visit the Oral Communications Center on listening and speaking assignments; offer constructive feedback to enhance their presentations Serve as Teachers Assistant for incoming peer consultant trainees for the spring 2013 semester Executive Board Member/ Marketing Chair. ManiCURE for Sharsheret. College Park, MD August 2010- Present Collaborate with board of 10 other women to plan the annual event, which raises money and awareness for women with breast cancer. Design T-shirts, create flyers, manage Facebook page, table on campus to recruit event attendees and reach out to alumni for donations Successfully raised $1,800 for Sharsheret and hosted 200 attendees at event in November, 2012 Social Committee board member, University of Maryland Hillel January 2012- Present Plan evening and weekend events for approximately 300 students Create flyers on Microsoft Word, Facebook pages and Facebook events Fellowship: Womens Social Empowerment Initiative, University of Maryland Fall 2012- Present Create programs and opportunities for Jewish women to meet and connect with each other Attend weekly meetings aimed at building leadership skills ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Camp Counselor, Camp Nesher, Lakewood, PA June 2010-August 2010 Supervised 17 13-year-old girls 24 hours a day during Pennsylvania sleep away camp Led camper choir rehearsals and recording sessions Designed learning programs for campers on a weekly basis Camp Counselor, Driftwood Day Camp, Melville, NY June 2011 - August 2012 Motivated campers ages 8-9 to foster new friendships and develop new skills Wrote the camp alma-mater; campers later recorded it and created a CD Invited back for third summer and promoted to group leader SKILLS Advanced Hebrew, intermediate Spanish Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, InDesign Internet Research Mac capable Social Media