Laura Rodriguez

12126 Wanda St., El Monte, CA 91732 (626) 848-2792 / Laurarod10@csu.fullerton.edu EDUCATION California State University, Fullerton Expected Graduation: May 2013 Bachelor of Arts, Communication, Concentration: Public Relations, Minor: Radio-Television and Film . EXPERIENCE Entertainment and Tourism Club at California State University, Fullerton Fall Semester 2012-Present Public Relations Assistant Assisting in preparing and organizing invitation emails, press release, pitch letters, media alerts. Monitoring websites media room with information for up-and-coming events, panels and volunteer opportunities. Sending and pitching to local media about events and panels, creating a media list of local media in the area. Informing students of up-and-coming networking and club events that generated 253 new and returning members. The Recording Academy/GRAMMYs Spring Semester 2013 Present GRAMMY U Assistant Intern Administrate Executive Director schedule, phone calls, calendar, emails and attend meetings. Assist with social media, event management, GRAMMY U programs and administrative office support. Assist with managing GRAMMY U social media platforms including; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Creates updates using our social media analytic platform to engage with GRAMMU U members/followers Organize reports and recaps measuring social ROI and sending them out the executive of the Recording Academy CBS Television Distribution Winter Semester 2012 through Spring Semester 2013 Media Relations/Public Relations Intern Collected internet clips daily from CTD television shows and send out clip reports to CBS executives Assisted with publicity events, helping coordinate special projects with CTD while working with executives Answered phone calls, sent and replied to emails from CTD show publicist, update CBS Media Express Site Organized press clips in their perspective share drive, maintaining the CTD website up-to-date with the latest news NBCUniveral/Focus Features Fall Semester 2012 Publicity Intern Managed published publication to create Breaks that is distributed to publicity and marketing vice-presidents. Pitched to promotional partners and collaborated on special events, awards and red carpet premieres. Participated in research projects, awards, events, field publicity, national publicity and corporate daily press. Superintend and participated in intern research project that was presented to executives within the department. Copious Management Summer Semester 2012 through Winter Semester 2012 Office Coordinator Intern Organized each photographers portfolios with their recent photos for meetings with prospective clients. Arranged contact sheets and call sheets to filemaker, updated ipad and website from recent photographers work. Assisted with photoshop to resize/retouch images for website and to send out to current and potential clients. Implemented errands, answered phone calls, assisted in photo shoots and research projects. Glamhouse, Pascal Mouawad Company Winter Semester 2012 through Fall Semester 2012 Product Development Intern Assisted product development employees with ideas, research, pitching to clients in a fast creative environment. Created call sheets, scheduled meetings and contacted jewelry factories before production of each collection. Updated line-sheets and skew numbers for each collection utilizing QuickBooks and InDesign. Created skew numbers, cost, identify type of material, weight, length, stone colors for new collections. Titan Student Center Governing Board CSUF Student-At-Large First Alternate Summer Semester 2012 through Winter Semester 2011

Student advocate on board that allocates funds to maintain three campus facilities and future projects. Developed professional skills by attending board meetings and using parliamentary procedure. Coordinated and developed events for students to interact and gain information about the governing board.

SKILLS

Computer: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Quickbooks, FileMaker, Outlook Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, Pinteres, Instagram