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Austin Bennett

815 Tanglewood Dr. NE Massillon, OH 44646


Phone: 330.412.5508 Email: [email protected]

Professional Summary

Professional Experience

Self-motivated and hard-working


college senior with a strong
desire to succeed. Demonstrated
skills in agency and corporate
public relations, project
management, problem solving
and customer service.

FedEx Custom Critical


Intern: January 2016-Present

Skills
















AP Style
Press Releases
InDesign
Premier Pro
Photoshop
Word
PowerPoint
Excel
Social Media Monitoring
Basic HTML
Basic CSS
Photograpghy
Videograpghy
Print and digital media
Formal Presentations
Copy Editing
Organizational Branding

Education
Kent State University, Kent, OH
Bachelor of Science, Public
Relations: August 2011-May 2016

Create an internal communication daily bulletin for more than 700 employees
Communicate to more than 2,000 owners and contracters through a weekly bulletin
Wrote a nomination letter for an award-winning executive team member
Used strong writing and design skills to create a 12-page employee newsletter magazine
Create and design sales literature

Akron Childrens Hospital PR Campaign


Account Executive: Spring 2016
Created integrated communication campaign to promote online donations targeting
millennials for Akron Childrens Hospital
Managed account meetings and communication between team and client
Created team logo and assisted in casebook design
Worked as co-editor of all communications used in campaign

Flash Communications
Intern: August 2015-December 2015
Used oral and written communication in a fast-paced PR agency environment
Created and edited a weekly podcast focused on trending topics that affect PR students

Kent Stater and Kentwired.com


Administration Beat Reporter: Summer 2015
Generated story ideas, cunducted interviews and wrote stories for multiple channels

National Student Exchange PR Campaign


Team Liaison: Fall 2014
Created comprehensive communication campaign to promote Kent State University
undergraduate participation in the National Student Exchange program
Managed account communication between team and client, meetings, budget, logistics
and weekly expectations
Presented campaign at the Kent State Undergraduate Research Symposium

Leadership Experience
Kent State University School of Journalism and
Mass Communication Student Media Board
Selected by the Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication to serve as the
sole undergraduate representative on the board that oversees policies, leadership selection
and purchases for Kent States award-winning newspaper, TV station, radio station and online
and print magazines.

Kent State Student Ambassador


Selected in a competitive process to serve as an ambassador for Kent States undergraduate
student body on matters of diversity, inclusion, prospective student recruitment and equity-focused within the College of Communication and Information.

Professional Memberships
Public Relations Student Society of America (Kent State Chapter)
Assisted on the 2015 YouToo Social Media Conference Planning Committee, which brings
together communications professionals and students to discuss the role of social media in PR.

References available upon request

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