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Rebecca Shirling 720 Inwood Pl Maumee, Ohio 43537 | (419) 409-3232 | [email protected] www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccashirling Communications/Public Relations Manager, Sunshine Communities May 2013 – Present Promoted from communications coordinator to communications/public relations manager in February 2015 • Writing news releases • Designing flyers, brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, posters, billboards, newspaper ads, t-shirts, etc. • Planning and scheduling advertisements • Writing newsletters, external and internal • Writing and gathering information for annual reports • Photographing events • Updating the WordPress website regularly to include relevant information and photographs • Posting to Facebook and Twitter utilizing Hootsuite • Co-planning events internally and externally • Ordering materials from printers • Creating slide-show commercials and internal videos Public Relations/Marketing Intern, Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity January – May 2013 • Writing print and broadcast news releases • Designing flyers and other promotional pieces • Creating and posting slideshows online • Posting to Facebook and Twitter utilizing Hootsuite • Rebranding the informational pieces to create a common look • Updating the WordPress website to include relevant information and photographs • Updating media contact lists Public Relations Consultant, Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce August – December 2012 • Conducting a communication audit to assess the Chamber’s current communication and potential problems • Creating a fact sheet about the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce for media to use • Writing print and broadcast news releases about the Bowling Green Holiday Parade • Designing flyers promoting the parade • Updating the Chamber’s Facebook page including links and events • Creating other promotional pieces about the parade such as band invitations and sponsorship/donation requests Public Relations Intern, BGSU Department of Journalism and Public Relations January – May 2012 • Designing and dispersing flyers • Updating the WordPress website • Updating social media sites, including hyperlinks • Updating blogs with related, external information • Photographing events • Creating slideshows for the website using photographs and text Bowling Green State University Graduated with honors, May 2013 Bachelor of Science in Journalism Specialization: Public Relations Minor: Marketing Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) 2011-2013 school years Fundraising Coordinator, 2012-2013 school year

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Rebecca Shirling720 Inwood Pl Maumee, Ohio 43537 | (419) 409-3232 | [email protected]

www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccashirling

Communications/Public Relations Manager, Sunshine Communities May 2013 – PresentPromoted from communications coordinator to communications/public relations manager in February 2015

• Writing news releases• Designing flyers, brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, posters, billboards, newspaper ads, t-shirts, etc.• Planning and scheduling advertisements• Writing newsletters, external and internal• Writing and gathering information for annual reports• Photographing events• Updating the WordPress website regularly to include relevant information and photographs• Posting to Facebook and Twitter utilizing Hootsuite • Co-planning events internally and externally• Ordering materials from printers• Creating slide-show commercials and internal videos

Public Relations/Marketing Intern, Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity January – May 2013• Writing print and broadcast news releases• Designing flyers and other promotional pieces• Creating and posting slideshows online• Posting to Facebook and Twitter utilizing Hootsuite• Rebranding the informational pieces to create a common look• Updating the WordPress website to include relevant information and photographs• Updating media contact lists

Public Relations Consultant, Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce August – December 2012• Conducting a communication audit to assess the Chamber’s current communication and potential problems• Creating a fact sheet about the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce for media to use• Writing print and broadcast news releases about the Bowling Green Holiday Parade• Designing flyers promoting the parade• Updating the Chamber’s Facebook page including links and events• Creating other promotional pieces about the parade such as band invitations and sponsorship/donation requests

Public Relations Intern, BGSU Department of Journalism and Public Relations January – May 2012 • Designing and dispersing flyers• Updating the WordPress website• Updating social media sites, including hyperlinks• Updating blogs with related, external information• Photographing events• Creating slideshows for the website using photographs and text

Bowling Green State UniversityGraduated with honors, May 2013Bachelor of Science in JournalismSpecialization: Public RelationsMinor: Marketing

Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)2011-2013 school yearsFundraising Coordinator, 2012-2013 school year