Education Study Abroad Honors

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2013 B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication (Public Relations) Kenan-Flagler GLIMPSE India Program, Summer 2010 Bangalore and New Delhi, India Chancellors Carolina Merit Scholarship UNC-Chapel Hill Honors Program Kenan-Flagler Business School Assured Admission Program

Rahel Gebremeskel
rahelgebremeskel.com

Professional Experience

Carolina Union Events Management Staff Coordinated 17,000 events and 2,000 performances annually Collaborated with light and sound technicians to create vivid live performances Enriched patron experience with exemplary customer service Kompleks Creative Communications Specialist Composed strategy-based responses to RFPs Created and managed company site content through WordPress and Joomla Stimulated corporate social network via daily tweets, pins and Facebook posts Represented Kompleks at industry events, fostering good client relationships

rAVe [publications] Reporter Created 40+ videos per day at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the first A/V trade fair of 2013 Publicized major sponsors Cisco, Christie, Philips, NEC, Barco, Visix and more As a team, produced 1200+ videos, 741 tweets and over 3,000,000 overall impressions

Amsterdam, NL Jan. 2013

Chapel Hill, NC July 2012 - May 2013 Durham, NC Aug. - Dec. 2012

Triangle Blvd, Inc. Executive Program Manager Marketing and event strategy consultant for Triangle Restaurant Week and Triangle Fashion Week Creator of content for Blvd.TV Style, working with luxury clients Chanel, Saks 5th Avenue, Tadashi Shoji, Burberry, Alice + Olivia and Kevin Murphy Production assistant for multimedia commercials for Time Warner Cable Maintained online interfaces: AccessBlvd mobile app for Pepsi; Blvd.TV website, achieving 774,302 page views by Jun. 2011 University Directories Inside Sales Representative Sold $75,000+ in ad space for university directories and planners in Vanderbilt and Stetson markets Collaborated with a large sales team to efficiently reach large markets Promoted ethical sales techniques and attentive customer service

Raleigh, NC May 2011 - May 2012

Chapel Hill, NC Feb. - May 2011

Additional Positions

Lulu Publishing Product Marketing Intern Developed relationships with 293 bloggers in three months to achieve publicity and backlinks Generated 3+ backlinks per site with a total of 22 sites, increasing site traffic Achieved a two-page increase in Google page rankings through SEO and reviews UNC-Chapel Hill Conference Operations Office Assistant, May - Aug. 2011 Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity Vice President of Alumni Relations, 2010-2012 (non-consecutive terms) Social Chair, Dec. 2012 Apr. 2013 The Daily Tar Heel Staff Writer (City Desk), May - Aug. 2012

Raleigh, NC Oct. 2010 - Jan. 2011

Proficiencies

Spanish, iMovie, Adobe Design Standard CS6, basic HTML, MailChimp, AP Style, FileMaker, TweetDeck, HootSuite, QuickBooks, Nikon DSLR photography, WordPress, Wix, Joomla CMS, basic SEO Please contact me via email at rahel.gebremeskel@gmail.com