Branden C. Johnson
Email: bjohns12@uoregon.edu
EXPERIENCE
Firm Director, Allen Hall Public Relations, University of Oregon, Oct. 2006 – present
• Supervise a five-person management team, as well as 25 members on six account teams in our student-run agency; coordinate relations with clients; edit all copy produced for the firm; work on skill development via pitching, writing, and organizing events and workshops.
Public Relations Intern, The Ulum Group, Eugene, Ore., Jan. 2008 – March 2008
• Work on various projects, including media relations with gardening editors in the Bay Area, pitching fundraising events for nonprofit groups, writing media advisories; and receiving placement in local and regional newspapers and trade publications.
Public Relations Intern, Oregon Bus Project, Lane County, Ore., Jan. 2007 – June 2007
• Worked with a team to create a detailed media kit for statewide grassroots political organization; wrote press releases for media at local and state levels on legislative issues, receiving placement in the Register-Guard, Eugene Weekly, and local radio and television.
Education Coordinator, Assault Prevention Shuttle, University of Oregon, Sept. 2006 – present
• Schedule educational events for staff and volunteers; work to build awareness of the service, coordinating all program publicity.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communication, June 2008
Public Relations major; Business Administration minor; Spanish minor
University of Oregon, Eugene
ACTIVITIES
Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) – Member, PRSA Liaison, University of Oregon, Oct. 2006 – present; member of 2008 Bateman Case Study Competition team
AWARDS
• Recipient of the 2006-2007 George L. Bean Memorial Scholarship
• Recognized in the 2007 “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges”
• Member, University of Oregon Society of Friars, Class of 2007
SKILLS
• Associated Press style
• Microsoft Office
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Social media: blogging, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Technorati, del.icio.us
• Languages: fluent in French, Japanese and Spanish
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