Kelan Traylor
Saltillo,MS
Summary
Communication Graduate Assistant / Strategic Communications Specialist and MA Candidate with the career goal of Talent Relations and Publicity. Successful experience in closing the divide between top tier stakeholders and creative talent by conducting digital content audits of assets and production organization. Knowledgeable in maneuvering on set procedures professionally with a level of discretion, data integrity, and company excellence. Grasping to use a history of theatrical direction and technical liaison work as a means of contributing to a hectic studio atmosphere.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Communication Graduate Assistant (ITS|EIS)
Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi
08.2025 - Current
- Stakeholder Liaison and Account Management: Act as the main channel of communication between the departments of the university (clients) and technical teams, ensuring the translation of complicated parts of the project scope into tangible brand value.
- Asset Auditing & Data Integrity: Leading a 500 plus item content audit and asset listing through excel to verify 100 percent data integrity in case of high stakes digital migrations.
- Digital Brand Strategy: Created unified social media kits/digital press kits and social media funneling to enhance the presence of the brand and redirect strategic traffic to core web resources.
- SEO & Content Optimization: Performed high-grade audits and content optimization to meet the target customer digital visibility and institutional communication and interaction objectives.
- Strategic Problem Solving: Operated and move through cross departmental flows to address communication conflicts, and project milestones fulfilled to various masses of top level leadership.
Teaching Artist
Great Theatre
Waite Park, MN
06.2025 - 08.2025
- Creative Talent Management: Supervised and organized 15+ talent(s) per week, guaranteed professional performance, and on set safety in an extremely high pressure and time constrained production cycle (5 days).
- Production Oversight: Wrote original scripts and designed choreography to weekly showcase performances and managed to meet all creative and technical benchmarks of live stakeholders.
- Performance Development: Conducted workshops on the specialization of acting and professional theatre etiquette training to train the performers on the issue of facing the audience through artistic performances while taking into account the nervousness.
- Logistics & Scheduling: Planned the day to day operations of the run of show of several simultaneous themed production camps, juggling the curriculum objectives against the rigid venue and performance schedules.
Team Member / Shift Lead
Newk’s Eatery
Starkville, MS
08.2021 - 05.2025
Team Member/Team Leader
Chick-Fil-A Inc.
Tupelo, MS
05.2017 - 08.2021
Education
Master of Arts - Communication
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS05-2027
Bachelor of Arts - Communication, Emphasis in Public Relations & Theatre
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS05-2025
Associate of Science -
Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS05-2021
Skills
Digital and Technical
- Data analysis
- SEO optimization
- Presentation Design & Development
- Website content management
- Content Audit
Public Relations Communication Strategy
- Public relations campaigns
- Stakeholder communication
- Social media strategy
- Project management
- Presentation Design & Development
Talent and Leadership
- Team collaboration
- Interpersonal skills
- Public speaking
- Team leadership
- Crisis Communication
- Performance development
Production & Industry Experience
- Script Development/Playwriting: "The Final Clue" ( Playwright)- Production completed in 30 minutes at Mississippi State University; worked together with student directors and talent to make sure that there was an artistic fit between the page and the stage.
- Film Production/On-Set: Mississippi Scholar (Background Talent) - Learned directly working in a commercial on-set setting and logistics of a high volume movie shooting.
- Director Oversight: "Dinner is Served" (Director) - Oversaw the entire process of the rehearsal and artistic direction of a two person one-act play, including the areas of talent coaching, and performance milestones.
- Theatrical Performance: Role in a few of stage performances such as "All American Boys," and "The Heartbreak Henry."
Leadership & Campus Involvement
Maroon VIP: [Vice President | Director of Membership]
Orientation & Transition: [New Maroon Camp Staff | Orientation Leader (MSU & ICC)]
Strategic Outreach: [Graduate School Ambassador | S.P.A.R.K. Leader | Homecoming King (Top 3)]
Honor Societies: [Honors College (MSU & ICC) | Phi Theta Kappa Officer of Fellowship]
Timeline
Communication Graduate Assistant (ITS|EIS)
Mississippi State University
08.2025 - Current
Teaching Artist
Great Theatre
06.2025 - 08.2025
Team Member / Shift Lead
Newk’s Eatery
08.2021 - 05.2025
Team Member/Team Leader
Chick-Fil-A Inc.
05.2017 - 08.2021
Master of Arts - Communication
Mississippi State University
Bachelor of Arts - Communication, Emphasis in Public Relations & Theatre
Mississippi State University
Associate of Science -
Itawamba Community College