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Loran Marks

Chicago,IL

Summary

Ambitious Communications graduate with 3+ years of internship experience with branding and marketing success. Adept in website management, social media communications, and public relations. Works with clients to identify and address public, media and promotional needs.

Overview

4
years of professional experience
2
Languages

Work History

Freelance Work
Chicago, IL

Social Media Manager
09.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Connected with influencers and ambassadors to increase reach of companies posts
  • Created logos, banners, digital flyers, and promotional videos for brands website
  • Maintained continuous check on insights, followers and promotion metrics, optimizing and enhancing campaigns based on current trend data on Instagram
  • Revamped beauty services website, increasing daily visitation from 10 to 160 per month.
  • Set clearly defined goals to drive customer retention, brand awareness and website or social media traffic.

Chicago Defender
Chicago, IL

Marketing Assistant Intern
01.2020 - 11.2020

Job overview

  • Created and distributed content for company's Facebook and Instagram increasing audience engagement by 40%
  • Developed press and media kits for sponsoring companies
  • Forecasted marketing trends based on previous data to adjust campaigns and maximize sales
  • Assisted in-house graphic design team to execute brand consistency, media campaigns, and creative development

Street Level Media
Chicago, IL

Multimedia Intern
05.2020 - 10.2020

Job overview

  • Used Adobe Premier Pro to create promotional videos for client's company
  • Assisted in planning and conducting effective Adobe Premiere Pro workshops for students, which resulted in 20% increase in workshop attendees
  • Increased impressions/ interactions from 20 to 90 users day day for company's blog website using Hootsuite software to create posting schedule

National Association Of Black Journalists
Urbana, IL

Public Relations Coordinator
08.2017 - 12.2019

Job overview

  • Designed and created campaign e-mail invitations, articles and marketing videos
  • Created and maintained list of media contacts
  • Prepared and distributed press releases
  • Served as point of contact for 4 speaking engagements
  • Assisted with planning back to school fundraiser ball with over 200 attendees

Education

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Bachelor of Arts from Communication Studies

University Overview

  • Relevant Coursework Completed: Relationships and Technologies, Marketing Communications, Organizational Communication, Public Relations/ Speaking

Kenwood Academy
Chicago, IL

High School Diploma

Skills

Written and verbal communicationundefined

Affiliations

The Communication Association (CA)

Software

Hootsuite

Adobe: Premier Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Microsoft: Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint

Timeline

Social Media Manager

Freelance Work
09.2021 - Current

Multimedia Intern

Street Level Media
05.2020 - 10.2020

Marketing Assistant Intern

Chicago Defender
01.2020 - 11.2020

Public Relations Coordinator

National Association Of Black Journalists
08.2017 - 12.2019

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Arts from Communication Studies

Kenwood Academy

High School Diploma
Loran Marks