Hi there! I’m Julia!
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About
My Background
I graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelor's Degree in Advertising and Public Relations in 2020. I have a background in writing press releases, media relations, and social media curation for clients. I graduated with my MBA from Loyola Chicago's Quinlan School of Business in 2022, with the goal of pursuing a career in Marketing and Project Management spaces. I have a passion for helping clients advertise and publicize through creative campaigns and hard work!
My Experience
Background & Expertise
September 2022 - July 2024
Project Manager - Esrock Partners
At the Esrock Partners, I managed project workflow, created budgets and timelines, and balanced workloads by assessing team resources to hit client deadlines as a project manager. I also assisted with public relations projects and social media asks for our clients.
October 2021 - June 2022
Publicity Administrator - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
At the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, I managed and curated the scope of media coverage to support internal marketing department objectives, created monthly press releases regarding upcoming concerts and events, and created spreadsheets regarding guest artist information for internal organization and publicity coordination.
December 2020 - June 2021
Business Coordinator - Zeno Group Chicago
At Zeno Group Chicago, I am the Business Coordinator Intern for the Digital Team. Specifically, I manage invoicing for digital team influencer clients by tracking and processing payments to streamline the process. I create and ship product mailers to clients to help implement influencer campaigns for the Digital Team and work on influencer identification for client projects.
January 2020 - May 2020
Digital Marketing Associate - The World Music Foundation
I worked at The World Music Foundation - a non-profit organization that teaches people about different types of world music. As the Social Media and Marketing Intern, I managed and created content for their various social media accounts - specifically Facebook and Twitter, and Instagram - and kept track of my posts through a social media calendar.
August 2019 - January 2020
Publicity Intern - The Goodman Theatre
As the Publicity Intern at The Goodman Theatre, I ran all student press media relations (sending out and pitching show coverage to College Student Publications and Radio Stations), wrote press releases, created media kits, tracked and booked press tickets for opening nights with Tessitura, created press clippings of media coverage, and managed the Goodman Theatre Press Room online through CMS and HTML. I also trained the incoming intern on all of my tasks.
February 2019 - August 2019
PRÂ Intern - Kurman Communications, Inc.
At Kurman Communications as the Public Relations Intern, I wrote press releases, created social media posts, managed clients’ Instagram accounts through scheduled posts using Hootsuite, created media lists within Cision, and trained an incoming intern on press release aggregation to news and event websites.
Education
What I’ve Learned
August 2020 - May 2022
Loyola University Chicago - Masters of Business Administration
Masters of Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business
Graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2022
August 2018 - May 2020
Loyola University Chicago - Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Public Relations
Graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Public Relations
3.85 GPA
August 2016 - May 2018
Hope College - School of Nursing
Pursued a nursing degree for two years at Hope College before transferring to Loyola University Chicago for a BA in AD/PR
3.85 GPA
March 2020
Loyola Andalucia in Seville, Spain - Study Abroad
Studied abroad at Loyola Andalucia in Seville, Spain for International Public Relations and Advertising during Spring Break 2020
Participated in agency visits as part of education in International Public Relations
Created a Marketing Campaign for Twinnings Earl Grey Tea with Spanish-speaking students from Loyola Andalucia
July 2019
University of London - Study Abroad
Studied abroad in at the University of London in International Advertising and Public Relations
Participated in agency visits as part of education in International Public Relations
Created a Marketing Campaign for Brompton Bicycles with a team