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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!

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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

PR 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.

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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

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