The first recent PR grad I’m featuring this week as part of the second Help a PR Pro Out (HAPPO) day event this Friday is Sharise Crumley. Sharise is from West Bloomfield, MI. She graduated from Howard University with a major in journalism and a concentration in advertising. Here’s my Q&A with Sharise:
What work experience do you have that makes you a great candidate for an entry level PR position? This can be work directly related to PR, or a job that helped you develop skills that you will need to be successful in PR.
Although the bulk of my internship experience from my undergraduate internships has been in advertising, I have written and published articles, performed volunteer work and participated in a number of undergraduate public relations courses. One of the biggest PR-related tasks that I have taken on is the event that I spearheaded for The Washington Post in December 2008. As the account executive, my team and I put together an event surrounding the 2008 presidential election. The forum was established to bridge the gap between Generation Y and the Silent Generation as well as for participants to discuss how far the country has come from the times of women’s suffrage and voting rights in America. Details can be seen at www.myspace.com/InMyLifetime08.
In the fall of 2010, I plan on attending Northwestern University in Evanston, IL to receive my Masters in Communication (MSC).
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