About Me
I'm a rising junior at Elon University double majoring in English and Strategic Communications. I'm proficient with MS Office programs, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Camera Raw), Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Snapchat. I have intermediate writing, reading, and speaking skills in Spanish. I love traveling, writing, reading, music. I'm an avid kombucha drinker.
Sara Alexis Byrnes
Experience and Resume
Education
2012-2020
Canton High School, Canton, CT, June 2016
Elon University, Elon, NC
BA in English-Creative Writing, and Strategic Communications, June 2020
English- Creative Writing and Strategic Communications
3.283/4.0
Related Courses
Courses I've Taken
Writing: Argument and Inquiry, The Global Experience, Communications Global Age, Media Writing, Creative Writing, Principles of Economics, Grammar, Intermediate Creative Writing-Fiction, Web and Mobile Communications, Creating Multimedia Content, Public Speaking
Work Experience
Sales and Marketing Intern
Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018
Spare Snacks, London, UK​
• Perform field sales - identified businesses to call on and introduced our products
• Engage with the potential end customers at various retail locations to educate them about the product and to drive sales
• Found opportunities to sell obsolete inventory to farmers
Publicity and Social Media Intern
June 2019 - August 2019
LaFamos PR, Hollywood, CA
• Learned entertainment PR and marketing
• Contributed to major projects and press campaigns by drafting media pitches, press releases, bios, and follow-ups.
• Assist in increasing impressions on the firm's clients social media
• Researched journalists and press outlets that would be good fits for the clients
• Maintained content logs by drafting captions, hashtags, and which pictures would be used on client's social medias.
Activities and Achievements
Employee of the month 3 times at Munson’s Chocolates for superior customer service
Member of Delta Delta Delta, Epsilon Delta at Elon University
Red Cross Certified Lifeguard
Was inducted into the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, March 2016
President’s List, Fall 2016
Member of Colonnades Literary Journal
Member of the Creative Writing Club