CommunicationsProfessional

LAURACATALINARUIZ 160WHITESTREET.BELMONT,MA02478-lruiz@suffolk.edu-1(781)3011279

Skills

• Trainedincommunicatingwithconsumeraudiencesandcorporatepersonnelthroughhigh-levelInterpersonalskills.

• NativeSpanishspeakerandwriter,proficientinFrench.• Self-Driven,Iworkwellaloneorinateamtoproblemsolvethroughcreativeandresourcefulsolutions.• IT:MicrosoftSuite,AVID,FinalCut,AdobeSuite,AfterEffects,Garageband,Cinema4D,andsocialmedia

platforms.• Experiencewithlargebrandsandsmallbusinesses.

ExperienceYAGUGroupApril2016-PresentAccountManager

• Managedigitalmarketingofbothsmallandlargebusinesses,writingcopy,designingimages,andcreatingbrandawarenessonsocialmediaplatformse.g.Facebook,Twitter,Instagram,LinkedIn,andGoogle+.

• Financiallymanageprojectsandassistwithpitchesandpresentations.Dunkin’Brands,Canton,MA October2014-June2015Studioproduction/CommunicationsInternship

• ProducedandeditedmaterialforinternalcommunicationsatDunkin’Brands.• Dutiesalsoincludedcreatinginteractivegraphicswithvarioussoftwareincluding,AdobeSuite.• Responsiblefororganizationandmaintenanceoflargemediaarchives.

NECN,Boston,MA January2015-July2015“SuffolkintheCity”studentreporter

• Produceandeditmediacontent,e.g.news,sports,featurestories,shortdocumentaries.• Pitched,researched,andinvestigated,currentnewsstoriesforthe“SuffolkintheCity”studentsegment.

Responsibleforscriptwriting,shooting,andeditingthesegments.• DeliveredweeklylivereportsoncamerafeaturinglandmarkBostonlocation.

SuffolkUniversityStudio73,Boston,MA September2011-July2015ProductionAssistantVolunteer

• ProducedandeditedseveralshowslikePressPartyfortheBostonHerald,Don’tRetireInspire,andNECNliveshotsofSuffolkintheCitysegment.

• Managedsmallteamtoset-upandhandledcamera,audioandlightingequipment.AgassizVillageSummerCamp,Poland,MESummerJuly2008–Summer2016ArtDirector/SocialMediaCoordinator

• Redesignedcamp’swebsiteandlaunchedYouTubeandFlickraccounts.• Createdandmanagedsocialmediacontent.• ShotandeditedseveralinformationalvideosaboutthecampandservicesfortheEasterSealsfoundation.• Shotandeditedportraitsofstaff,campers,landscape,andstilllifewithanemphasisinabstractblack&

whitephotography.• Createdartlessonforages8-17;eachuniqueandfocusedonspecificagegroups.• Lived,workedandcoordinatedgroupactivitiesinaninclusiveenvironmentfordisabled(EasterSeals)and

underprivilegedchildren.

CommunicationsProfessionalEducationSuffolkUniversity,BostonMA September2011-May2015

• BAinBroadcastJournalism;minor:InternationalAffairs.• Studyabroad:Madrid,Spain.

VolunteerExperienceAlternativeWinterBreak,ElSalvador

• ParticipatedwithHabitatforHumanityrebuildinghomesdestroyedbyhurricaneStan.AlternativeSpringBreak,PuertoRico

• WorkedwithVidaMarinaofUniversityofPuertoRicotorebuildandconservesanddunes.AlsovolunteeredattheBoysandGirlsClubofIsabella,PR.