Jakob Kasowski

1034 Moore Street, Bellingham, WA 98229

(360) 635-8646 | jake.kasowski@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/jakekasowski

Summary of Qualifications
A recent college graduate who is a hard-working, dynamic professional with an entrepreneurial spirit who has experience in the
communications and public relations industry. Interested in an internship with a leading global public relations and marketing agency
to further develop myself as a public relations professional. Possesses excellent organizational skills and the ability to adapt to
multiple assignments, deadlines and teams. One of the founding members of Western Washington Universitys PRSSA chapter and
current member of PRSA.

Core Competencies
Organizational skills | Communication skills | Media relations | Media lists | Briefing materials | News writing | Reporting | Copy
editing | Event planning | Social media | Project management | Multi-tasking | Attention to detail | Research | Adobe Creative Suite |

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sports Clerk, The Bellingham Herald | Bellingham, WA | 2014 Present
Cover Northwest Conference high school sports. Develop written materials daily. Including game recaps, sports features and
community sports features weekly for the sports editor to be published in the newspaper and website. Copy edit pages before sending
to publisher and fill copy for pages as needed. Manage multiple projects throughout the course of a high school season.
Use conflict management and problem solving skills to ensure our tight deadline is met each night.
Established and maintained media relationships with coaches at all high schools in Whatcom County.
Communicating with co-workers constantly in order to achieve absolute accuracy in the papers content.
Ensure great service by providing quality service to and writing content requested by our audience daily.
Showcase my interpersonal skills by calling and interviewing high school coaches each day for game recaps.
Received press releases from the sports information director at Western Washington University daily for use.
Public Relations Intern, Bellingham Slam | Bellingham, WA | 2013 2014
Worked for two seasons with the team as an intern. Reported directly to the general manager of the organization. As the only returning
intern my second season, I supervised six first-year interns in the set up and take down at the venue. During games I provided
leadership at the box office, concession stand, merchandise stand and in the gymnasium for the other interns. I ensured quality
customer service to guests during games and facilitated the time-out and halftime contests with the fans at games.
Managed season-ticket holder mailing list on Excel.
Managed game operations and coordinated fan competitions during games.
Assisted with community relations, sponsorship management and team budget.
Wrote the 2014 championship season review article published on the teams website.
Staff Reporter, The Western Front | Western Washington University | Jan. 2014 March 2014
Covered NCAA Division-II sports: mens basketball, womens basketball, mens hockey and track & field. Wrote feature stories for
the sports section and blogged about Western Washington University sports. Received the honorable mention sports reporter award
from a former sports editor, Stephanie Kirk.
Established quality media relationships with story sources.
Met all my deadlines for stories as established by my section editors.
Developed and maintained excellent organizational skills to ensure excellent and accurate reporting.
Adapted to multiple assignments given to me by several editors of the newspaper throughout my time as a reporter.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
Western Washington University | Bellingham, WA | 2014