Rebecca Neely

16401 Chenal Valley Drive, Apt. 6201

Little Rock, Arkansas 72223
Phone: 601-842-2543 Email: rebeccaneely92@gmail.com Portfolio: rebeccaneely.weebly.com

Experience
Communications Director: Arkansas Environmental Federation

Create and layout bi-monthly magazine, write and edit for magazine, plan and coordinate training events, seminars and annual
conference/trade show, manage content for website, take minutes for board and committee meetings, create crisis and
communication plans for Federation, collaborate with staff and board members for special projects

Student Worker: Rankin County School District

May 2011-January 2015

Composed press releases, planned special events, processed new employees, fingerprinted new employees, took ID badge photos, managed
phones, completed inventory of state testing received, data entry, created spreadsheets and Word documents

Student Publications: Harding University

August 2012-December 2014

PR/Marketing Director and Head Web Editor for The Bison newspaper, planned special events and campaigns, managed website,
thelink.harding.edu, collaborated with web staff for various tasks, managed twitter account: @HUStudentPubs and Facebook page: The Link,
live-tweet special events on campus
Wrote stories for all sections including news, opinions, features, sports and campus life
Petit Jean Yearbook Leadership section editor: assigned stories and photos to writers and photographers, named and placed all photos on
spreads, and collaborated with staff for special projects

Communications Intern: The Rock House

February 2015-Present

August 2013-August 2014

Created and maintained all social media accounts, Twitter: @therockhouse_HU and Facebook: The Rock House, planned outreach and special
events, managed all student membership data, contacted all students who were interested in placing membership, managed the greeting card
ministry for college students including birthday, sympathy, etc.

Education
Harding University

December 2014

Major: Public Relations

Minor: Marketing
Deans List: Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014
GPA: 3.66

Volunteer Experience

Central Church of Christ: Retreat Planning Committee: Spring 2015

Team Captain for St. Jude 5K fundraising team
Harding University Student Association, Special Projects Committee Chair: planned and executed special events for student body: 2013-2014
Harding University Bisons for Christ Advertising Committee Chair: created plan for student involvement in service projects, managed
promotions team: Spring 2014
Social Media manager for Student Association presidential campaign: March 2014
Global Outreach mission trips to Australia (2012) and Caribbean (2014)
Volunteer HU Club: visited nursing homes, raised funds for various organizations (Habitat for Humanity, etc.): 2011-2012
Bisons for Christ Team Leader: service projects 2012, 2013, 2014

Activities

Member of Rotoract Club, Service Committee

Member of Arkansas Society of Association Executives

Skills

Proficient with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe InDesign, Quark, Avectra, Facebook, Twitter, Buffer, Vine, Instagram, Pinterest
and AP Style

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