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  • Communication Director of a Large Church

    Nazareth College, BS in studio art, Masters in liberal studies
     "As the communications director at a large Methodist church, I am responsible for everything from producing the weekly bulletins to determining our marketing plan as we look to the surrounding area for potential members. A lot of what I do is pretty simple - like collecting all the information to be formatted into the weekly bulletins used in the service, for example..." [Read entire profile]

  • Communications Director For a Construction Workers Union

    BA, UMass-Amherst MA, Emerson College
     "My job is basically to help explain and promote the union to its members and outside parties. Often people think they don't like unions, but it's more a function of their not understanding what we do or why..." [Read entire profile]

  • Communications Director For a Large Church

    BS in studio art and MA in liberal studies, Nazareth College
     "As a communications director who is responsible for all the communications at a large church, I am a jack-of-all-trades: I do writing, editing, and design/layout for our newsletter and other publications. I am responsible for creating and updating the website, so I need some web skills..." [Read entire profile]

  • Communications Exec For a Paper Products Company

    BS, Advertising & Consumer Studies, Syracuse University MS, Advertising, Northwestern University
     "I am responsible for the internal and external communications for my business. Internal means communications to and for employees..." [Read entire profile]

  • Director of Communications For a Non Profit

    BA, English
     "Working for a non-profit is very rewarding because you are often working on behalf of entities or individuals who wouldn't have advocates otherwise. Currently we work with big and small businesses, from little stores in the mountains to huge stores like Target..." [Read entire profile]

  • Director of Customer Relations For a Tax Software Company

    AS, Criminal Justice, Massasoit Community College
     "I design workflow plans and train firms on how to use our software. A typical day consists of 2-3 hours of training, 2-3 hours troubleshooting software-related issues and 2-3 hours of consulting..." [Read entire profile]

  • Executive at a Public Relations Firm

    Communication, Western Institute of Higher Education
     "As a Public Relations Executive, I get to establish the links between clients and their target audiences. I'm in charge of getting sponsorships, media production, castings for models, and celebrities for campaigns..." [Read entire profile]

  • Marketing and PR Coordinator For an Online Graduate Program

    BS, Journalism, West Virginia University MS, Journalism Ohio University
     "I do the public relations and marketing for an online graduate program at a major university. I write press releases and feature stories, I keep in contact with those interested in the program, our current students, graduates and faculty..." [Read entire profile]

  • Public Relations Executive

    BS, Broadcast Journalism, Syracuse University
     "My job involves working with an internal communications team, as well as internal marketing and sales teams. I also have to interact daily with our outside PR agency and customers..." [Read entire profile]

  • Social Media Consultant For Small Businesses

    University of Missouri Marketing
     "I live and work from anywhere. I work on a variety of different projects, some of which I do by myself and others I work with other entrepreneurs from around the world..." [Read entire profile]

  • Social Media Director

    BA in Linguistics
     "Basically I create, monitor, and integrate social media profiles and campaigns for all of my company's clients. This includes bands, authors, and local businesses..." [Read entire profile]

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