While attending California State University, Long Beach I was looking for ways to get involved and learn while doing. I found the CSULB branch of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and ran for board positions. In my second semester I took on teh role of Director of Communications - overseeing the internal and external communications for PRSSA LB. The communications went out to multiple audiences with multiple goals needing to be met.

At my time with the association, I revamped the website to a fresher, navigation-friendly hub to represent PRSSA LB; reconfigured the weekly newsletter to be interactive, consistent and relevant to club business; and launched the first blog (including the business plan and acting as Lead editor and publisher) that was sourced as a publishing credit for the CSULB JPR student requirement.

This opportunity helped me to grow my skills:

• strategic communications - with multiple channels and audiences

• association connections - working within our branch and with local and national branches

• time management - balancing home, college, work to hit key deadlines