2555 F. Street • Springfield, OR 97477

Phone 541.579.5888 • E-mail kmatthew@gladstone.uoregon.edu

Kelli Matthews

Objective
	To obtain a part-time internship where I can use the public relations skills I have learned and continue to grow professionally.
Related Experience

1999 - 2000 Public Relations Student Society of America Eugene, OR

Internship Coordinator

· Bateman Competition team member. A national competition sponsored by the PRSSA that allows students to research, plan, implement and evaluate a pr campaign for a real client.

o Executed campus launch of Solobiz.com with national launch. Targeted junior and senior business students.

· Regional Conference Coordinator. Our PRSSA chapter won the bid from the national committee to host the 2000 Northwest Regional Conference

o Responsible for coordinating volunteers and organizing every aspect of a two-day conference held on the university campus.

· 2000-2001 President-elect

o Will work with a core of 10 dedicated executive board members to continue to plan and implement goals for our chapter in terms of recruitment, retention and publicity.

1999 - 2000 City of Eugene Planning Division Eugene, OR

Public Information and Research Assistant

· Coordinated public information materials relating to the land use code update project.

· Involved writing both for public and for the media

· Web Site design.

Other Experience
	1997 - 1999 VoiceStream Wireless Eugene, OR Customer Service Representative · Responsible for every aspect of cellular retail sales office management on an assistant manager level. · Customer relations, inventory management and merchandising. · Responsible for store quota and helping sales staff reach their individual quota. · Increased sales in store to consistently achieve over 100 percent of store quota. 1994 - 1996 The Musicland Group, Inc. Eugene, OR Assistant Manager · Responsible for all aspect of retail music store on an assistant manager level. · Interviewed, hired and trained new employees · Customer service, inventory management and merchandising
Education
	University of Oregon Eugene, OR Journalism: Public Relations n June 2001 graduation date n 3.35/4.0 GPA n Related coursework: Writing for the Media, Information Gathering (research and writing skills), Principles of Public Relations, PR Writing.
Volunteer experience
	CyberSisters – telementoring organization that pairs university women with middle school girls to encourage their participation in math, science or technology. Also completed public relations materials, including a complete press kit for CyberSisters.
Skills
	Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Internet Explorer and FrontPage Adobe PageMaker and PhotoShop