Kristen D. Johnson

Weber Shandwick Worldwide: Consumer Intern
March 2010-July 2010

• Monitored, quantified, qualified and recorded daily online, print and broadcast coverage for various client      teams, including Milk NBA, Milk Dinner, McCormick, Nabisco, and KFC
• Participated as a team member through assigned contributing duties and weekly group meetings 
• Created and maintained media relationships through pitch practices among bloggers, social media managers, newspapers, magazines and broadcast stations for upcoming events and to create product attention 
• Secured a wide range of placements in all media types
• Managed client social media, such as the Nabisco Facebook fan page
• Constructed media lists, product image and fact sheets, and client email drafts through assigned criteria

Freelance Writer: Midwest Beat Magazine, Relate Magazine, Crunk Certified Magazine

May 2007-July 2009

• Wrote music artist features and reviews on releasing albums from press kits.
• Practiced contacting and corresponding with record companies and artist public relation teams.

Features Editor: The Exponent, Purdue's daily independent student newspaper

• Managed the features desk, including a staff of 10 reporters and an assistant editor.
  
• Edited stories for my desk and the other desks at the newspaper.
• Developed fresh story concepts linked with different design elements and graphics.
• Worked with an office of editors to produce a paper every weekday.

• Researched stories, developed articles, and arranged and scheduled interviews.
• Timely completed articles according to the assigned deadlines from the editor.

May 2007-August 2007

• Worked through a summer editorial internship under the paper’s editor-in-chief, John Koys.
• Reported on various communities’ news and happenings.

Concert Promoter: Live Nation with House of Blues Chicago
May 2007-August 2007

• Publicized performances through handouts to businesses across the southwest Chicago suburbs
• Documented and timely reported advertising efforts through Google groups and applications

Purdue Student Concert Committee: Publicity Director

• Utilized organizational and interpersonal skills to research, plan, and book upcoming bands and artists to         perform on Purdue’s campus such as Wilco, B.B. King, The Fray, Bob Saget, Jim Gaffigan, Dierks Bentley
• Created and designed posters, flyers, and mass media advertisements to publicize events
• Created and managed stage environment for concerts and events