Rhiannon Bruni: Senior Communications Specialist in san diego, CA

• Produce the Institute’s quarterly print publication (write, edit, manage production and content writers, print process, and distribution). • Develop print and multimedia content on breakthroughs in basic biological research for external audiences. • Co-develop communications and digital strategy. • Prepare press releases and secure media coverage of philanthropic gifts, events, and Institute news. • Secure article licensing and media buys for the Institute. • Organize and host media representatives for interviews and on-site campus visits. • Pitch breakthrough science stories to the local and national media. • Provide strategic recommendations to the philanthropy staff for appropriate use of communication tools. • Support Institute’s social media efforts by writing for the blog and oversee Institute channels on sites such as Facebook and Twitter. • Perform media analytics and market research. • Photograph select events. • Contribute content to campus digital signage. • Serve as a public information officer for the La Jolla, Ca., campus.

• Develop print and multimedia content on breakthroughs in basic biological research for external audiences. • Co-develop communications and digital strategy, including website redesign and rebranding. • Co-develop and assistant in the management of the company’s social media strategy and campaigns to enhance brand awareness. • Conceptualize, produce and disseminate videos, e-newsletter, awareness campaigns, press kits and teaching tools. • Write and edit final press releases, grants, proposals, web content and presentations • Media negotiation and purchasing (electronic, print and non-traditional mediums). • Video production, script writing and editing. • Media relations and story pitching. • Social media engagement and media relation metrics reporting for senior leadership. • Traffic production management on department produced collateral materials.

• Wrote hundreds of evergreen tweets and Facebook posts to help create a younger, more youthful voice for Schwab’s first (twentysomething) Moneywise campaign. • Created digital contests and boosted online presence by coordinating a website redesign, iPhone app and other enhancements to the Schwab Moneywise campaign. • Managed key aspects of the editorial process, including daily, weekly and monthly social media content and communications.

Editorial intern for media advocacy and education non-profit website based on content reviews. -Duties included: editorial calendar maintenance, database management, creative content development, media research, and associated administrative tasks. I completed the 10 month commitment I made to this unpaid internship.

Graduate fellowship assistant to the fellowship adviser. -Duties were fellowship research and reporting, student application vetting and preparation, fellowship website maintenance and expansion, and event set-up/break-down.

I interned within a very busy professional design society. My internship was focused on learning the mechanics of event preparation.