ALLEN BACLIG allenspecialist@gmail.com (951) 310-8041 twitter: allenspecialist ________________________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY (double major of Bachelor of arts) 2011 • Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising • Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies Academic Achievements Relevant to Public Relations and Advertising • Cecil Awards 2011 o Winner for “Best Public Relations Campaign of the Year” Cecil Award 2011 o Nominated Cecil Award for “Best Advertising Commercial” • Bateman Competition for Public Relations Student Society Association (PRSSA) o Director of Planning and member of Bateman Team 1 o Planned a grassroots public relations campaign book that would help people in need of financial literacy o Awarded honorable mention by PRSSA out of 50 competitors • Public Relations and Advertising (PRA) Council o Council Member: Created new educational ideas for classes for the PRA program • Chapman Runway Fashion Show o Logistics Assistant: Established a large selection of promotion tactics targeting models, fashion designers around the Orange County community • Oversaw a development of a public relations campaign book for an dental non-profit organization including market segmentation, media, consumer research, creative work, traditional and non-traditional strategies, scheduling and budget • Devised an Internet communications portfolio with the use of social media tools and web analyses
QUALIFICATIONS • • • •
Strong leadership skills in all levels of people and teams to achieve objectives Able to effectively manage and meet established deadlines Fast learner, detail-oriented, and organized Group facilitating and problem-solving in any given situation
EXPERIENCE NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIIVAL Newport Beach, CA
2010-2011
Events & Marketing Intern • Helped submissions director with over 50 submitted films of features, shorts, animation and documentaries for the festival • Assisted programmers with setting up technical check-ups for the films to be screen • Edited e-mail blasts, marketing proposals and facilitated volunteers and their duties
CITIZENFUNK APPAREL Corona, CA
2006-2008
Public Relations Director • Designed various strategies to attract a segmented audience of high school youth interested in art and music lifestyle • Managed with promotions with Volcom and Roxy and local independent brands
AMERICAN RED CROSS Orange, CA
2005-2007
Coordinator & Volunteer • Selected as advisor to teach and led a team of facilitators with training exercises • Served as a supervisor and mentor to leadership program aimed to high school peers and middle school youth and taught variety leadership skills for the future
HOBBIES SQUISHY DOCIOUS CREW Riverside, CA
2006-present
B-boy, Dancer & Operations Coordinator • Competed & participated in over 45 b-boy competitions all over California and Las Vegas • Accepted special invitations to compete to World of Dance, New Kids On the Block ALLENSPECIALIST CA 2009-present Freelance Social Media Specialist & Blogger • Wrote an exceptional proposal blog called MTV: Back to the Future, asking for change of the network to focus primarily music instead of the developing rise of reality shows • Shared music reviews and recommendations of artists in my blog and twitter accounts from various genres such as indie, house, hip hop, electronic, jazz
COMPUTER SKILLS • •
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Prezi, Adobe Photoshop CS, InDesign, Adobe Lightroom, iMovie, Google Analytics Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Wordpress, Tumblr, Google Plus