Shannon Owens
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Marketing, Social Media and Bilingual Communications Maven!
My professional experience includes a solid background in both the legal and communication fields, both of which require extreme attention to detail and effective time management- skills that have become polished over a 5+ year span of experience.Legal positions held have included the following fields: Criminal Law, Personal Injury Law, Arbitration, Litigation and Bankruptcy.
In addition, I have both experience and an educational background in the Experiential Marketing, Editing, Social Networking and Public Relations fields.
My goals include attaining a challenging and rewarding position in the Communications/Marketing/Public Relations field, which includes but is not limited to legal communications, media relations, linguistic communications, translation and editorial focus.
Professional Experience
Operations & Marketing Supervisor
LUSH Cosmetics - Atlanta(September 2009 - February 2011)
- • Carry out effective consumer marketing via event planning and social networking management
• Interview potential employees
• Generate traffic and build sales volume
• Build and maintain a solid Hispanic clientele base
• Effectively lead the team to achieve sales bonuses through training and team building exercises
http:/twitter.com/lushcumberland
Legal Communications Technician
Gerald E. Moore & Associates, P.C. - Marietta(April 2006 - September 2009)
- Managed the Arbitration Service Team
Trained and supervised legal interns
Interpreted conversations between Spanish-speaking debtors and Co Council
Proofread and translated correspondence to debtors from English to Spanish & vice versa
Utilized Excel & PowerPoint to provide presentations for annual Symposium
Compiled and maintained detailed legal files utilizing Excel and Collection Legal Software
Marketing & Sales Intern
PINK Magazine - Atlanta(August 2008 - December 2008)
- Accompany the marketing team on calls to pitch sponsorship and advertising opportunities.
Create sponsorship contracts and proposals for the 2008 PINK Conference series
Worked with event planners and marketing team coordinating 2008 PINK Conference
Communicated with handlers and directly with speakers to prep them for panel discussion
Researched women’s organizations to for strategic alliances
Updated media kits and marketing materials with latest research and statistics; as well as data entry for the marketing team and preparing packages for the sales team
Maintained confidentiality of company information and contacts
Marketing & Promotional Assistant
Vital Group(November 2005 - April 2006)
- Generated involvement by interacting with general public, partner vendors and community leaders
Conducted field research to attain consumer feedback
Organized event summaries
Utilized lead generation to distribute brand items for the U.S. Army
Marketed the Boost Mobile and U.S. Army brand names to increase mobile phone sales and enlistment rates
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Communications
Georgia State University (August 2004 - December 2009)
- Public & Political Communications (Speech), with a minor in Spanish
College & Tech Prep Diploma
Shaw High School (September 2000 - May 2004)
- Dual Diploma Attained (College & Tech Prep)
Interests
Hobbies/Interests
- Blogging
- Working out
- Networking
- Site design
- Social networking
- Linguistics (I'm a nerd)
- Baking
- Reading
- Sketching/Drawing
Skills
Marketing & Communications
- Campaign Launching
- Social Media
- Contract Negotiation
- Lead Generation
- Field Research
- Client Relations
Linguistic
- Translation & Interpretation (Spanish/English)
- Editing
- Proofreading
- Exceptional writing skills
Software
- MS Office
- PowerPoint
- Excel
- Office Publisher
- Front Page
- Word Perfect
- Lexis Nexis
- Core FTP
- Matchpoint
Digital
- Web Design
- Banner Production
- Site Building
