Audra Fern Gines 109 John Calvin St., Starkville, Mississippi 39759

801.680.0283 | Ferngirl@gmail.com

Professional Experience

Mississippi State University, College of Arts & Sciences, Communication Director (CA&S) Starkville, MS Communication Coordinator (2014 – current)

Outstanding verbal and written skills including ability to produce professional news releases, fliers, and power points.

Create and produce content for important meetings and pitches for the acquisition of different partners and clients.

Excellent ability to work efficiently with associates across all platforms, great interpersonal skills.

First-rate capability to create advertising and marketing campaigns/content for special events.

Create, develop, and facilitate in the redesign and reformatting of the CA&S website.

Collaborate and help with social media messaging and content creation.

Familiar with copy, editing, and producing content.

Vision Magazine Starkville, MS Editor/Writer (2013 – current)

Organize, plan, and facilitate all stories, writers, images, and organization of Vision magazine.

Conduct research, write informative narratives and feature stories, edit, and aid in publishing.

Inspire and educate readers through opinion pieces, informative columns, and creative writing.

Manage and prioritize multiple stories at one time while meeting critical deadlines.

Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), MSU Chapter Starkville, MS Vice President of Communications (2014 - 2015), Member (2013-2015)

Event coordinator and supervisor for MSU’s PRSSA chapter - Alabama PRSA Summit Conference coupled with a business interest trip to Atlanta, Georgia, 2015.

Collaborated efforts with Steve Soltis, group director of employee and leadership communication, Coca-Cola Company; Virginia Gardner, public relations, UPS; and Steve Holmes, director of corporate communication, Home Depot.

Constructed media to gain interest, generated conference attendee lists, sent out critical announcements, emails, spreadsheets, and collaborated these efforts with event planners.

Social Science Research Assistant Starkville, MS Research Assistant to Dr. Skye Cooley (Spring 2014)

Presented research at BEA Conference 2015, Las Vegas, NV

Final research report was issued to the Department of Defense, fall 2014.

Utilized the Web Monitoring System (WMS) - a powerful translation and archival program of multinational media from across the globe created by Raytheon BBN Technologies and hosted at Texas A&M University.

Assisted in developing a research analysis model which coded for specific analytics regarding ISIS’ culture, power, uncertainty avoidance, and collective identification.

Data analysis involved looking specifically at ISIS, the Arabic world, and how ISIS views and recruits sympathizers.

Education

Mississippi State University Starkville, MS Communications, Public Relations (2012-Current) Graduation August 2015 Deans’/President’s List (2013-2015) GPA 4.0

University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Exercise and Sports Science (2010-2012) Dean’s List (2010-2012) Utah Valley University Orem, UT Associate of Science (2010) GPA 4.0, Graduated with honors Dean’s List (2000, 2010) Utah State University Logan, UT Attended (1999-2000)

Honors & Awards Winner of capstone project proposal, PR Organizations, The Reflector business campaign Mississippi State University, MS (Spring 2015)

Contributor award winning magazine, Vision Writer/editor Mississippi State University, MS (2013-2015) Hank Flick Outstanding Service Scholarship MSU Communication Department Mississippi State University, MS, Scholarship Award (2014-2015) Turner Catledge Scholarship New York Times Foundation Mississippi State University, MS, Scholarship Award (2014-2015) Lambda Pi Eta Mississippi State University, MS Theta Alpha chapter of Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) (2013-current) The official communication studies honor society of the National Communication Association Graduation Mississippi State University, MS Honors, Cum Laude (2015)

Community Service

Benefit El Salvador Salt Lake City, UT Volunteer - Non-profit Organization (2011-2012)

Assisted in developing multiple fundraising events: Silent Auction, climbing competition, Macy’s charity day, and Ten Thousand Village’s shopping night.

Directed and coordinated a petition to University of Utah’s ASUU student government - Receiving over $1000 in grant money from SAC: Student Advisory Committee & collectively we raised $20,000 in funds during 2012.

Hat, Gloves, and Scarves: Touching Lives, Warming Hearts Salt Lake City, UT Cofounder + Organizer (2010)

Developed a charity drive to help local refugees in the Salt Lake City area.

Collected and donated over 1000 items to the Liberian and Sierra Leon communities.

References

Dr. Mark Goodman, Starkville, MS Professor, College of Communication Department of Communication McComas Hall Rm 106 Email: mgoodman@comm.msstate.edu Office: (662) 325-7953 Dr. Skye Cooley, Starkville, MS Assistant Professor, College of Communication Department of Communication McComas Hall Email: scc283@msstate.edu Mobile: (225) 241-6409 Karyn Brown, Starkville, MS Director of Communication – College of Arts & Sciences Coordinator of Public Relations Concentration Faculty Advisor PRSSA, Instructor Department of Communication McComas Hall, Room 236 Email: kbrown@comm.msstate.edu Office: (662) 325-7952