Jessica Zahurak

7406 Dickinson Rd, College Park, MD 20740

215.622.3618 j.zahurak@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Public Relations Track)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Overall GPA: 3.5/4.0

Anticipated May 2017

WORK EXPERIENCE
Public Relations Media Consultant
May 2016 present
MatchMap Media
Built 5 media lists through Vocus, Cision, Nexis, Google News and TV Eyes
Wrote 5 email and phone pitches, and called over 50 contacts for phone pitching
Created a social media plan, carried out the plan and evaluated the plan for the organization
Created 2 invoices in QuickBooks
Communication Intern
January 2016 May 2016
Project Syndicate
Choose about five photographs for each article and upload for publication daily
Manage Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn company accounts daily
Reach out to university professors for publication use in classrooms
Peer Career Educator
September 2015 December 2015
University of Maryland Career Center & the Presidents Promise
Critique about 3 student resumes every hour
Collaborate with colleagues to plan a large students event called Terportunity, which showcased the
departmental opportunities on campus
Pitch Terporunity to university organizations and departments to join the event, successfully influencing 3
departments to join 2 weeks before the event
Human Resources Intern
December 2014 January 2016
Carr Workplaces, The Willard, Washington, D.C.
Scan resumes, schedule interviews and conduct phone screen interviews with candidates
Create new PDF forms using Forms Central software to expedite the new hire process
Create and facilitate activities to improve the workplace environment such as center-wide Bingo
Collaborate to create new company SharePoint intranet site and continuously update the HR and training sites for
the company
Communication Research Assistant
February 2014 May 2015
Department of Communication, University of Maryland
Transcribe interviews about communication within the DC EcoWomen organization
Interviews were about an hour each with 3 done a month
Learned the skill of typing and listening at a quick pace
Student Enrollment Operations
October 2013 May 2014
Graduate and undergraduate mail organization for assessment by the review board
Open, organize, and scan mail according to document type and student
Check work of new student employees
Verify college transcripts for degree attainment
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
Alpha Chi Omega Member, Historian

Spring 2014 - present

Fall 2014 present, Spring 2014 Fall 2015

SKILLS
Software: SmartRecruiters, LinkedIn Recruiter, Adobe PDF, Forms Central, InDesign, Mircrosoft Word,
Microsoft Excel
Media Skills: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram