Resume
Aly Dolan
alycia-dolan@uiowa.edu
847-340-5148
Current Address: 627 Iowa Ave #4 Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Permanent Address:85 Longford Dr. Elgin, Illinois 60120
Career Experience
Riverside Theatre
Marketing/Public Relations Intern,Iowa City, Iowa
May 2008-Present
•Write and distribute press releases for 2008 summer plays
•Assemble media lists, monitor and analyze media coverage.
One Source Talent
Public Relations Intern, Oak Brook, Illinois
May 2007-August 2007
•Designed models’ comp-cards
•Coordinated meet and greets events
•Organized monthly photo shoots
Huffington Post
Off-the-Bus Correspondent, Iowa City, Iowa
October 2007–Present
•Investigating the 2008 presidential candidates
Ignition-Inc.
Promoter, Iowa City, Iowa
September 2006
Coursework Highlights
Advanced PR Writing
• Created news releases, fact sheets, brochures, bios, service pieces, and speeches.
• Generated media audits and situation analyses
PR Practice Workshop
• Researched, planned, and composed public relations campaign strategy.
• Studied target publics, their preferred channels of communication, and evaluated the effectiveness of the campaign plan.
Publication Design
• Assembled layouts for newsletters, brochures, and advertisements
Public Policy Reporting
• Gained knowledge on cop, education, local and county government beats.
• Composed weekly briefs and investigated one enterprise story.
Honors
• Cogner-Reynolds Scholarship
• Shafer Family Trust Scholarship
• Gordon B. Strayer Scholarship
• U of I Tuition Scholarship
• U.I. National Scholars Award
• Member, University of Iowa Honors Program
• Member, University of Iowa Dean’s List
Activities
• Member, Dean’s Student Advisory Committee
• PR Director, Public Relations Student Society of America
• Reporter, PRSSA newsletter
• Member, PRSSA Firm
• Member, Ed on Campus
Technological Skills
• Strong in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher
• Experience with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver
• Knowledge in grant writing
Education
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
B.S. Journalism & Mass Communications, B.S. Political Science
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