Kate D. Smith

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Education

Boston University Boston, MA                                                                                          
September 2011 - May 2015
Bachelor of Science – Journalism
Minor in Spanish
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
November 2018
Certificate in Marketing Strategy
California High School San Ramon, CA                                                                                    
August 2007 - June 2011

Experience

Marketing Specialist
Relation Education Solutions · Los Angeles, California
February 2017 – Present
Plan, coordinate, and implement regional, national, and international tradeshows  for Relation’s higher education business unit. Write and copyedit collateral and presentations for external marketing purposes, including student-facing brochures, on-campus event flyers, and instruction sheets. Manage RFP content for all business proposals, including the California State University system and the University of Michigan, resulting in over $2 million in new business in 2019. Assist in the creation and implementation of the digital marketing strategy for Relation.

Client Service Specialist Relation Education Solutions
Los Angeles, California
October 2016 – February 2017
Generated member ID cards, Certificates of Coverage, Letters of Verification, and other business correspondence. Assisted in the implementation of waiver processes and analyzed waiver petitions for all accounts. Worked with the enrollment departments at Aetna, UHC, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and other carriers.

Receptionist Relation Education Solutions
Los Angeles, California
February 2015 – October 2016
Fielded customer service calls from international students regarding enrollment, eligibility, and documentation requests. Processed mail and packages for all departments. Assisted in planning office-wide meetings. Worked with building management on various maintenance requests and repair coordination.

Marketing Coordinator BBC Imports
Manhattan Beach, California
August 2015 – December 2015
Wrote copy for and managed all social media channels for Cabotella, Baja Brewing Company’s flagship blonde ale. Created marketing collateral for various on-premise activations and promotions. Planned and implemented all Southern California off-premises events. Filed licenses for approval from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau as well as the Alcohol Beverage Control board.

Editorial Intern Boston Magazine
Boston, Massachusetts
January 2015 - May 2015
Conducted research for various projects throughout the semester, fact-checked articles for each section, transcribed interviews for publication, and
wrote timely posts for the magazine’s online version.

Campus Section Editor The Buzz
Boston, Massachusetts
September 2012 - May 2015
Covered newsworthy events, trends and people on Boston University’s campus for the school’s student-run lifestyle magazine. Maintained fresh and newsworthy content on the Campus section of the magazine’s website. Assisted in the compilation of one print edition each semester. Managed a team of 7 writers. Responsible for the upkeep of an accurate editorial calendar.

Editorial Intern The Improper Bostonian
Boston, Massachusetts
September 2014 - December 2014
Fact-checked listings for each section of the bi-monthly lifestyle magazine. Wrote call-outs for movies, music and books relevant to the Boston area. Assured accuracy of various monthly articles. Pitched ideas relevant to the Boston area.  

Publicist McNeil, Gray & Rice
Boston, Massachusetts
June 2014 - September 2014
Updated customized mailing lists and issuing press releases for assigned clients. Generated publicity reports and client portfolios. Maintained Twitter accounts for multiple companies.

Events Section Editor Cambridge.com
Brookline, Massachusetts
May 2014 - September 2014
Edited pages about hotels, restaurants, and universities within both the U.S. and U.K. versions of the site. Created and maintained the Weekend Events blog for the U.S. site. Regularly updated the Weekend Events blog with upcoming events in both Cambridge and Boston. Increased website’s “stickiness”—the amount of time users stay on the site—from 13 seconds to one minute.

Acquisitions Editorial Intern Seal Press
Berkeley, California
May 2013 - August 2013
Responsible for reviewing manuscripts for a publishing company “for women, by women” located in Berkeley, California. Responsible for proofreading and editing final manuscripts. Compiled reports regarding potential projects. Ensured final manuscripts were formatted correctly and free of mistakes.

Staff Writer Arbitrage Magazine
Remote
April 2013 - May 2014
Covered the Boston Marathon bombing for Arbitrage Magazine, a student-run online magazine based in Canada. Submitted feature-length stories on a monthly basis on topics like the glass ceiling, Tinder, and the corporate gender gap.