E D U C A T I O N

Bachelor of Arts in Communications

PR emphasis
Nonprofit Management Minor
Public Relations Student Society of America member
RE L A T E D E X P E R I E N C E
Sep 2009-Apr 2014
Account Director
Headed strategic marketing campaign to rebrand the Lehi Chamber of Commerce
Generated media coverage in local newspaper by producing a news release about rebranding
campaign
Evaluated success of strategic campaign by monitoring and interpreting media placements.
Sep 2010-Jun 2011
Jan-Mar 2011
Development Intern
Formulated strategic funding campign for new aquarium as part of a team of 5.
Hosted Utah legislators event in support of executive initiative to receive state funding
for new aquarium.
Developed and awarded 6 grants for educational programs
Networked and pitched 10 key organizations to hold special events at aquarium
Communications Assistant for Worldwide Partner Conference
May-Jul 2009
Interfaced with partners to customize conference marketing content
Planned and executed partner networking golf tournament
Created messaging for conference social media and web pages
Followed up with partner representatives to complete summary reports
S K I L L S A N D OT H E R E X P E R I E N C E
Media programs: CisionPoint and NUVI
Design programs: Adobe Photoshop, In-Design, Illustrator and Microsoft Office Suite
Human resource specialist at the LDS Missionary Training Center
Full-time missionary for the LDS church in Calgary, AB Canada
Aug 2011-Mar 2013
May 2013-April2014
Twitter| @CourtneyNewby
C o u r t n e y N e wb y
(385) 208-5579
The Living Planet Aquarium | Sandy, UT
Bradley Public Relations, BYU | Provo, UT
Microsoft | Redmond, WA
Brigham Young University | Provo, UT
courtneynewby@gmail.com
Account Executive Intern
Thatcher+Co.| New York, NY
April 2014-Present
Built 4 key media lists instrumental in producing and obtaining contacts for account
executives to pitch top-tier outlets such as, The Wall Street Journal
Produced 2 necessary backgrounder briefing books to prepare international delegates from
Bangladesh and Jordan for media tours with outlets such as CNBC and TechCrunch
Collaborated with account executives to assist in building weekly media coverage reports
Corroborated in daily media scanning and compiled lead industry news for top executives.