Jarrod Christopher Nelson

3 Chauncy Street, Apt. 9, Cambridge, MA 02138 | 865-771-2627 | jnelson@jd21.law.harvard.edu

Education

Bachelor of Science in Communication | August 2014 – May 2018 | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Major: Public Relations
• Minor: History, Business Administration
• 3.99/4.00 GPA
• Dean’s List, Eight Semesters
• Honors Degree, Chancellor’s Honors Program
• Hope Scholarship, with Merit
• Volunteer Scholarship

Juris Doctorate | August 2018 - Present | Harvard Law School

• Pursuing opportunities in public interest work
• Interested in impact litigation and civil rights advocacy

Selected Experience

President | Campus Events Board | May 2017 – May 2018 | 8-10 hours per week | Knoxville, TN
• Oversee the implementation and allocation of a $570,000 budget across nearly 100 events throughout
2017-2018
• Manage membership, communication, budgeting, evaluation, outreach, and conflict resolution of the
largest non-social student organization on campus
• Collect, report, and guide the activities of three committees planning events that attract up to 11,000
people from campus, the community, and out of state areas

Opinions Section Editor | The Daily Beacon | December 2017 – May 2018 | 5-8 hours per week | Knoxville, TN
• Edit 15+ weekly columns for accuracy, grammar, and style
• Recruit over 8 new columnists to offer a diverse range of opinions to campus
• Create new multimedia offerings from the opinions staff, including podcasts and video series

Columnist | The Daily Beacon | August 2015 – December 2017 | 5-8 hours per week | Knoxville, TN
• Write a popular weekly column on the intersection of campus life and politics
• Produce, research, and write special feature videos about campus and state politics
• Report for investigative desk established in 2017

Researcher | Wykoff & Sikes, PLLC | April 2017 – December 2017 | 5 hours per week | Knoxville, TN
• Manage files of small claims court cases
• Pull files from local small claims court for potential leads
Communications Intern | City of Knoxville Mayor’s Office | May 2017 – August 2017 | 12 hours per week
• Draft, research, and produce multiple city blog posts on Mayor Madeline Rogero’s agenda and initiatives
• Coordinate the first Go Vote Knoxville initiative, through local business outreach and video production,
which doubled citywide votes in 2017 city council elections
• Assist in the planning of multiple community events that attracted up to 100 people each in different
diverse communities

Marketing Intern | TeamHealth | May 2017 – August 2017 | 25 hours per week | Knoxville, TN
• Assist with the logistics of TeamHealth’s presence at over 100 health industry trade shows
• Negotiate sponsorship details between TeamHealth and numerous partners
• Lead planning and logistics for TeamHealth’s Anesthesiology 2018 appearance

VP of Communications | Campus Events Board |August 2016 – May 2017 | 8 hours per week | Knoxville, TN
• Disseminate and create press releases and advertising materials for a programing organization with a
$570,000 budget at UT, Knoxville
• Implement new centralized social media strategies that increased Twitter engagement to an average of
3,000 impressions per day, with less than 2,000 followers
• Create communication strategy with and oversee advertising plans for committees that plan events which
attract up to 11,000 people by leading a team of three marketing directors
• Organize and create the internal database of the Campus Events Board

Public Relations Director | Issues Committee | August 2015 – May 2016 | 5 hours per week | Knoxville, TN
• Coordinated the press strategy and Facebook events of a $80,000 organization at UT, Knoxville
• Proposed and ran events that drew up to 1,000 people
• Negotiated booking times, prices, and availability with agents of speakers, experts, and artists