OLIVIA MELINE

PUBLIC RELATIONS | MARKETING | ADVERTISING | COPYWRITING

515-336-9906 | ocmeline@gmail.com

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science | August 2016 – August 2019

Major: Public relations | Minors: Communication studies & speech communications

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, IA
Greenlee School of Journalism and
Communication

SKILLS: EXPERIENCE

◦ MARKETING & ADVERTISING

(TRADITIONAL/DIGITAL) ZLR Ignition, account coordinator & proofreader
◦ CLIENT/CUSTOMER RELATIONS Des Moines, IA
February 2020 – PRESENT
◦ JOURNALISM
◦ COPYWRITING/EDITING Provided client service and account support for clients such as Iowa State University,
◦ PROOFREADING/AP STYLE Iowa Department of Health & Human Services – Tobacco Use Prevention and Control
Division, Iowa Department of Public Safety, Cemen Tech, Iowa Secretary of State’s
◦ RESEARCHING & REPORTING Office and more.

Daily responsibilities of this role included building/maintaining client relationships

and ongoing coordination of client projects/campaigns (advertising and PR), which
CERTIFICATION: often involved research or writing situation analyses/case studies to report final
performance metrics.
CERTIFIED PROOFREADER
In addition to my role in account service, I regularly assisted with copywriting and
AP STYLE Academic & business focus social media needs for client and agency communications. Also, as a part of ZLR’s
Culture Club and their Social Content team, I coordinated a variety of the agency’s
self-marketing efforts — from updating web/social content to organizing award show
submissions to coordinating the annual client-facing holiday card.
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

 American Advertising Federation (AAF)

of Des Moines | member |
2020 – PRESENT
 Young Professionals Connection (YPC)
of Greater Des Moines | member |
2021 - PRESENT
Wildflower Golf Course, public relations intern
Detroit Lakes, MN
May 2019 - October 2019
Responsibilities: Wrote newsletters and press releases, designed advertisements,
networked/managed professional correspondence and managed social media.

PUBLISHED:
Iowa State Daily | four articles Fair Hills Resort, events coordinator intern
High Plains Reader | independent article Detroit Lakes, MN
May 2019 - October 2019

MORE INFORMATION: Responsibilities: Planned events, served as the on-site contact throughout events and
established professional relationships/communication throughout the process.
LinkedIn | Portfolio