Public Relations Career Research

Alcon Laboratories

Public Relations - Assistant - Fort Worth, TX

Targeted for acquisition by Novartis in early 2008, the company had a limited external communications program and very little internal or executive communications strategy. I was recruited specifically to manage merger communications, including developed a strategy and integrated plan to reposition the strategic rationale of the merger, drive a change management strategy to help leadership reconnect with employees and brin...

Avg. Salary: $150,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Public Relations - Assistant - Research Triangle Park, NC

Recruited by region president to build and lead a centralized corporate communications department to reposition Sony Ericsson in one of the company’s most critical markets worldwide. This role was multifaceted as the need was great – shortly before I arrived, Sony Ericsson lost a critical US customer and shut down its CDMA division which resulted in about 2,500 employees losing their jobs. (At the time, CDMA represents abo...

Avg. Salary: $150,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Rapid City YMCA

Public Relations - Communications - Rapid City, SD

I was a lifeguard for the YMCA's three swimming pools. This included supervising children from the age of newborn to 16 both as they swam and while they were in the pool area in general. Communication was always key and I took great pride in taking an active role speaking to my other lifeguards and coordinating which areas of the pool My job also included conducting safety inspections of the pool before I opened it in the m...

Avg. Salary: $45,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

The Pali Institute

Public Relations - Communications - Running Springs, CA

My job was to not only teach five outdoor education classes per day, but to sleep in cabin supervising 11 other 4th-9th grade kids, sit with them at all three meals, and supervise them at all times throughout the day. It was a 24-hour a day job working with children.

Avg. Salary: $45,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Tri-City Storm

Public Relations - Communications - Kearney, NE

I was the official play-by-play broadcaster of the Tri-City Storm. My job was to call the game action and conduct pre-game interviews, drawing on my strong knowledge of the team and the local sports team as well as the dozens of relationships within the organization and community that I had nurtured on a day-to-day basis. I analyzed statistics, memorized player names and numbers and maintained relationships with players, pl...

Avg. Salary: $45,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Camp Friendship

Public Relations - Communications - Palmyra, VA

I spent my first two summers as a senior counselor in charge of up to 62 high-school aged children. I spent the summers of '05 and '07 in a management role, but I was not there in '06. I supervised the riflery .22 and archery ranges in '06. That included the supervising hundreds of children and teachers. In '07 I supervised hundreds of lifeguards and children each week at the lake on the camp. In both years I headed up sche...

Avg. Salary: $45,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

The Home Depot

Public Relations - Sports - Arvada, CO

Supervise all cashiers and provide top customer service

Avg. Salary: $37,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

YMCA

Public Relations - Sports - Arvada, CO

Schedule games, supervise little league games as well as ensure control of games including basketball, baseball, and soccer

Avg. Salary: $37,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

The Home Depot

Public Relations - Sports - Greeley, CO

Avg. Salary: $37,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Disney Destinations - Disneyland Resort

Public Relations - Event Planning - Anaheim, CA

• Manage sales contract including food and beverage, room blocks and all logistical details for corporate and leisure clients • Builidng positive relationships with fellow staff and operating partners to create win-win solutions for clients

Avg. Salary: $50,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available