Jessica B Harden
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Jessica Hall, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Elon University, a nationally accredited university ranked by US News and World Report as the nation’s number one university for student success two years in a row, received a BA in strategic communications with a teaching and learning minor. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, she has studied hard and traveled far to become a global citizen, gaining real-world experience as a communicator along the way.
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Some of Jessica's strengths include being detail oriented and a proactive self-starter, which both lend themselves to success. She has a unique combination of business acumen and educational experience given that she started her college career in elementary education. With this training, she understands how to motivate people using different strategies to fit each individual and how to be adaptive in different situations.
Jessica obtained practical, valuable experience from her prior internships and job experience. She is currently a resident writer at BuzzFeed creating shopping content to help readers find new and exciting products. She has loved her time and learning how to write in the fun and engaging BuzzFeed tone. In addition to this, she also works part time for SpencerHall where she is the marketing manager, developing content and managing outreach to a database of potential clients.
She was an educator for lululemon for nearly two years in 2020-2022. While with the company, she demonstrated her ability to be agile and anticipate needs in the company without requiring instruction from leaders. She also proved her initiative by creating a document to be presented to new hires to help streamline the onboarding process.
Throughout the summer of 2019, she interned for a video content agency, Fresh Content. There, she wrote copy for social media posts as well as reviewed blogs for the website. Jessica worked directly with the CEO to drive business development as well as continued success with existing clients. Prior to that, she completed a three-month internship at The Agency where she created proposals for potential clients, edited videos for social media and wrote a variety of copy both internally and externally.
During the fall of 2016, Jessica was an intern for Edelman Public Relation in London, UK. In that role she worked on a wide range of international client assignments including Xbox, Dove, Coca-Cola, Shell and Dubai. Her responsibilities included identifying influencers to promote client brands, researching news stories and social media impact to analyze event effectiveness for international brand teams, and compiling media contact lists for event planners.
During the summer of 2017, she created and implemented a comprehensive social media plan for Path Forward, a healthcare IT firm in Cincinnati, Ohio. There, she researched best practices to develop new social media accounts/vehicles and presented the findings to the CEO.
Jessica attended Cincinnati Country Day School, accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools and recognized as a Microsoft Center of Excellence and NAIS Curriculum Innovation Award winning school, from two years old until graduation. She graduated with high honors and as an AP Scholar with Distinction. During high school, Jessica created a photography club, while still maintaining a high GPA in her rigorous courses.