Kamari Stewart-Jackson

I wrote daily articles in the company's content management system about trending items, upcoming sales and broadcast segments that were published on Today.com/shop. I also worked with the Audience Development Coordinator on tasks like tagging articles to keep track of revenue and paid campaigns, and writing hidden publish articles that are targeted at specific audiences on social media platforms.

With The Counter, formerly known as The New Food Economy, I worked on their newsletter, Thinly Sliced, that was published twice weekly. My responsibilities included formatting the newsletter campaign on MailChimp that was sent to over 20,000 subscribers and producing the newsletter to be published on their website. I worked with their social media by writing tweets everyday that are shared with their 11,000+ followers and posting on their Instagram to inform followers of new stories that have been published.

At the Brennan Center, I was an intern in their Communications department, mostly working with their Press and Events teams. With the Press team, I kept an updated database of any and all media hits for the Center. I updated the media portion of their website with big hits every day. I also created tear sheets of big media hits using InDesign for their quarterly Board of Directors meeting. With the Events team, I helped ensure that events ran smoothly doing everything from setting up to checking people in to making housekeeping announcements at the beginning of every program. I also worked with their Media Strategy team to collect information from MailChimp campaigns over the course of almost two years.

In my time with VH1 Save The Music, I did some work with their Social Media Manager by engaging with the online community to increase their follower count. I did most of my work with the Director of Development. In my work with her, I analyzed financial records like audits and 990 forms in order to determine potential funding sources. I researched potential grants and organized application materials as well. In my time there, the organization was able to secure a $50,000 grant from the Miami Foundation.

With Fresh U, an online magazine written by freshmen, for freshmen, I was able to learn how to navigate working with an online platform. I learned how to pitch and tweak article ideas and submit articles by a certain deadline. Here is where I began to learn how to capture moments through photography to include in articles.