E.J.

SHAMBERGER
704-526-9609 | ejsham@hotmail.com | ejsham.com

EXPERIENCE
Syscom Services, Marketing Coordinator
Silver Spring, MD | April present
Research and find potential leads for sales team through inbound marketing
Plan and prepare promotional efforts for live webinars, conferences and other events
Develop content for social media (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn), emails, and blog posts
USA Today Your Take, Community Manager
McLean, VA | March - present
Manage Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram accounts
Correspond with contributors via email to verify user-generated content
Wrote and published an article about a frequent photography contributor
Develop social media campaigns to increase user engagement and following
Quiet on the Set Magazine, PR Specialist
Washington, DC | Feb. - present
Curate and develop content for daily Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts
Write press releases for announcements and manage media correspondence for publisher and editorial team
Grow brand exposure through grassroots efforts, email marketing, radio interviews and cross-promotions
Radio One, PR Consultant
Silver Spring, MD | Sep. Dec. 2014
Met with the DC news and community affairs director weekly to research the company, learn about its
communication challenges and create a strategy that would increase Radio Ones online brand exposure
Developed a 30-page communications strategy, including a competitive analysis and social media audit, to
improve the online engagement and social media following of all five DC stations
Georgetown University Press, Publicity Assistant
Washington, DC | Feb. Dec. 2014
Processed orders and published reviews in database of nearly 2,000 books and DVDs
Managed daily email correspondence with authors, review journals and prominent journalists
Wrote blog posts, edited video interviews, designed fliers and built media lists (in Vocus) to promote events
Increased Twitter followers by 10 percent and Facebook Likes by 17 percent; also managed Tumblr account
National Association of Black Journalists, PR Fellow
Boston, MA | July Aug. 2014
Wrote six event-specific talking points for the associations president
Managed Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts; also live tweeted and planned interviews with Andrew
Young, Omari Hardwick, Jemele Hill and Paula Madison, Dean Baquet
McDonough School of Business, Social Media Assistant
Washington, DC | Aug. Dec. 2013
Wrote four e-newsletters each month and distributed them via MailChimp
Handled Facebook and Twitter accounts and developed monthly social media analytics reports
The Indianapolis Star, Online Engagement Fellow
Indianapolis, IN | June Aug. 2013
Managed the papers first Twitter chat (#interntakeover)
Composed tweets and Facebook posts for daily stories and breaking news updates
Developed 32 Storify stories (www.storify.com/ejsham), wrote feature stories and compiled photo galleries

The Charlotte Post, Multimedia Intern

Charlotte, NC | May Aug. 2012
Published nearly 30 stories and produced 7 video packages
Increased Twitter followers by 17 percent, also managed Facebook and Instagram
Interviewed Spike Lee, Alfre Woodard and Darryl DMC McDaniels (from Run-DMC)

SKILLS
Develop Strategic Communication Plans
Write Business Correspondence, Web Articles/Blogs and Press Releases
Manage Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Tumblr, Google+ and Snapchat
Optimize Online Traffic and Social Media Engagement Based on Digital Analytics

EDUCATION
Georgetown University
Public Relations and Corporate Communications
Master of Professional Studies, 2014
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Journalism and Mass Communication
Bachelor of Arts, 2013
University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain
School of Communications
Semester Abroad, 2012

AWARDS
A.C. Snow Scholarship
McCollough Scholastic Scholarship
Clarence and Jane Whitefield Scholarship
Jim Batten Community Newspaper Internship Award