Brittney Melton

meltonb12@students.ecu.edu | 252-642-7051
1504 South Charles Blvd. Apt 22A | Greenville, North Carolina 27858

Objective
To obtain a position where I can utilize my communication skills effectively and proficiently while complimenting the other many skills I do have.

Education
East Carolina University
Bachelor of Science, Communication

Greenville, North Carolina

May 2016

East Carolina University

Bachelor of Science, Merchandising

Greenville, North Carolina

May 2016

East Carolina University

Study Abroad

Italy, France, Monaco and Spain (Europe)

June 2015

Parsons The New School of Design/ Teen Vogue

Certificate, Fashion Industry Essentials

New York City, New York

August 2016

Technical Skills
Photoshop

InDesign

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint,

Excel, etc)

Adobe Software

Flash Player CS6

Social Media (Twitter, Facebook,

Instagram, Pinterest, etc.)

Related Experience
ECU School of Dental Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina
Communications Intern
May 2015 Present

Research and organize content for web sites and other electronic media as well as conducting Internet research.

Plan and conduct events as well as meetings to accomplish work.

Promote the department as well as events that will be happening through social media outlets by creating flyers and posting them.

Create Excel, PowerPoint, Flyers and Word Document files for presentations and documentation of files needed on students that belong to the
School of Dental Medicine.
RawPress Media/ RP Chic
Greenville, North Carolina
Fashion Writer/ Intern
July 2015 December 2015

Research and keep up with the latest fashion trends for primarily but not limited to college students.

Collaborate with the editor during biweekly meetings to discuss future fashion topics I will write about as well as to receive feedback on the articles I
have wrote (all of my fashion articles have been Editors Picks.

Promote my fashion articles that are published every week on social media outlets such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest.

Produce properly edited as well as unedited photographs for some of my articles to better represent the fashion trends the article is portraying.
CollegeFashionista
Greenville, North Carolina
Style Guru (Intern)
May 2015 December 2015

Analyze and keep up to date with current fashion trends and utilize this when observing college students on campus for articles.

Produced properly unedited photographs of students and authored an article about the fashion trends to be published on CollegeFashionista.

Promote my recently published article throughout the week on social media outlets such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest.
Greenville Guardian
Greenville, North Carolina
Writer (Intern)
January 2015 August 2015

Receive lists of article topics and their expansion limits by the editor and search for appropriate references for each subject topic.

Gather information and content material regarding the subject topic as well as planning and preparing the format of the article.

Organize the collected information most likely gathered during interviews or research and writing the article the article, and submitting completed
articles on time.
NC NAACP
North Carolina
Moral Freedom Summer Organizer (Intern/Employee)
June 2014-August 2014

Assists with the local NAACP branch, youth council, and partner organizations to carry out a voter empowerment plan.

Coordinates volunteer teams to engage in intensive, long-term, issue-based voter registration drives, attend and document county Board of Election
debates and monitor election changes. (Etc.)
Ming Entertainment/ESPN
Greenville, North Carolina
Parab (Employee)
October 4; 23/December 4, 2014

Collaborates with multiple team members to make sure everything was operating correctly, make sure your equipment and cables are in appropriate
places at all times. (Etc.)

Assists with sound quality of one side of a football field during a televised game.

Student Leadership/Campus Engagement

Chancellors Student Leadership Academy
ECU Yoga Club, Member
ECU Honor Society, Member
National Society of Leadership and Success, Member
Student Journalism Society, Secretary

January 2016- Present

August 2014-Present
May 2013-Present
July 2013-Present
April 2013-September 2014