Matthew J.

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(618) 920-1685 mjoedougherty@gmail.com www.mjoedougherty.foliohd.com @matt_door_t

Work Experience
Southeast United Dairy Industry Assoc. Atlanta

Summary of Skills
Marketing/Public Relations Monitored, recorded and analyzed medias responses toward VF Corporation and John Portman and Associates events and news updates Contacted and secured 10 sponsorship and promotional opportunity for Quilted Northern with Susan G. Komens Race for the Cure Secured press coverage that targeted more than 75 percent of eight Indiana state representatives constituents per month Facilitated media interviews for Indiana state representatives that resulted in coverage in USA Today and Huffington Post Organized, managed and facilitated statewide media days for Indiana House of Representatives Managed and executed a proactive crisis communication plan for two Indiana House Representatives that dealt with published media and conflicting legislative issues during the 2013 session Pitched, organized and scheduled 31 interviews for iSafe during CES 2013 Pitched SMS Audio, Eton Corp, MeElectronics and Coghlans product information to local and national media outlets focused on technology and lifestyle stories Secured press coverage for iSafe, MeElectronics and Coghlans on online outlets such as Yahoo, The Gadgeteer, CNet, PCMag and many more Created media list by identifying key writers and publications for SMS Audio, Eton Corp, MeElectronics, Coghlans, Phosphor, VF Corporation, Newell Rubbermaid, Alston & Bird, John Portman and Associates and more, to prepare the teams for outreach efforts Wrote news releases, weekly newspaper columns and website content for Indiana state representatives, iSafe, Eskenazi Health and more Managed promotional table for Energizing Indiana at the Indianapolis Colts training camp and home games and, on average, signed 100 people per event Assisted and provided insight during the rebranding of Wishard Hospital to Eskenazi Health Digital Created and wrote email newsletters, using Delivera email marketing software, to Indiana state representatives constituents Created and designed weekly promotional pieces such as brochures and info graphics for all Indiana state representatives Researched, developed and created new social media strategy to promote Hirons & Company Promoted the movie screenings and national bus tour of Blue Like Jazz to the college market nationwide through email and special invites, resulting in more than 200 attendees at each event in Seattle, Orlando, Minneapolis and San Antonio Wrote two blogs post about PR stereotypes and Disney and PR, that were published on PRDaily Administrative Managed front desk operations including answering phones, greeting guest and prepared for client meetings and companywide programming for two agencies Organized, reviewed and managed more than 30 contracts for the construction of the Eskenazi Health Hospital Scheduled and monitored quarterly contractor verification reviews for more than 100 subcontractors and their primary contractor for the construction of the Eskenazi Health Hospital

Communication Intern September 2013Present

Edelman Atlanta

Corporate Intern June 2013August 2013

Indiana House of Representatives Indianapolis

Media Intern January 2013May 2013

BLASTmedia Indianapolis

Consumer PR Assistant August 2012December2012

Hirons & Company Indianapolis

Communication Management Assistant May 2012August 2012

Fifth Street Communications Anderson University

Associate January 2011May 2012

Leadership and Community Involvement

National Catholic Youth Conference steering committee and media relations staff member Volunteer middle school track coach Treasurer of the Anderson University PRSSA chapter President of an Anderson University men's service and social club (Previous roles: historian, vice president)

Relevant Skills
Microsoft Office suite Mac OS Adobe CS5 (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) Delivra Cision

Education
Anderson University Anderson, IN Bachelor of Arts, Marketing Bachelor of Arts, Communications with Public Relations concentration