EXPERIENCE

ASSISTANT ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, RESNICOW & ASSOCIATES

New York, NY, October 2021 - Present

• Works closely with wide range of clients across arts and culture to develop communications strategies, manage media relations, secure impactful coverage, and provide guidance on institutional messaging.

• Develops materials such as press releases, messaging from institutional leadership, and thorough activity and coverage reports; coordinates media coverage from the inception of a story to final publication

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ASSOCIATE STRATEGIST, ESSENCE GLOBAL

New York, NY, December 2019 - October 2021

• Associate Strategist on the NBCU portfolio working across Sports, Golf, and ELG channels; building out audience profiles, executing competitive deep-dives, creating and presenting strategy decks, and making actionable recommendations to further advance the cable business

• Member of elective strategy group, The Takeaway, which presents monthly decks on emerging media trends, particularly within the digital space, to strategists across our North American offices

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COPYWRITER, VOX MEDIA

New York, NY, March 2021 - January 2022

• Freelance copywriter for the Vox Media Podcast Network; writing scripts on behalf of advertisers, following client briefs while also matching the tone of the assigned program

• Able to return clean, finished copy under tight timelines

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, MANAGING EDITOR, CONTRIBUTOR; BOSSIER MAGAZINE

August 2016 - December 2018

Bossier is a student magazine devoted to promoting discourse on women and femme-centric issues and publishing work by women and femmes.

• Served as EIC for calendar year of 2018–currently run magazine both logistically and editorially, introduced a Writer's Workshop component to strengthen relationship between editors and contributors and take pieces to highest possible level. I am also currently creating a podcast for the magazine's blog

• Served as Managing Editor for Spring 2017–helped organize creative events on and off campus, worked with writers to hone their work, managed the editorial team's assignments and kept them on schedule

Education

B.A. English
Minors in Film & Media Studies, Justice & Peace Studies
Georgetown University
Fall 2015 to Spring 2019

Academic Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa

Contact

EMAIL
ekcregan [at] gmail [dot] com

INSTAGRAM
@eliz_cregan