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About Me

Allison Schmidt is a young visionary with an eye for design. Her degree is media and communication with a concentration in public relations. She is ambitious, creative, and is always thinking about the future. During her last year of college, she stepped into two leadership roles with Loco Mag and 1853 Communications - student-run organizations. She found herself facing unique challenges that required quick thinking and a creative mindset. While she endured many difficulties, she found that leading two-student run organizations to be rewarding and nothing like she's ever done or will do. 

During her time as a leader, she met so many people. She became unafraid to speak her mind, to make impossible jumps, and let her personality show. Strangers became friends and friends became family. It became important to her to always make sure that people knew their worth, to make a lasting impact, and to build unbreakable connections.

Running the Media and Communication department's main Instagram page allowed her to do all of this. For a semester-long project, Allison produced original content targeted to multiple audiences. Old graduates, recent graduates, current students, and professors of the major connected over the content that was filmed for the Media and Communication department. The produced content consisted of a wide variety of posts like heartfelt interviews, funny and informational posts. This inspired Allison to continue to work in the public relations field, though she is always willing to explore any opportunity that comes her way. 

Resume

Highly motivated and professional. Proficient in managing time, collaborating with other team members, working independently, proofreading, writing, and handling multiple tasks. Proficient in public relations and a communications specialist.

EXPERIENCE 

 09/24 - 5/25, Co-Editor-In-Chief & Events Manager Loco Magazine, Arcadia University 

  • Launched seven new issues and received over 60 submissions in total

  • Planned, organized and taught weekly to an entire class of 15 or more students

  • Executed four events that raised over $150 dollars in total, increased our followers on socials by 5% and attracted over 50 people in total

09/24 - 5/25, Co-Director 1853 Communications (PR Agency), Arcadia University

  • Created a public relations plan for the Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring at Arcadia University

  • Researched, planned, and executed an awareness campaign for the non-profit Residents for a Sustainable Cheltenham

  • Conducted a high school outreach and presented slides about the PR field and PRSSA to over 70 students at Cheltenham High School

​​06/24 - 01/25, Intern Business Solutions Internship - RMA

  • Handled and organized confidential documents that dealt with

  • Edited email communication and campaigning

  • Attended weekly calls and kept track with notes 

09/23 - 05/24 Social Media Assistant, Arcadia University

  • Filmed and edited original content for different platforms

  • Formed understanding of social media publishing 

EDUCATION  

Arcadia University 

Bachelor of Arts Degree - Media and Communications: PR Concentration 

Overall GPA 3.75

AWARDS  

Kusum Kulkarni Award for Academic Excellence

Department of Media and Communication, Arcadia University - 2025