Resume of Erin Marchak 
Skills
- Strong salesmanship & Client Relationship Management skills
- Fiscally responsible & experience creating budgets for small to medium sized organizations
- Experience with Adobe CS4 suite & Final Cut Pro with years of design & video editing
- Experience writing press releases & sponsorship letters for non-profit organizations
- Ability to coordinate sponsorship for events run by non-profit organizations
- Intimate knowledge of & experience with Social Media, Web 2.0, Flash, CSS, PHP & Javascript
Experience
Communications Internship @ TIFF
September 2009 - Present, Toronto, Ontario
- Documenting media coverage for the premiere North American film festival
- Maintaining media relations for TIFF's year round initiatives
Web Design @ Hamilton-Mehta Productions
August 2009 - Present, Toronto, Ontario
- Designing & developing web presence for Canadian-Indian film to be released in March
- Utilizing knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript and Flash to create an immersive web environment
Graphic Design @ POV Magazine
August 2009, Toronto, Ontario
- Contracted to design promotional material for documentary magazine
Multimedia Design @ Queen’s Film & Media Studies
May 2009, Kingston, Ontario
- Created Flash animations and video introductions for video lectures to be posted on iTunes U
Sponsorship Intern @ 2009 Kingston Canadian Film Festival
November 2008 - March 2009, Kingston, Ontario
- Organized sponsors for the largest Canadian Film Festival through mail campaigns & face-to-face meetings
- Assisted in welcoming industry guests & coordinating volunteers during the festival
Advertising Coordinator @ Graduate Marketing
April - May 2008, Kingston, Ontario
- Coordinated advertising for a Wipe-Away Board campaign at Queen’s University
- Dry-called various businesses & presented the campaign in a concise & convincing manner
Business Manager @ Golden Words
March 2008 - March 2009, Kingston, Ontario
- Worked with national & local businesses to gain advertising revenue for weekly humour newspaper
- Organized sponsorship for on campus events, reducing the costs of a major event by 60%
- Reduced projected losses in advertising revenue due to the economic downturn by 200%
- Marketed on campus events using street teams, print campaigns, social media & promotional events
- Managed Business Team for recruitment of advertising & sponsorship through intensive C.R.M.
- Developed for the organization an annual budget, S.W.O.T. analysis & comprehensive transition manual
Marketing & Communications Intern @ Queen's School of Business
June - August 2007, Kingston, Ontario
- Prepared Flash & keynote presentations, press releases & web design for the Executive MBA program
Assisted in maintaining and coordinating Alumni Mailing lists for the School of Business Alumni Association
Publicity Co-Director @ Queen's University Bands
March 2007 - March 2008 , Kingston, Ontario
- Responsible for public relations, semi-formal, recruitment & fund raising campaigns
- Used social media, street teams, print campaigns & street performances to increase student support by 20%
- Created a strong working relationship with the Western University Mustang Marching Bands
Education
Queen's University @ Kingston, Ontario
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Film & Media with a minor in Philosophy
- Involved with Queen’s TV, Golden Words (Newspaper), & Philosopher’s Café (Magazine)
- Received the Daylight Academic Scholarship from Daylight Energy, LTD. for 2006 – 2009
- Studied at the International Study Centre (England), with a focus on International Marketing