AislingReardon
MA PR and New Media
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Aisling Reardon
Date of Birth: 01/06/95 Nationality: Irish Licence: Full
Mobile: 087 96372 98
Address:
Home: 83 Evergreen Street, Cork
Email Address: aisling.reardon@gmail.com
Personal
info
Work
experience
June 2018 - Present
Taster, www.tasterfood.com
Founder
Outline
Taster is an online digital marketing service which allows users to view visual representations of menus in their area. I founded Taster and have the developed the business over the summer months. I am now a finalist in the Cork Digital Marketing Awards for my efforts.
Key responsibilities
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Creating the website.
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Market Research – Primary and Secondary
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Cold calling potential customers ‘restaurants’ to get them on board
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Writing and sending press releases
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Organising a press launch night
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Managing social media to create brand awareness
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Designing an ‘award winning’ business plan
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Designing contracts to protect the service provided
Key achievements/projects
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Received €4,000 seed funding from the Rubicon Centre
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Achieved a place in the Student Inc. programme
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Won best business plan in the Student Inc. programme
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Finalist in Cork Digital Marketing Awards 2018
October 2018 – Present
Cork Institute of Technology
Enterprise and Innovation Office
Public Relations Intern
Outline
CIT Enterprise and Innovation Office offers a series of supports, resources and competitions to encourage student entrepreneurship within Cork Institute of Technology. My job is to make these resources and supports know to the student body and the to the general public.
Key Responsibilities:
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Creating social media platforms
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Creating content for social media
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Issuing press releases
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Writing articles for CIT on site incubation centre – The Rubicon Centre
November 2018 – Present
University College Cork
Online Presence and PR consultant
Outline
The departments of Film, Music and Theatre in UCC are merging together as one school and I have been hired to best create a strategy that will best represent this online to the general public and make people aware of the achievements of the School and the merit of this integration
Key responsibilities
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Creating research profiles
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Merging school websites
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Designing social media strategy
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Creating innovative ways of communication within the restriction of the UCC Content Management System
Achievements
1)Nominated for the Peel’s Award/ Student of the Year UCC 2018
2)Student of the Year 2016 Drama and Theatre Studies,
3)Employee of the Month March 2016,
4)Drama and Theatre Studies Class Rep: 2015, 2016 and 2017,
5)UCC Student Council-2014,
6)UCC Works Award 2015,
7)First Year Representative on UCC Dramat-2014
Education
Cork Institute of Technology
2017 - present
I am currently studying a Masters in Public Relations and New Media learning the art of communication in the digital age.
University College Cork
2014 - 2017
I studied Drama and Theatre studies with Music. I had a particular emphasis in theatre production and direction. I carried out in depth studies in Applied Theatre and also ethnomusicology. I graduated with a First Class Honor.