Kirsten Onsgard 847-921-7899 [email protected] kkonsgard.wordpress.com WORK EXPERIENCE

SUPERFLY PRESENTS Social Media Intern, September 2014 - November 2014 ● Social copywriting - Drafted social copy for campaigns for Stubhub's music trivia for their Next Stage campaign, and wrote sample copy for influential personalities for Yahoo's On The Road and Live campaigns. Created social copy for Trace Adkins' Facebook. ● Media Relations - Researched and built targeted lists of media and influential personalities for Yahoo Live and Yahoo On The Road campaigns. Wrote media proposals. ● Community management - Acted as the sole community manager of an agency client. Drafted editorial calendars for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. ● Brand analysis - Contributed to a competitive analysis for Superfly's brand brief. Supported overall brand strategy after reviewing artists' and clients' brand briefs. ● Channel curation - Researched, created and contributed to Pinterest pages for Tricia Yearwood, Seether and Martin Sexton. THE DEPAULIA Arts & Life Editor, June 2014 - Present ● Online and social content creation - Format articles for digital publication on our Wordpress-managed site. Write and scheduled social copy using TweetDeck to contribute to overall social strategy. ● Reporting - Write feature articles for print and online publication. Cover and live events, such as , and through written reviews and photography. ● News gathering - Monitor local and national news and press releases to select stories to cover. Utilize newsworthy angles and localize stories to ensure relevancy to the DePaul and communities. ● Editing - Read and evaluated drafts for accuracy, AP style, newsworthiness and content. Worked with writers to improve articles as needed to ensure the overall quality of the paper. ● Management - Assign newsworthy topics, events and stories to over 50 contributing and staff writers for coverage. Assisted with finding appropriate sources and troubleshooting during the writing process. ● Print design - Lay out nine pages of copy, photography and graphics for print publication using InDesign. LOCAL LOOP Founder and editor, January 2013 - Present ● Founded a digital local music publication in 2013 and oversaw its growth with a staff of writers and photographers. Wrote album and concert reviews of local music. DEPAUL UNIVERSITY TELESERVICES Communication Specialist September 2013 - August 2014 ● Communicated with prospective students about the university and contribute to calling projects.

EDUCATION DePaul University, Chicago Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising, Jun 2015

ADDITIONAL SKILLS ● Digital and social tools - TweetDeck, HootSuite, Wordpress ● Journalism - AP style, interviewing, reporting, editing, digital photography ● Software - Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Audition