Alex Agan 503-334-6055 [email protected] taagan.tumblr.com

I was born with the name "Taylor Alexander Agan". I can only imagine how different my life would be if my mother was not bothered by the idea that "Taylor" was the most popular name in the hospital I was born in and that I must be referred to as "Alex". The truth is, probably no different at all; but I like to think so. I like to think that it was my changed identity that helped me create a miniature BMX track at the age of 8 in my backyard after I had crashed and scraped up my face from a previous stunt. I like to think that Taylor would have never ridden a bike again. I like to think that Taylor would have graduated with a general business major instead of feeding the itch to do more and investigate advertising and brand strategy. I like to think that Taylor is out there in an alternate universe, being boring, predictable, and scared, and that it is up to me to prove myself as Alex.

Experience Ethos Magazine Advertising Representative Summer/Fall 2013  Brought in local businesses to advertise with the student run magazine.  Created an advertisement directed at local businesses to advertise with Ethos Magazine. MiresBall Brand Design/Internship July 2012  Participated in rebranding of Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits. Focusing mainly on changing their package design to associate Ballast Point beer and sand/fishing.  Wrote copy about the agency’s work with Taylor Guitars on the company’s website.  Performed social marketing research using Facebook and Survey Monkey to get a secondary look into the client’s reach in their targeted age group. Gather statistics and created a report which then aided Scott Mires in his conference call with the client. Alpha Broadcasting /Internship June 2011  Responsible for creating event packages for potential clients for 3 out of the 5 radio stations.

 Actively participated in new business sales presentations focused on event promotion for a new station that was born a week before I joined the team.

 Constructed and developed sales projection documents for teams in each radio station (, KUPL, Live 95.5, and KGW).

 Was part of a radio segment on the country station KUPL called “ask the intern”.

Education University of Fall 2009-current SOJC: Advertising Semester at Sea Spring 2012

A voyage circumnavigating the world, from Amazon to Tokyo.  Experienced small taste of 13 cultures to broaden my perspective.