REBECCA A. KELLER
2825 Grandview Boulevard
West Lawn, PA 19609
 [Send email to request phone number] 14.0166
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EDUCATION
	       BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY, Bloomsburg, PA
		Major: Mass Communications with a concentration in Public Relations
		Graduation Date: May 2003, Magna cum Laude
		Major GPA: 3.9	Dean’s List: 7 semesters
		Cumulative GPA: 3.8 on a scale of 4.0
	 
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

5/02-Present	          SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Wyomissing, PA
		           In-Store Marketing Associate
			- Train and prepare new associates, improve teamwork and communication skills

			through interaction with associates and customers, organize and execute 
			tasks and projects by utilizing time management skills and leadership skills
			- Assume supervisory responsibilities, such as schedule-making and attending 

			district conference calls, write scripts for storewide announcements
- Prepare set-up and take-down of advertisements in the store, create and
construct displays, and work closely with the management staff to implement daily
initiatives
5/99-8/01	          ARNER’S FAMILY RESTAURANT, Leesport, PA
		          Hostess
- Improved communication skills through interaction with a variety of people,
assisted in resolving customer complaints, greeted guests and escorted them to
their tables, processed telephone/take-out orders, operated cash register,
cleaned tables, assisted servers

COMPUTER SKILLS
		
	 	Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Power Point,
Adobe Photoshop, Internet navigation, e-mail


HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
	   
		- Freelance writer/reviewer for several publications, including Woman’s World,
Citizen Culture, and The Celebrity Café (internet entertainment magazine), Feb.
2004-Present
	    	- Member of Honors Society Phi Kappa Phi, Mar. 2002-May 2003
	    	- Editorial and Production Assistant for The Oasis (newsletter providing
information to families of American soldiers, created and organized by a
Bloomsburg University professor), Feb. 2003-May 2003
		      - assisted in the editing, organization, and format of the newsletter
	      - Member of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), Jan.
2002- Jan.      
	      2004
	            - assisted in the organization and implementation of a basketball
tournament,        
		       Hoops for Heart, in 2002 and 2003, in which the proceeds benefited the
American  
		       Heart Association
		           - designed and created promotional flyers advertising the event and
player  
		            recruitment
		           - wrote press releases for the university newspaper
	    	- Member of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), Sept. 2002-May
2003
		        - researched and assisted in the creation of a Toyota Matrix campaign
	    	- Staff Member of Warren, (Bloomsburg University’s Literary Journal),
Sept. 2002-May 2003

REFERENCES
	    	- Available upon request