Kiana Fitzgerald

www.kianafitzgerald.com kianafitz@gmail.com (830) 556-4557 + @KianaFitz

SKILLS Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, custom web content management systems HTML, CSS, Adobe Dreamweaver, FTP web languages/programs Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Storify, Pinterest social media Facebook Insights, Google Analytics site traffic tools Digital & traditional photography, Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Office, AP Style San Marcos, Texas Graduated: May 2013 San Marcos, Texas Graduated: August 2011

EDUCATION Texas State University Masters Degree New Media 4.0 GPA Texas State University Bachelors Degree Journalism 3.82 GPA

EXPERIENCE NPR Music Washington, D.C. Digital Media Intern September 2013 to December 2013 Writing, building pages for web & radio-to-web music stories using HTML & NPRs content management system. Pre-production responsibilities include communicating with artists PR teams, gathering story assets (e.g. photos, encoded audio). HomeAway.com Austin, Texas Content Marketing Intern July 2013 to August 2013 Executed online content migration using custom content management systems. Also generated marketing ideas for member blogs & contributed to social media engagement. Texas State University San Marcos, Texas Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2011 to May 2013 Taught 74 mass communication undergrads news writing skills for various media settings. Assisted professors with advertising, public relations, visual communication & new media teaching duties. Collected, analyzed & summarized data for research. SXTXState.com San Marcos/Austin, Texas Multimedia Reporter December 2012 to May 2013 Produced & promoted original multimedia content before, during & after the SXSW Interactive festival that took place March 2013. Interviewed panelists, researched relevant tech topics & presented the info in a digital news setting. Managed weekly content contributions of a team of five Texas State grad student reporters. MOSAK Advertising and Insights Bee Cave, Texas Digital Media Intern June 2012 to December 2012 Updated up to 10 client sites daily using HTML & various content management systems. Created social media content. Recorded, assessed site traffic & social media analytics. HONORS Texas State College of Fine Arts & Communication Grad Scholarship Texas State Celebrity Classic Scholarship Lead developer for award-winning research site TXStateOfChange.com Presenter at Texas State International Grad Research Conference (2012-13) (2012-13) (2011-12) (2011-12)