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Madelyn Rose Scarborough
Atlanta, GA
Phone: (706) 483-1536 ~ Email: madelyn1@uga.edu
Online Portfolio: www.madelynscarborough.weebly.com
Fashion Blog: www.jinandgin.com
Education
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Expected Graduation Term: Spring 2015
Major: Magazine Journalism
Minor: Fashion Merchandising
GPA: 3.50/ 3.45 (overall)
Related Work Experience
President, The Agency, Athens, GA, Fall 2015-Spring2015
• Regularly manage 12 executive members and organization of 60 students through emails and weekly meetings
• Facilitate connections between UGA’s Student Merchandising Assosication and Fashion Design Student Association
• Oversee the planning of the annual fall fashion show with 400 guests attending
• Co-coordinate events for the annual UGA Fashion Week
• Maintain realtions with Union Entertainment Committee
• Oversee budget and make budget requests
Intern, Bacchus PR, London, UK, Summer 2013
• Managed guest list for private event opening and worked event admission
• Knowledge of Gorkana, journalist database
• Skills in research, gathering press clippings in Keynote, organizing press books, reports, online audits
• Wrote article for client
• Worked on team of three managers
Assitant Sales Representative, America’s Mart, Michael and Paula Hyman Showroom, October 2013
• Employed for a week, paid internship
• Developed sales skills while managing the counter for Darling clothing brand
• Modeled clothing for buyers and worked fast and efficiently to meet their needs
• Knowledge of seasonal buying and selling process
Executive Stylist, The Agency, Athens, GA, Fall 2013-Spring 2014
• UGA’s on-campus modeling agency executive team member
• Managed styling team of five junior assitants with weekly meetings
• Created the look for themed show/season of 30 models and planned the look for each model
• Contacted local and national clothiers to collaborate on photo shoots and the fashion show
• Managed backstage at the fall fashion show
• Recruited and selected models for shows
Intern, College-Style Blog, Athens, GA, Fall 2011
• Working knowledge of blogging websites such as Wordpress, Blogspot, and Polyvore
• Contributed one fashion article per week for three months
• Researched topics of interest and wrote an article pertaining to theme or idea on a weekly deadline
• Gained insight to blogging management and editing
Magazine Writer, Little Red Book, Athens, GA, Fall and Spring 2012-2013
• Ability to effectively present idea/ topic of interest to board of editors
• Professional interview skills on featured interviewee such as celebrities
• Ability to work on a deadline, revise, and present featured article for print
• Promotion of publication
Beauty Team Stylist, Little Red Book, Athens, GA, Fall and Spring 2012-2013
• Scouted potential models for fall and spring photo shoots
• Styled models for the photo shoots
• Extentsive skill in makeup and hair styling (including hair dying)
• Helped concept design for shoots
Involvement
Chi Omega Sorority, Active Member
• Career and Personal Development Co-Chair- preparing/advising members for job searching, interviews, resume-building
• Freshman Greek Leaders Representative- attended monthly meetings and seminars and spoke on behalf of chapter
• Greek Grind Dance Team- 1 hr. practices 3 times per week for 2 months
• Sigma Phi Epsilon Haunted House Event Coordinator- organized and directed shifts for volunteers, organized Banner Contest
Classic City Community Church, Nursery Volunteer
• Regular attender
Deck Dawgs, Member
• 5-6 meets per semester
• 4 hr. shifts per meet
Dawg Camp
Work Experience
Lifeguard, Ramsey Student Center - Dept. of Recreational Sports, Summer 2014
Camp Counselor, Dalton Golf & Country Club, July 2012
• 7 hr day camp managing kids from ages 6-11 on pool deck
Child Care Services, Dalton, GA, September 2010-May 2011
• Ages 5 and 11
Temp/Seasonal Worker, Paradigm Printing, Dalton, GA, June-August 2011
• Manual labor
Junior Counselor, Camp Skyline Ranch for Girls, Mentone, AL, June-August 2010
• Two-week camp sessions (worked two sessions)
• Ages 6-8, and 11-12
• Head of Golf and instructed Free Swim, Horseback, Circus, and Ropes Course
Server, Oakwood Cafe, Dalton, GA, June 2009-June 2010
• 20 hr per week in the summer, 12 hr during school year
•Waitress and cashier experience
Skills
Software Experience: {Adobe Creative Suite} Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
{Microsoft Office} Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Keynote
{Blog} Wordpress, Polyvore
{Image/Audio} Photo Mechanic, Audacity, Soundslides, iMovie
{Website Design} Wix, Weebly