CAREERS IN COMMUNICATION SPEAKER PANEL
Thursday, February 18th 2010 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. (Lundring Events Center)
PANEL MEMBERS 2009
RADIO
Steve Hess, Sales Manager; Goldcoast Broadcasting
Steve has been in local Ventura County Radio for 20 years, and has been with Gold Coast Broadcasting for the last 11 years. He has also worked with Columbia Pictures and with artists such as Lionel Richie, Liza Minelli and Gene Kelly. He was the production and post production coordinator for the Academy Awards, has done specials for Showtime with Comedian Rich Hall and assisted on Ripley’s Believe it or Not
JOURNALISM/MARKETING/MUSIC
Trevor Kelley, Manager of Music and Marketing; MySpace
Trevor graduated in 2004 with a degree in Communication, Concentration Journalism. Prior to working at MySpace he was a free lance journalist in NYC working for Alternative Press and Spin among other alternative music magazines. He wrote a best selling book called Everybody Hurts: Am Essential. Guide to Emo Culture with Leslie Simon which was published by Harper Collins in 2007. It was the marketing of this book through MySpace that made it such a success. He started working for MySpace in October of 2007 I believe.
TELEVISION/MOTION PICTURE
Jimmy Fox, Executive Assistant to the Chairman; NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios
Jimmy Fox is a graduate of ’04. He is the all-time leading receiver in CLU football history as well as a former team captain. In addition to being a student-athlete during the course of his four years, he was the voice of all basketball, volleyball and softball home games, a contributor to the school newspaper, a three year resident assistant, host of his own campus TV show, member of the programs board, and founder of the CLU’s student-ran professional wrestling association, C.L.W. As a high school junior growing up in Santa Cruz, Ca. Jimmy parlayed an unpaid internship at the local AM talk radio station into an on-air position as the station’s sports and traffic reporter. In college, Jimmy gained experience in television interning summers at his local Northern California NBC affiliate and at Fox Sport’s “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” Since graduating, Jimmy has worked on television and motion picture sets as both an assistant and stuntman, as well as CAA, the largest entertainment agency in the business. Currently, Jimmy works on the Universal Studios lot as the executive assistant to the Chairman of NBC and Universal Media Studios, Ben Silverman.
EVENT PLANNING/MARKETING/PR
Jaime Nack, President; Three Squares Inc.
Jaime Nack is the President of Three Squares Inc., a cutting edge sustainability consulting firm specializing in producing environmentally sustainable high profile events and offering effective marketing and communications services. Ms. Nack was contracted as Director of Sustainability and Greening Operations for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, marking the first time in DNC history where measures were taken to reduce the environmental impact of the event on the host city. The greening effort was unprecedented in scale and has evolved into an industry case study for best practices in event greening. Ms. Nack has a Master's degree in Public Policy/International Trade from UCLA, where she also earned her B.A. in International Economics with a minor in Urban Planning. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the APEX/GMIC Green Meetings & Events Practices Transportation Committee establishing national green meeting standards. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Westside Special Olympics.
NEWSPAPER
Ian Brown, Recruiting, Training and Development Manager; Los Angeles Daily News
Ian received his B.S. in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Finance in 2004. His career started off with an Account Executive internship at Financial Services company owned by HSBC Bank. From an intern level he was then promoted to a Full Time account executive upon graduation from CLU. In less then 12 months he was promoted to a Brach Manager level in Huntington Beach. He got out of the Financial Services industry in 2007 and worked in Recruitment/Business Development for one of the largest Employment Agencies in North America. From there he wanted to go back to the LA area where he found a position as the Recruiting, Training, and Development manager at the Los Angeles Daily News.
PANEL MEMBERS FROM 2008 EVENT
PUBLISHING
Sage Publications
Kelly Barnett, Editorial Assistant in Journals Acquisitions
Kelly recently received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication with an Emphasis in PR and Advertising. While at CLU she was a Writer, Features Editor and Editor-in-Chief for the Echo and was a PR/Media Relations intern for the Pituitary Network Association, a local nonprofit. She has been employed by Sage Publications since graduation.
AUDIO PRODUCTION
Precision Talent
Cheryllynn Carter, President and Founder
While at Chiat/Day Cheryllynn produced and casted for television, interactive media, and her favorite, radio. Some of her most notable clients included Energizer, Nissan, Infiniti, Apple, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell, and Pennzoil. Cheryllynn has also acted as casting director to find major campaign voices for everything from Infiniti to Visa. Cheryllynn specializes in commercial demo reel production, talent management, and marketing. She has a passion for all things audio and looks forward to expanding her new brainchild, Precision Talent and encompass her total bliss. She adores her two German shepherds, believes in living life like it is golden, and loving the people around her. Cheryllynn is a CLU Alum and is glad to be here today.
Precision Talent
Heather Wood, Assistant Accounts Director
An alum of CLU, she has since worked both in front of and behind the microphone, camera, and stage. She has run the gamut from teaching algebra to twisting animal balloons and runs her own business, Hotkey Transcription. She now works in web advertising, guerrilla marketing and audio production, and loves it. Her varied experience has nurtured a practical perspective and she is very exited to be here.
TELEVISION/MOTION PICTURE
NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios
Jimmy Fox,
Executive Assistant to the Chairman
Jimmy Fox is a graduate of ’04. While a student at CLU, Jimmy was captain of the university football team, the voice of all basketball, volleyball and softball home games, contributor to the school newspaper, a three year resident assistant, host of his own on campus TV show, member of the school’s programs board, and founder of the university’s student-ran professional wrestling association, C.L.W. (the most highly attended student program from ’02-’04). As a highschool junior growing up in Santa Cruz, Ca. Jimmy parlayed an unpaid internship at the local AM talk radio station into an on-air position as the station’s sports and traffic reporter. In college, Jimmy gained experience in television interning summers at his local Northern California NBC affiliate and at Fox Sport’s “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” Since graduating, Jimmy has worked on television and motion picture sets as both an assistant and stuntman, as well as CAA, the largest entertainment agency in the business. Currently, Jimmy works in Burbank as the executive assistant to the Chairman of NBC and Universal Media Studios, Ben Silverman.
FILM/ADVERTISING
National CineMedia
Wes Sullivan, Sales Coordinator
Wes recently received his BA Degree in Communication with an Emphasis in PR and Advertising. As an undergrad Wes worked as a Presidential Host and in the University Advancement Departments. His work as an Associate Manager with Regal Entertainment Group and as an intern with Regal CineMedia (now National CineMedia) is what helped him obtain his current position as a Sales Coordinator where his duties include, among other things supporting an Account Director by researching sales leads, creating proposals and working directly with advertising agencies, movie studios, TV networks and other large companies looking to advertise nationally in NCM theatres.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Scandinavian Clinical Nutrition
Lindsey (Rarick ’05) Carnett, Marketing Director
Lindsey is working for an international nutrition company that is public in Sweden and Norway. She is responsible for the publicity, advertising and marketing for the US launch of CUUR, a new weight loss supplement endorsed by Jennifer Garner’s trainer, Valerie Waters. She’s also the editor of Red Carpet Ready, a new fitness book CUUR is using to help launch their national direct response campaign. Cold and immunity products in SCN’s product portfolio are next to enter the US market after the mass distribution of CUUR.
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