People in this industry keep telling me nothing matters except my portfolio.
"No one asks for your resume. No one cares about your GPA. They just want see your book."
People in this industry keep putting their resumes on their websites.
Education
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL resident August 2015 to May 2019
Advertising Major - Creative Specialization through Minerva
Art Minor - all the writing wasn't making my hand cramp enough
Honors College - 18 credit hours of specialty classes
GPA - an abbreviation for grade point average
Experience
22Squared Copywriter - spent a two years maturing as a creative by working for clients AdventHealth and Baskin-Robbins to create fully integrated campaigns with lots of broadcast and social while being a part of teams that secured new-biz wins for Smithfield, United Artists Releasing, and Party City.
Luckie & Co. Junior Copywriter - spent a year and a half learning how to be an #employedcreative by concepting, writing, and pitching for brands like Regions, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Melinda’s Hot Sauce, and Valvoline while also helping run an award-winning pirate radio station for seniors.
Venables Bell & Partners Rabble Copywriter Intern - spent a summer concepting ideas and pitching for brands like Marriott Bonvoy, Zillow, and Chipotle as well as creating content for VB&P’s social media accounts
Capstone Agency Copywriter - spent a year in a “real-life agency setting” writing content for Higher Education Partnership as a part of the University of Alabama’s in-house advertising and PR agency
Endeavors
alliteration - looked through a lot of synonyms for "hobbies"
concerts - damn good at navigating through a crowd
declarations of love - known to quote rom-coms in casual conversation
giving out my contact info to strangers: vrsuarez.cw@gmail.com • www.linkedin.com/in/vrsuarez • vrsuarez.com