July - August 2020

Extern, New England Sports Network

• Accepted into NESN's virtual externship program for Summer 2020, will participate in professional development and other programs related to working in the sports media industry.

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August 2019- Present

Marketing & Communications Consultant, BlazeSports America

• Assist in media planning and developing communications plans

• Assist in media relations, write press releases

• Prepare weekly blog posts and press releases for BlazeSports website, work with Wordpress CMS to publish content, create e-newsletter

• Create content and write copy for social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)

• Assist in event planning and fundraising initiatives

• Promoted from intern to part-time consultant based on high performance

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April 2020

Content Creation Intern, NCAA Final Four Host Committee

• Will assist the NCAA Final Four Host Committee in Atlanta in social content creation during the weekend of the tournaments

• Will assist in covering Division II & III National Championship Game on social media

• ** Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, sporting events across the globe were canceled. Prior to this event, I participated in online training to cover the events regarding social listening, working in the digital hub and acting as a social media content contributor.

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March - April 2020

Event Operations Volunteer, NCAA Tournaments

• Incoming volunteer "Point Guard" for the NCAA Final Four Tournament

• Incoming volunteer for Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic Tournament 

• Incoming volunteer for the NCAA Swim & Dive National Championship 

• Will assist in event operations and event management for each event

• ** Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, sporting events across the globe were canceled, including these events. Prior to the events, I learned about their operations and underwent training to prepare for the sporting events.

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May 2019- August 2019

Integrated Corporate and Strategic Communications Intern, WarnerMedia Group

• Wrote branded journalistic pieces supporting employee communications and company initiatives for WarnerMedia’s internal website, TurnerNow, and external website, warnermediagroup.com and wrote blog posts for the WarnerMedia blog

• Assisted in strategic communications and branding as the company transitioned to WarnerMedia Group with AT&T acquisition

• Composed corporate newsletters and corporate emails sent across WarnerMedia’s U.S. and international offices

• Worked with internal CMS to publish content

 

August 2018- December 2018

Reporter and Producer, Grady Newsource

• Generated daily news content across platforms including broadcast packages, VO/SOTs, digital and social media content, shot footage with DSLR, edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, worked in fast-paced, newsroom environment 

• Worked as a line producer, built rundowns, coordinated graphics and lower thirds

• Worked with Wordpress CMS to publish content to gradynewsource.com and posted to Grady Newsource social accounts (@GradyNewsource)

• Focused and specialized in digital production and optimizing social media accounts to increase engagement and traffic

• Focused and specialized in sports reporting, covering NCAA sports, player interviews, press conferences and the UGA Athletic Association

• Selected as Executive Producer for 2018 Midterm Election Coverage and as Executive Field Producer for "Grady Greats" Facebook Livestream in New York City due to high performance as a producer

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June 2018- August 2018, January 2019- May 2019

Integrated Corporate Communications Intern, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

•  Wrote branded journalistic pieces supporting employee communications and company initiatives for WarnerMedia’s internal website, TurnerNow, and external website, warnermediagroup.com and wrote blog posts for the WarnerMedia blog

• Assisted in strategic communications and rebranding as the company transitioned to WarnerMedia Group with AT&T acquisition

• Composed corporate newsletters and corporate emails sent across WarnerMedia’s U.S. and international offices

• Assisted in social media production for WarnerMedia Upfronts presentation and red carpet events

•  Assisted in copywriting for internal graphics

 

May 2017- March 2018

Freelance Journalist

• Composed many works, particularly for Shawgrass artificial turf company

• Wrote numerous informative articles for the turf company’s blog and website

 

November 2017- May 2019

Editor In Chief, The Odyssey at UGA                                                                                        

• Head of The Odyssey  branch at UGA

• Editor/lead advisor for a community of 40 writers

• Work and correspond with professionals at Odyssey Media Group, Inc.

 

March 2015- November 2017

The Odyssey at UGA, Creator/Contributing Editor

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/@alyssaalves 

• Create weekly content and write articles on a variety of topics

• Edit the articles of other creators       

• Offer assistance in generating article topics

• Published both online and in print

 

April 2015- May 2015

Guest Writer for The Wish Dish

http://thewishdish.com/an-open-letter-to-the-grandpa-i-never-met/       

http://thewishdish.com/ive-become-mother/         

• Act as a guest writer for the nonprofit website

  

January 2016- Present

Grady Newsource Volunteer

• Participate in Grady Newsource production of their newscast       

• Assist as camerawoman and production assistant     

• Assist communication between and anchors and production staff