Kristen
Rutherford
About Me
My name is Kristen Rutherford, I am a 2016 graduate of Salisbury University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications. Since school I have been able to gain experience in several content management platforms, blog contribution and digital media, as well as monitoring, content creating, and forming social media presences for different companies. In my spare time I am creating handmade embroidery for my Etsy store KristenEmbroidery and writing for my pop culture blog, The Pop.
Work Experience
2022
I currently work at Bozzuto on their Communications team as a Corporate Communications Associate. In this position, I write and code email communications, create posts for the corporate social media channels, and assist in charitable efforts and employee resource groups.
2019
I worked at Jellyfish, a digital media marketing partner. I started in the Jellyfish Academy working as an extension of Client Services. Next, I worked on the Content team as a Content Executive, creating copying for client websites, building content pages through content management systems, and copywriting.
2018
I was the Junior Content Editor at WeddingWire editing biographies for prospective wedding vendors. Then I started as a freelance social media marketing specialist, helping companies create and maintain a social media presence.
2017
I was the Community Relations Coordinator at the nonprofit Cool Kids Campaign where I managed the social media accounts, developed marketing materials, develop programming, and maintain and create relationships with corporate sponsors and the community.
2016
I had an internship with the news station Fox 45 in Baltimore. I interned with the Public Affairs department where I wrote calendar copies for television and radio, wrote public service announcements for television, and helped to produce a summer camp television spot.
Education
2012 - 2016
Salisbury University
I earned a Bachelors degree in communications media studies. I took classes in writing for broadcast, public speaking, digital media, journalism and English literature. I was the Director of Fundraising and Sister of the Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority.
Sept. - Dec. 2014
Goldsmiths University of London
Fall semester of my junior year of college I studied abroad in London. I studied continued my communications studies by taking classes in theatre writing, classical English literature, and film.