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EVENT COORDINATION & PROMOTION | EVENT BRANDING | MARKETING/ADVERTISING | GRAPHIC DESIGN | CREATIVE STRATEGY

ABOUT

ICON is widely recognized as the largest annual conference for communications and public relations professionals, hosted by PRSA and PRSSA. Here, students and faculty come together for a select few days in the fall at a city in the United States to attend networking events, elevate their PR and communications skills, and connect with peers, mentors, and employers. ICON is the premiere place where storytelling comes to life and trends spanning AI, ethics, media, and strategic communication are explored. In the fall of 2026, from October 18-20, it will be hosted in Orlando, FL at the Orlando World Center Marriott.

THE ASK

As a student at the University of Florida, our school had the select opportunity to take part in the planning of this conference (as one select university has the privilege to do each year), and with my team on Alpha PR (UF's student-run PR firm), we created a comprehensive bid, detailing why we would make the perfect school to plan an event as large and influential as this one. On a 8-member team spanning multiple roles from programs to logistics, I personally held the role of Communications Director. With this role, I collaborated and led a team to create mock social media graphics for the event spanning Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and X platforms. I also led the design development for the official banner of the event, led all branding efforts for the theme, mood, font style, and color scheme of the event, and created the official slide deck which we presented to the international PRSA committee which reflected our vibrant, immersive design style. Along with design, I also led creative strategy and presented a full-scale social media strategy to the international PRSA committee during our presentation, detailing goals and outcomes in terms of social media growth and engagement. We ultimately were not selected to lead the conference, but are incredibly proud of the presentation we gave and the mock work we presented to the committee on behalf of PRSSA at the University of Florida.

ROLE: COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, GRAPHIC/BRAND DESIGNER

DELIVERABLES: MOCK SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS, EVENT BANNER, PRESENTATION SLIDE DECK

CREATIVE TEAM: SAMANTHA MILLS (Conference Coordinator), YAEL WEINFELD (Programs Director), NAIRIE DE GREGORY (Assistant Programs Director), RAINEY TURNBULL (Logistics Director), SANAIYA PINNOCK (Assistant Logistics Director), ABIGAIL GALENKO (Assistant Communications Director), HUY DOAN (Multimedia Specialist).

SOFTWARE: CANVA

EVENT BANNER FOR WEBSITE

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SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN

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CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW

My team led the development of a complete Campaign Presentation to illustrate our strategy and ideas for the execution of ICON. Our theme was "Orlando: The Main Attraction."

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CONTACT ME

CREATIVE PRODUCER | GRAPHIC DESIGNER | SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER | VIDEOGRAPHER | VIDEO EDTIOR

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(321) 720-5054

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