# Monica Shannon > Advertising Strategist - Sony Music Group Impact Fellow - MAIP 2025 Fellow - Spartan Daily Advertising Director Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/monicashannon Nice to meet you, I am Monica Shannon, an advertising major and radio/TV/film minor. Why? The future of communication is in multimedia and I want to give people the media they make memories with. I have a passion for creating media that people can obsess over and make memories with by building community, and I’ll take every chance I can to do so. I am skilled in creative writing, problem-solving, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, team management, and brand development. ## Work Experience ### Public Relations Intern @ The Syndicate Jan 2025 – Present ### Relationship management intern @ The Orchard Jan 2025 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area ### Advertising Sales Director @ Spartan Daily Jan 2025 – Present | San Jose, California, United States Manages ad sales, page layout, and client contracts across social and digital. ### Radio Production Director @ 90.5 KSJS Jan 2024 – Present | San Jose, California, United States Leads production meetings, attends weekly manager meetings, and works with 2 assistants to create our station sound through legal IDs, DJ promos, PSAs, holiday drops, and more. Hosts weekly radio show "Culture Shock" interviewing indie artists including: DoubleCamp and Alfie Templeman. ### Radio Production Assistant @ 90.5 KSJS Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States Created legal IDs with indie artist such as Thomas Headon, Alfie Templeman, Almost Monday, etc. Produced, Scripted, Recorded, Edited 10+ promotional ads for our DJs using adobe audition Written concert reviews and artists profiles on the ksjs blog https://ksjs.org/blog/ A helping hand to other projects at the station ### President of Spartan Ad Club @ Spartan Advertising Club Jan 2023 – Present | San Jose, California, United States Plans 15+ meetings per semester, leads an executive team of 10, reaches out to guest speaks, organizes agency tours, hosts relevant workshops for club members, organizes annual NYC trip to 6 different ad agencies ### Social Media Manager @ Spartan Advertising Club Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Jose, California, United States Managed Instagram account providing club updates, meeting times, and recruitment ### Adobe Student Ambassador @ Adobe Jan 2022 – Present | San Jose, California, United States Formulate a marketing plan, strategizing tactics on how to shape the program and carry out initiatives capturing at least 250 student leads, 20 clubs, and 5 professors interested in learning more about Adobe. Plan and execute 4+ Adobe workshops teaching students how to best utilize Adobe applications. Promote Adobe through content creation and advertising through personal social media channels, driving students’ awareness and interest, leading to increased activations of free Adobe Creative Cloud at SJSU and grow brand awareness. ### Public Relations Intern @ Gung Ho Group Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Marketed by email pitching to media, campaigns research, campaign development, influencer outreach, coverage reporting, and weekly insight reporting for clients Speedo, New Balance, Crew Clothing Achieved national coverage in Women's Health Magazine with Speedo new product email pitch ### Community Desk Assistant @ San Jose State University Housing Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Jose, California, United States Assist residents providing excellent customer service. Resolving timely issues, answering questions, checking out equipment, skilled in our software systems Awarded outstanding shift reports ### Marketing Intern @ Her campus SJSU Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Jose, California, United States Create social media content for TikTok and Pinterest, plan fundraisers, and manage brand partnerships ### Temporary Bookseller @ Barnes & Noble College Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, California, United States Temporary cashier during the Spring and Fall rush season at San Jose State University Bookstore. ### Youth Participatory Action Research & Tabacco Use Prevention Education Intern @ San Mateo County Office of Education Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 School-year long internship/volunteer experience Created projects addressing mental health and distance learning crisis using San Mateo county’s youth participatory action research (YPAR) Presented mental health research and potential solutions to San Mateo County superintendent Assisted in facilitating Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) music event and PSA contest ### Environmental Literacy Intern @ San Mateo County Office of Education Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 4-week high school internship Created 4 learning packets for grades K-12, edited and formatted 8 learning materials for grades K-12, researched 5-10 BIPOC environmental justice books to create a list for teachers, brainstormed 10-20 ideas for green solutions projects, data analysis using spreadsheets with equations ### High Tech Knitwear Start-Up Intern @ The General Partners Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 2-week high school internship Created sweater designs and collected research into a presentation, designing a Wix website, developing branding methods for the team, coming up with brand voice, presented and designed plans for social media and analytics, created social media content ### Restaurant Social Media Marketing Intern @ The Refuge Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 2-week high school internship Researched competing restaurants online presence, long-distance delivery methods, inventoried websites listing of The Refuge, compiled market research and presented it, created social media content and long term strategy ### Product Design Intern Roblox @ Roblox Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 2-week high school internship Worked in a team to create a proposal for a new product that expands the appeal of Roblox Did hands-on research, came up with ideas, designed a prototype to present to Roblox management ### Podcast Production Intern @ Salisbury Township School District Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 2-week high school internship Learned the interworking of a podcast’s production Researched guest’s books and/or learning environments, developed questions for guests, wrote bios for guest, prepared 4 podcast scripts, edited 3 recorded episodes for production, hosted/appeared as a guest for 2 episodes ### Guest Services Associate @ California's Great America Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 Maintained the appearance of the park and assisted guests. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Advertising San José State University ### Year Long Exchange in Fashion Marketing and Branding Nottingham Trent University ### High School Diploma Design Tech High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/monica-shannon --- Source: https://flows.cv/monicashannon JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/monicashannon/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13