Ilyssa Weiner

Public Information Manager @Richland School District One

Columbia, SC, US

Pitch positive story ideas through news releases and media advisories to ten local news outlets, including television stations and newspapers*Encourage all 52 schools in the district to send news items and story ideas on a biweekly basis*Booked ten local leaders and celebrities for video messages during the Superintendent’s Book Club Challenge, which encouraged students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade to read more than one million books in two months*Write profile pieces about district employees, students, programs and services on a weekly basis*Maintain the district’s X page, sending out three tweets per day*Organize the annual Superintendent’s State of the District Address, inviting community members and setting up the event’s student performance*Collaborate with local and state organizations, including United Way of the Midlands and Communities in Schools South Carolina, on media events hosted at district schools

Sullivan County Community College

Took College Classes In High School

State University of New York College at Oswego

Bachelor's Degree