Proud BU Alum Angela Godfrey, who graduated from COM with a B.S. in advertising and a concentration in psychology, sat down for a Q&A and provided some insight into an agency and in-house environment and how BU was a major influence in finding her career path. Today, Angela works as…
Tara Thomson is a Boston University alum and is currently a copywriter at AMP Agency. She sat down with Virginia Bonilla to reflect on her time at BU and talk about her experiences in the agency world. Virginia Bonilla: Let’s jump right in, I saw you did your undergrad at…
Lauren Gruber is no stranger to dealing with crises. She graduated from BU COM in 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the tough job market, she managed to land a job in crisis communications at Ketchum in their Issues and Crisis Department. Now, as of February 2022,…
As a COM alumna and former editor at The COMmunicator, Amanda Hazeltine (COM ’06) has always been passionate about science and healthcare. Working with different healthcare organizations for over a decade and now pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice, Amanda can’t stress enough the importance of possessing communications skills in…
Looking for a first job has never been an easy feat; countless hours writing cover letters, gaining new skills, and perfecting resumes. Now, imagine doing all that while in the midst of a deadly pandemic and economic recession. Eleonora Matina, an advertising alumna (COM ‘20) from Italy, not only had…
Many COM students are familiar with the monthly newsletter sent by BU Career Services that provides inside opportunities for students and alums. For Dustin Rausa (COM ‘17), Patrick Nelson’s regular newsletter led to the beginning of his career in tech PR as an account executive at the Guyer Group. “As…
