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PR Superstar Michael Braun: Head of Communications at Il Makiage, VP of Communications at Hydrow
Netflix, Peloton, Instagram, presidential campaigns, makeup; you name it, Michael Braun probably had something to do with its success in the media. Braun, a 2005 COM alum, has known since the young age of sixteen that he wanted to work in public relations.
Working and Teaching – A Q&A with Adjunct Professor Olivia Armstrong (COM ’16)
Olivia Armstrong graduated from Boston University with a master’s degree in public relations in 2016 and soon began working at Hencove as a marketing manager. Five years later, she expanded her career to include teaching the Writing for Communication course at Boston University. A natural wordsmith, dancer, and lover of…
Meet the College of Communication’s Spring 2021 Newest Faculty Members
This semester, the College of Communication’s Department of Mass Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations and Division of Emerging Media Studies welcomed two new professors, bringing over twenty years of combined valuable industry and teaching experience. Professor Majja Dennis and Dr. Chris Chao Su discuss what they have learned so far…
How COM Alumna Brittany Beale Hampton is Using Her Expertise to Combat the Pandemic
Not many people are as enthusiastic about cleaning materials and procedures as Brittany Beale Hampton (CGS ‘04, COM ‘06). Having been in the commercial cleaning industry for a decade, not many would have been as prepared, either, to launch an endeavor like Purifly. Just a year ago, as the pandemic…
How COVID-19 Changed my Job: A Q&A with Eataly’s Assistant Marketing Manager Maya Vaidya (COM’17)
Working as an assistant marketing manager for Eataly Boston by day and as a media relations professor by night hadn’t always been in Maya Vaidya’s (COM’17) plans. The Florida native had started her career in politics, but during her time at COM, she fell in love with public relations and…
Super Bowl Sunday: Who Won the Advertising Game?
Commercials: an inconvenience to television viewers around the world. To some, it may seem odd that there’s one day of the year where Americans hush each other to actually tune into mid-program ads. These same people still pay for other services, such as Netflix and Hulu, or pre-record shows just…
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