Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator Phytomer Corporation – Salt Lake City, UT

1. Melissa Garand Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator Phytomer Corporation – Salt Lake City, UT

2. Communicated regularly with Corporate Headquarters in France to coordinate translation of marketing and education materials.

4. Managed Public Relations efforts while coordinating all aspects of the marketing plan for skin care lines. • Established workflow protocol for all Marketing Department projects and materials.

5. “Phytomer treatments and products are now offered at all of the Sanctuary Day Spa locations in Utah, South Towne Mall, Fashion Place Mall, and The Gateway!” • Managed and fulfilled all advertising, public relations, and editorial submissions. • Launched social media presence and managed accounts.

6. Michelle Money from ABC's The Bachelor loves Phytomer! • Phytomer Corporation USA • April 1, 2011 For her luscious lips Michelle uses Phytomer's Lip Plumping Duo.Michelle says:... " I love this product! It is definitely my favorite, I use it twice a week and my lips are nice and smooth and very full looking!"For more information or to purchase the duo follow the link below:http://www.lespausa.com/product-p/svv360.htm For her silky skin Michelle uses Phytomer's Ultra-Nourishing Body CreamMichelle says:"This has become my new favorite body cream! It is so moisturizing and leaves you skin feeling incredible and doesn't feel greasy at all. It has such a clean scent that I love!" For more information or to purchase Ultra-Nourishing Body Cream follow the link below:http://www.lespausa.com/product-p/scv155.htm

7. Built the company’s media portfolio to include A list magazines Beauty Note: A touch of Phytomer Décolleté Parfait creates an alluring neckline. great catches Phytomer Seaweed Soap is infused with hardened bits of its namesake ingredient for allover exfoliation.

8. FROM THE TEXT: • Press Releases or news releases, are announcements written in the style of news reports that give new information about an individual, a company, or an organization and pitch a story idea to the news media. In issuing press releases, PR agents hope that their client information will be picked up by the news media and transformed into news reports. • Through press releases, PR firms manage the flow of information, controlling which media get what material in which order. News editors and broadcasters sort through hundreds of releases daily to determine which ones contain the most original ideas or are the most current.

9. Planned and executed events such as New York City specialty press events, industry trade shows and Sundance 2009 film festival gift suite. Jennifer Botner (Account Manager) running the Phytomerbooth at the PGA Honda Classic. The Youth Intervention Facial to the press in New York City.

10. Phytomer hosted a Spa Buzz event September 2011. Spa Buzz allows spas and wellness industry leaders and innovators a chance to network and stay up to date with industry products and trends.

11. Phytomer is at International SPA Association 2012 Conference & Expo- at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, FL, Oct. 15-17.

13. FROM THE TEXT: Special Events and Pseudo-Events: • A public relations practice that involves coordinating special events; to raise the profile of corporate, organizational, or government clients. • More typical of special-events publicity is a corporate sponsor aligning itself with a cause or an organization that has positive stature among the general public. • In contrast to a special event, a pseudo-event is any circumstance created for the sole purpose of gaining coverage in the media.

14. Coordinated Volunteer and Community Events

15. FROM THE TEXT: Community and Consumer Relations • Another responsibility of PR is to sustain goodwill between an agency’s clients and the public. The public is often seen as two distinct audiences: communities and consumers. • Companies have learned that sustaining close ties with their communities and neighbors not only enhances their image and attracts potential customers, but also promotes the idea that the companies are good citizens. As a result, PR firms encourage companies to participate in community activities such as hosting plant tours and open houses, making donations to national and local charities, and participating in town events like parades and festivals. In addition, more progressive companies may also get involved in unemployment and job-retraining programs, or donate equipment and workers to urban revitalization projects such as Habitat for Humanity.

16. Education: Bachelor of Science in Communications/Public Relations – Suffolk University, Boston, MA • Degree also included one semester in Florence, Italy. Perks of the Job: Travel Discounted Products Attending lots of different events Volunteering Fun!

17. PUBLIC RELATIONS FROM THE TEXT: • Today, there are more than 2,900 PR firms worldwide, including 1,900 in the United States; thousands of companies and organizations also have in-house departments devoted to PR. \ • Since the 1980s, the formal study of public relations has grown significantly at colleges and universities. By 2010, the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) had nearly ten thousand members and 284 chapters in colleges and universities. • As certified PR programs have expanded (often requiring courses or a minor in journalism), the profession has relied less and less on its traditional practice of recruiting journalists for its workforce. At the same time, new courses in professional ethics and issues management have expanded the responsibility of future practitioners.