David Colon Jr.

colonjrdavid@aol.com | 732-630-1119 | www.colonjrdavid.weebly.com

Education
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY | MAY 2019
B.A. in Communication and Public Relations

Activities/Honors:
 Senator of Public Relations for the Student Government Association
 Historian of the Nu Omega chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Social Fraternity
 Orientation Leader for Campus Activities, Service and Leadership
 Brand Ambassador for William Paterson University
 Dean’s List

Experience
SERVER | APPLEBEE’S NEIGHBORHOOD BAR & GRILL, CLIFTON, N.J. | 2017-PRESENT
 Present menus and answer questions, make recommendations in a 100+ occupancy restaurant
 Memorize drink stock and appropriate entrée pairings, leading to alcohol beverage sales 15% higher than
employee average
 Clean work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, and silverware, store in accordance to state law
 Operate POS terminals to input customer orders and payments
SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN | PATERSON GREAT FALLS, PATERSON, N.J. | SPRING 2017
 Created a social media plan to raise awareness, and promote events and initiatives
 Increased traffic to their location by 33%
 Gained over 1,500 followers across all social media accounts
 Increased follower interaction on social media accounts by 50%
MARKETING ASSISTANT | WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, WAYNE, N.J. | 2015-2017
• Assisted Hospitality Services staff in development of creative ideas and coordinated sales campaigns with
vendors for students
• Updated social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) with events on marketing calendar
• Increased traffic to the department’s social media platforms by 29.3%
• Increased student engagement in marketing efforts by 32.7%

Projects
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION | 2016-PRESENT
• Organized and promoted the first ever “It’s On Us” campaign, targeting sexual assault across college
campuses
• Successfully targeted over 5,000 students who pledged to stand against sexual assault
• Strength of the message was so powerful that it became an annual campus-based event
TAU KAPPA EPSILON | 2015-PRESENT
 Developed and hosted fraternity’s first ever “Hashtag LunchBag” event, aimed towards educating our peers
of hunger and poverty among neighboring areas
 Collectively hand-crafted over 1,200 lunch bags filled with sandwiches, waters, and healthy snack for the
homeless in Passaic County

Proficiencies
Fluent in English and Spanish – Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Photoshop
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat – Active Global Citizen – Hootsuite Platform Certified