1. Patrick O'Connell Education
1715 Kilbourn Avenue Marquette University – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI 53233 August 2013 – May 2017
(248) 404-5731 Economics Major, Business Administration Minor
Major GPA: 3.0
patrick.f.oconnell@marquette.edu Study Abroad Ireland July – August 2016
Work Experience
August 2016 – Present Marquette Student Media and Advertising
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 Student run advertising and marketing agency specializing in sales,
marketing, strategic planning, design and promotions
 Responsibilities include clientele acquisition and retention for all forms
of media, including print, digital, television and radio
 Required to work closely with creative team as well as clients in order to
meet project deadlines
 Part of 3 person sales team generating weekly sales of roughly $2,500
 Key member of record setting $5,793.50 weekly production September
6th
May 2015 - August 2015 Frontier Promotions
May 2016 – July 2016 Ferndale, Michigan
 Young, direct marketing firm representing charities, Fortune 100 and
500 companies throughout Metropolitan Detroit
 Promoted from training program to direct marketing within 3 weeks
 Field representative for Four Paws, an international
animal welfare charity; face-to-face contact with clients; emphasis
on customer retention and expansion of base; ranked among the top 10
reps nationally in weekly sales on two separate occasions
 Transitioned to corporate AT&T account; part of a marketing team
directed at increasing the market share of AT&T U-verse and Direct TV;
top intern in competition for sales creation and production
 Promoted to Corporate Trainer; duties entailed qualifying and
interviewing potential reps, leading entry level hires and developing
further skills as team leader
 Team member in weekly corporate event planning
Extracurricular Involvement
January 2015 - Present Delta Tau Delta Fraternity – Director of Risk Management
 Founding member of new campus fraternity
 Elected to executive board as Director of Risk Management; duties
include overseeing committee, coordinating directly with campus
officials and venue owners to ensure safe atmosphere during fraternity
events,attending executive board meetings to shape success and
growth of the fraternity
Fall 2015 – Present Alexander Hamilton Society - Treasurer
 An independent,non-partisan,not-for-profit organization dedicated to
promoting constructive debate on basic principles and contemporary
issues in foreign, economic, and national security policy
 Elected to Executive Board as Treasurer, managing a $3000/year
budget; responsibilities include coordinating Society events,
scheduling speakers, arranging catering and managing travel expenses
for members
January 2014 – May 2016 Best Buddies – Community Outreach
 Organization specializing in pairing people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities in one-on-one friendships with college
students