Hunter H.

Peterson
8512 Culver Place, Alexandria, VA 22308
703-851-2654 | hunter.h.peterson@gmail.com
Current S Clearance

Career Summary: Experienced in public relations, issue advocacy, event planning and website management. Young
professional seeking a position in communications and website management.

Experience

BRTRC, 8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, Suite 800, Fairfax, VA: Research Analyst, August 2009 – March 2010
 Research Analyst in support of the US Army Product Director, Defense Communications and Army Transmission
Systems (DCATS) and provided website content management in addition to internal support.
 Research Analyst in support of the US Army Program Executive Office, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors
(PEO IEW&S), also provided event planning and support and overall program support services.
 Research Analyst to the US Army Product Director, Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions
(CHESS) and provided website management during my initial four months.
 Worked with a team to create an internal social network to help optimize internal communications and collaboration.

DCI Group, LLC, 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC: Public Relations/Issue Advocacy Internship, August
2008- May 31, 2009
 Focusing on client-ready work on energy and climate change issues for one of the world’s leading energy companies.
Duties include coordinating research projects, reporting on climate change and energy policy hearings in the U.S. Senate
and House of Representatives and conferences for the client, daily media monitoring.
 Supporting an issue advocacy account with event research and daily website updates.
 Other duties include general research and developing presentation materials for other accounts.

Smith & Harroff Inc., 300 N. Washington St., Suite 405, Alexandria, VA: Public Relations Internship, summer 2007
 Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force: A grass roots PSA project for local anti-gang government agencies. I
conducted research on gangs in the area and the demographics that were affected. I contributed to the design of the
tagline, logo and wrote an advertising script for Caron Butler of the Washington Wizards for consideration for the “Don’t
Lose Yourself in a Gang” campaign.
 Consumer Aerosol Products Council (CAPCO): Conducted research and wrote press releases to correct misleading
and incorrect information.

Education:
 James Madison University, B.A. English

Awards:
 Eagle Scout Award (2000): Planned and managed a community service project at Accotink Bay National Wildlife
Refuge that used over 100 man hours of service.

Additional Information:
 Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), HTML, and SharePoint