Jessica Chen brings both in-house and agency marketing communications experience to the CooperKatz team. She currently serves as an account coordinator supporting Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service; the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the world’s leading advocate of fire prevention and public safety; and Gap International, a global management consulting company.
Jessica has worked across a number of areas including consumer brands, entertainment and the arts, publishing, social media and pharmaceutical healthcare. Before joining CooperKatz, Jessica was a consumer events and production intern at Edelman, where she helped organize key events for such clients as eBay, Trojan, Starbucks and USS New York. Most recently, she was a public relations social media research assistant at Penn State’s College of Communications, analyzing Wikipedia entries and monitoring Twitter streams to evaluate organizational communications in the digital realm. In addition to her work in social media and event planning, Jessica served as a special programs intern at the Center for Performing Arts at Penn State, a beauty/editorial intern at Wenner Media’s Us Weekly and a meeting planning intern at Organon USA.
Jessica holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations with a minor in sociology from the Pennsylvania State University, where she served as the advertising / public relations commencement marshal.