Amari Banks
Creative Goofball on an untraditional journey.
Amari Banks
BS in Advertising and Sportsmedia
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(773-573-3626
MY BACKGROUND
When people ask me who I am, I tell them that I am a mix of everything. Those small dreams I had as a kid wandering through museums looking at art, laughing at commercials with my parents, and writing short fiction stories in class has lead me here. It started out as complete confusion between being a starving artist to sitting myself down and listing out the qualities of a storytelling, paint splattering, foodie who loved sports. Advertising was the perfect mix of what I searched for.
"If you don't care for the job that you wake up for, simply quit."-AB
Browse my site to see all that I have to offer.
Education
WHAT I’VE LEARNED
Experience
WHERE I’VE WORKED
November. 2019--December 2019
2015–2019
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Urbana, IL; Class of 2019
Bachelor of Science; Advertising and Sportsmedia
GPA: 3.3/4.0
2011–2015
Ogden International High School, Chicago, IL; Class of 2015​
UpKey, Marketing Intern
July. 2018–May 2019
Fighting Illini Productions, Production Intern
January. 2019--May. 2019
Synergy, Copywriter
January. 2018--March. 2018
Zmodo, Digital Project Manager
Sep. 2016--May. 2017
Sonified Sustainability Festival, Production Intern
WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE
Content Writing & Editing
Email Marketing
Social Media Management
Image & Design Tools
Customer Service
Live Video Production
English
Awards
WHERE I SHINE
American Advertising Federation @ Illinois
Phi Sigma Pi National Honors Fraternity: Epsilon Zeta Chapter
U of Illinois Class of 2019 Featured Graduate
Klues Scholar 2017
OMSA Mom's Weekend Scholastic Award Recipient of 2019
Interests
OUT OF OFFICE
Creative Writing
Photography
Bowling
Cooking
Sports
Reading