Maggie Gries is a recent graduate from the University of South Carolina and is working as a Perfumery Beauty Marketing Coordinator. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the College of Information and Communications with a major in Visual Communications and a minor in Fashion Merchandising/Retail. Maggie was a Perfumery Marketing Intern from 2022-2023 for Firmenich and worked closely with North America category marketing teams to create visuals, innovative trend presentations and new fragrance submissions for Personal & Home Care. She continued this opportunity with dsm-firmenich as their Perfumery Beauty Marketing Coordinator, specializing in skin care, skin cleansing and hair care. On Saturday, February 18, Maggie was honored to receive a Silver ADDY for Online/Interactive Social Media Campaign 2023 from the American Advertising Federation at their Gilded Gala. She was a design team member of UofSC's CIC alumni magazine InterCom, design team member of the University of South Carolina's yearbook Thee Big Spur and the apparel and t-shirt design chair assistant of her sorority Delta Zeta. During the summer of 2021 she participated in an internship on the publicity team for UofSC Press that continued into Fall 2021. She is creative, organized, and determined, values integrity, opportunity, and teamwork, and exemplifies skills in communication, organization, persuasion, and troubleshooting.

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