Philadelphia-based copywriter. Current wordsmith at Temple University.
Sylvie August started communicating early. She hasn’t stopped yet.
Little Miss Chatterbox. The communicator who understands your brand and isn’t afraid to build it.
Meet the words behind Klein College: Sylvie August, Marketing Copywriter.
Newsletters, social media, event promotion, articles and anything else that speaks to and about the college’s accomplished community.
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“Holocaust survivors’ legacy living out with help from innovative education”
As the last remaining survivors of the Holocaust age, what efforts are we making to preserve their stories?
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Canon-McMillan School District Video Script
The challenge: Create a video to attract top educators to a public school district.
My role: Writing the script, organizing the video shoot, promoting the video and streamlining the accessibility of the District’s application via their website.
The results: A near 80% increase in applications from the year prior for the District’s K-4 teaching position.
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David Muir Reel
“I should’ve gone to Temple!” said David Muir. How could I have chosen any other hook for this reel that garnered nearly 200 shares and reached over 25,000 accounts?
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Storytelling Carousel
Carousels bridge the gap between social media scrollers and article readers. Here’s how I grab our audience’s attention—and actually get them to hit the link in our bio to read more.
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Student Newsletter
News round-up! One of my avenues for disseminating information to our students weekly.
About Sylvie August
Thriving at the intersection of writing and public relations, Sylvie August began her career as a Communications Associate at Pittsburgh-based public relations agency, Krakoff Communications. She acted as a primary client contact and managed public relations campaigns, served as a bridge between clients and local media and, of course, composed a diverse palette of writing projects that not only matched but also crafted each client’s brand voice.
August graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.A. in digital and print journalism and a minor in art history, where she served as VALLEY Magazine’s Copy Editor, assisting the outlet’s top editors with copyediting its 70-page print edition. Her writing has been published in Ocean City Magazine, VALLEY Magazine, PennLive and more.