Paulina Jordt
public relations and communications professional
Welcome! It’s wonderful to see you.
About Me
My name is Paulina, and I am from Dayton, Ohio. My favorite color is pink, I am bilingual, and I have an amazing British accent. This talent may seem random, but when your dad is in the military and your family gets stationed in England for 3 of your most formative years, you learn to adapt to your new environment.
Every three years, I was dropped in a new place with a new culture, and every three years I was given the opportunity to put myself out there. Sometimes it was as simple as asking my new desk-mate if she liked pickles (she said no, and honestly neither do I). Other times it was more complicated, like being known as “the girl with the cupcakes” after my first day at a new school happened to fall on my birthday.
I didn’t choose to be the new kid, but I definitely got very good at it. Starting fresh every three years taught me that no one was going to hand me a place to belong, so it was up to me to build one. And every three years, I did.
Each time the Air Force gave us a new assignment and we had to pack up the boxes, it was time for a bittersweet goodbye to the once-foreign place I had made my home, and to the classmates I turned into my best friends.
But these goodbyes weren’t all sad. Each goodbye was proof that I am capable of starting from zero and building something worth leaving, and each goodbye meant that I got to do it all again.
The skills I built as a military brat are with me to stay, because now, in my senior year at Ohio State, I’ve built something worth leaving. I created a beautiful community of pickle-hating friends and I’ve left my mark in organizations that inspire me. So when I graduate this May with a double major in strategic communication and psychology, I know that the girl with the cupcakes is still in there: still curious about people, still good at starting from scratch, and excited because she gets to do it all again.
So why public relations and communications?
Every three years, I had to learn how to be understood by people who didn’t know me yet. Depending on who I was meeting or where I was living, that challenge looked different. This experience made me curious to learn why different people respond the way they do, and that curiosity is what led me to pursue a double major in psychology and strategic communications.
Psychology taught me how people process information and form attitudes, and how the same message can land differently with two audiences. Strategic communications taught me how to act on that understanding by researching an audience, crafting a message, choosing the right channel, and measuring whether it worked.
Whether it’s framing a pitch to better fit an audience or creating a media kit to represent a brand, I have found public relations to be the perfect point of intersection between storytelling and relationship building.
After graduation, I want to keep working at that intersection. I want to help organizations communicate in ways that build relationships with their audiences while sharing their message clearly and effectively.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Monterrey, California
Dayton, Ohio
London, England
Columbus, Ohio
Brampton, England
Chilicothe, Ohio
Written Deliverables
This collection brings together my writing from internships, class projects, and clients I have worked with. These pieces show how I adapt format, tone, and message to fit different audiences.
my work
Analyses
These analyses cover consumers, audiences, peers, and online presence, drawn from my coursework, work, and internships. Each one turns research into clear insights that can guide strategy and decision-making.
Deliverables
This section showcases work I've produced for real audiences, including social media content, media pitches, placements, and website updates. Each deliverable reflects my focus on clear messaging, strategic thinking, and results
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