Kelan Spotlight
Kelan Traylor
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Hello, My name is Kelan Traylor
I am a humorous and well immersed guy within media. For a long time in my life I believed that I was going to be in the medical field, but my passion was being in front of a camera or an audience. I quickly changed my major and career path once I stood on stage performing my first ever production, which was "All American Boys." I have a background in Theatre and Public Relations with an overall background of communication. I have a successful experience in closing the divide between top tier stakeholders and creative talent by conducting digital content audits of assets and production organizations. Knowledgeable in maneuvering set procedures professionally with a level of discretion, data integrity, and company excellence. With wishes to use a history of theatrical direction and technical liaison work as a means of contributing to a hectic studio atmosphere. Talent Relations is my starting goal, and a Creative Producer is my overall end goal. I have many skills to help me reach the platform I would like to reach. Engage with my portfolio to fully grasp the skills I obtain.
Education
2025-Current
Master of Arts in Communication and Media Studies
Mississippi State University
Continuing my education at Mississippi State University that I like to call home while enhancing my skills while I currently hold a 3.83 GPA. I am a Communications Graduate Assistant for Enterprise Information Systems specifically with the Web Development team., which is a branch from ITS. So far, I have learned how to write research proposals, manage different crises, engage deeper with the media, and teach a class on my specific topic I chose. This degree will help me bridge the gap between a career that I want in Talent Relations. I am also the President for the graduate ambassadors that is housed in the graduate school department.
2021-2025
Bachelor of Arts in Communication | Double Major in Public Relations & Theatre
Mississippi State University
Studied communication with a concentration in Public Relations and Theatre where I graduated with a 3.39 GPA. I gained skills in acting, directing, playwriting, press releases, social media content, and also building a campaign for clients.I have gained all these skills to be able to pursue a career in Talent Relation where i can translate all of these skills in the spotlight. Through my campus involvement I served as an Orientation Leader, Director of Membership and Vice President of Maroon VIP (touring organization), New Maroon Camp Counselor, and a S.P.A.R.K Crew Leader. While attending MSU I was a recipient of the Spirit of State award, which is the highest award to receive. I have gained skills in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premier Pro, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Canva, and AP Style.
2019-2021
Associate of Science in Medicine
Itawamba Community College
Graduated Magna cum laude with my college prerequisites while maintaining campus involvement and and full time job as a shift leader at Chick-Fil-A. I served as an orientation leader and also as the Officer of Fellowship of Phi Theta Kappa. While attending I also recieved the McCormick Award of Distinction through Phi Theta Kappa.
Work & Career Experience
Production & Industry Experience
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Script Development/Playwriting: "The Final Clue" (Playwright)- Production completed in 30 minutes at Mississippi State University; worked together with student directors and talent to make sure that there was an artistic fit between the page and the stage.
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Film Production/On-Set: Mississippi Scholar (Background Talent) - Learned directly working in a commercial on-set setting and logistics of a high-volume movie shooting.
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Director Oversight: "Dinner is Served" (Director) - Oversaw the entire process of the rehearsal and artistic direction of a two person one-act play, including the areas of talent coaching, and performance milestones.
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Theatrical Performance: Role in a few of stage performances such as "All American Boys," and "The Heartbreak Henry."
08/2025 - Current
Mississippi State University
Communication Graduate Assistant (ITS|EIS)
06/2025 - 08/2025
Great Theatre
Teaching Artist
08/2021- 05/2025
Newk's Eatery
Team Member / Shift Lead
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05/2017-08/2021
Chick-Fil-A Inc.
Team Member/Team Leader
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Stakeholder Liaison and Account Management: Act as the main channel of communication between the departments of the university (clients) and technical teams, ensuring the translation of complicated parts of the project scope into tangible brand value.
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Asset Auditing & Data Integrity: Leading a 500 plus item content audit and asset listing through excel to verify 100 percent data integrity in case of high stakes digital migrations.
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Digital Brand Strategy: Created unified social media kits/digital press kits and social media funneling to enhance the presence of the brand and redirect strategic traffic to core web resources.
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SEO & Content Optimization: Performed high-grade audits and content optimization to meet the target customer digital visibility and institutional communication and interaction objectives.
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Strategic Problem Solving: Operated and move through cross departmental flows to address communication conflicts, and project milestones fulfilled to various masses of top-level leadership.
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Creative Talent Management: Supervised and organized 15+ talent(s) per week, guaranteed professional performance, and on set safety in an extremely high pressure and time constrained production cycle (5 days).
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Production Oversight: Wrote original scripts and designed choreography to weekly showcase performances and managed to meet all creative and technical benchmarks of live stakeholders.
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Performance Development: Conducted workshops on the specialization of acting and professional theatre etiquette training to train the performers on the issue of facing the audience through artistic performances while considering the nervousness.
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Logistics & Scheduling: Planned the day-to-day operations of the run of show of several simultaneous themed production camps, juggling the curriculum objectives against the rigid venue and performance schedules.
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Led the loaction of a Newk's on the campus of MSU.
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I created prep sheets every day for the following days to ensure the location had enough product.
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Handled cash from counting the drawer every morning and night to log it.
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Did the nighlty cash deposit every shift.
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Led a kitchen of team members to succed for every shift I led.
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Ensured that the store had the accurate amound of produce per week to prevent expiration.
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Apart of a team where we broke the revenue record of a total of $8-$9 million dollars.