Lynne Scott Jackson is the 2024 PRSA-NY Big Apple Excellence in Mentoring Award recipient.
Lynne Scott Jackson, distinguished lecturer and the director of Industry Relations, Internships and Professional Development in the Ad/PR Program at T九色视频, is the recipient of the 2024 PRSA-NY Big Apple Excellence in Mentoring Award. The award honors individuals who continuously lead, guide and selflessly counsel and stimulate the careers of communications professionals at all career stages.
The event, themed 鈥淐ollaboration and Innovation,鈥 is the premier networking event for the public relations industry and also recognizes the 2024 15 Under 35. She also received PRSA-NY鈥檚 President鈥檚 Award for Leadership and Service in 2021 and the 2021 CCNY Townsend Harris Medal for postgraduate achievement in marketing communications.
With several years of experience in communications, Scott Jackson has worked in consumer advertising, healthcare marketing and social entrepreneurship. Her consultancy, Millynneum Marketing, Media & Public Affairs, has developed award-winning public relations programs for corporations, businesses and institutions, including: Colgate-Palmolive Company鈥檚 Bright Smiles, Bright Futures庐, Pepsi-Cola Company鈥檚 Link Program, South African Tourism, Schering Plough, The Prostate Net, Warner Bros. and SKG DreamWorks to name a few.
Scott Jackson is actively involved in PRSA鈥檚 Diversity Central Committee and the Black Public Relations Society-NY. She is advisor to the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) - American Advertising Federation (AAF) student chapters and executive producer of the Building Bridges Career Fair & Networking Mixer, the Ad/PR Program鈥檚 signature event.
She is a graduate of Howard University鈥檚 Cathy Hughes School of Communications, receiving a B.A. in Communications and is recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award. She also has a Master鈥檚 in International Affairs from the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College.
PRSA-NY also named CCNY PRSSA President Layla Ayoub, an Ad/PR student graduating in spring 2025, as this year鈥檚 PRSA-NY Art Stevens CCNY Scholar, which is funded by Stevens, managing partner of and a CCNY alumnus (Class of 1957). Ayoub was awarded a $5000 scholarship, and she and her team worked on the Building Bridges Career Fair & Networking Mixer where 150 people attended including alumni, recruiters and Ad/PR Program supporters.
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CCNY student Layla Ayoub is this year鈥檚 PRSA-NY Art Stevens CCNY Scholar.
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