Take a peek at my skills and experiences from photography to event management and so much more. Like what you see? Consider me to be a a part of your brand management experience.

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Awards & Memberships

• 2014: 
  Employee Innovation Award; Niles Home for Children
  
  
• 2016:
  Board Member (VP of PRISM Awards); Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America
  
  
• 2017 - present:
  Literacy KC volunteer/donor
  
  
• 2018 - 2020:
  Communications and Technology Chair, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Omega Iota Zeta Chapter
  
  
• 2019:
  Awarded Chapter Member of the Year, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Omega Iota Zeta Chapter​

Professional Experience

University of Missouri-Kansas City
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE
JUNE 2016 - PRESENT

• Serve as primary speech writer for chancellor and provost

• Works alongside events and creative teams to draft event scripts

 

• Co-led the overhaul of the team's crisis communications plan
  
  
• Manage public relations initiatives for the School of Computing and Engineering
  • coordinate interviews for subject matter experts and pitch stories to media about faculty research
  • conducted media training for engineering faculty to help them get comfortable with accepting media requests

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• Manages chancellor's monthly newsletter for students, faculty and staff
  
  
• Explores and vets opportunities to share stories about the university community
  
  
• Built new media release template in Emma for strategic communications team to track open and response rates from media
  
  
• Serve as a backup university spokesperson (see link; pages 9-10)

Niles Home for Children
Communications & Special Events Coordinator
August 2014 - April 2016

• Planned and executed fundraising and community engagement events
  
  
• Increased Niles 5K net profit by $10,000 in 2015
  
  
• Increased social media reach by 24 percent
  
  
• Coordinated website upgrade, which decreased bounce rate by 10 percent from previous site
  
  
• Designed Niles Home placeholder brochure, which reached approx. more than 400 target audience members

• Responsible for cultivating profitable community relationships; received $10,000 grant from Grainger Foundation as a result of neighborhood canvassing to promote 5K event
  
  
• Developed and executed yearly communications plan
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• Led brand refreshment process – provided input for graphic designers to develop new colors and logo, and approved final submissions for new marketing collateral

The Community VOice
Social Content Editor
December 2013 - August 2014

• Managed social media and website updates
• Developed marketing tactics to reach new, younger audiences
• Covered community entertainment news
• Utilized photography and journalism skills to cover special events and social stories around the Wichita area