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.
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
- 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
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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