Award-winning communications and marketing leader, storyteller, and digital marketing director with 10+ years of experience. A life-long journalist, passionate volunteer, and fierce advocate.
* Details, work samples, and references are available upon request.
Skills
CMS: Drupal, HubSpot, WordPress
CRM / PR: Cision, Gorkana, HubSpot, Meltwater, MuckRack, Salesforce
Data Analytics: SAS Studio & EnterpriseMiner, Google Analytics, Google Data Studio
Design: Adobe Creative Suite, Canva
Email Marketing: Action Network, Constant Contact, EveryAction, Mailchimp, My Emma
Fundraising: ActBlue, Classy, Donorbox, Kindful
Project Management: Asana, Monday, Trello
Social Media CMS: Buffer, Hootsuite, Sprout
Awards
2018 Gold Bell Ringer / On a Shoestring Campaign (PR Club)
2018 Silver Bell Ringer / Nonprofit Communications Campaign (PR Club)
Education
Emerson College / M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
University of North Texas / B.A. in Journalism & Strategic Communications
Senior Director, Digital Marketing Strategy / Trilogy Interactive
- Oversee $150k+ in monthly retainer budgets, staffing plans, and national digital marketing programs for 10 clients in the climate advocacy, climate policy, nonprofit, and political verticals.
- Develop strategy and integrated marketing plans, collaborating with internal departments on creative, cohesive messaging, legal compliance, and tracking KPIs across campaigns.
- Manage paid media programs, totaling $5 million in digital ad spend and SMS programs to date.
- Direct content planning and editorial calendars across clients, overseeing writing and creative production from start to finish.
- Lead organization’s digital accessibility best practices, training team members across the company and developing process implementation plans.
- Directly manage agency founder’s social media, increasing followers by 109k with an average of 84k impressions per post.
- Mentor and manage teams of four communications professionals, offering feedback during performance reviews, professional goal-setting, and reviewing deliverables.
- Serve as the day-to-day contact for clients, managing multiple campaigns simultaneously across different issue areas, target audiences, and industries.
Content Marketing Manager / Perkins School for the Blind
- Managed a team of six creatives across disciplines, developing team growth strategy and overseeing team budget and resource allocation.
- Developed and maintained content strategy and editorial calendar by fiscal year, tracking KPIs on a monthly basis while growing engagement among donors..
- Project managed individual campaigns and fundraising events, meeting the annual $10.2 million fundraising goal.
- Developed brand style guide and messaging for content streams on disability inclusion, accessibility, child welfare, and global education.
- Wrote content for Perkins.org, email marketing drip campaigns, opt-ins, display ads, social media, direct mail and print channels, and more.
- Directed creative production processes for video and graphic design projects..
- Trained departments on omnichannel marketing, SEO best practices, AP style writing, short video production, and more to establish self-service practices across the organization.
Account Manager / Allison Worldwide
- Managed and served as day-to-day contact for nine clients, including Fortune 1000 companies in the B2B, nonprofit, and edtech industries.
- Developed cohesive public relations plans and press materials, guiding messaging and strategy for press announcements.
- Managed and mentored junior account staff, reviewing and approving client-facing materials across teams.
- Wrote bylines and thought leadership pieces on behalf of C-level executives.
- Nurtured relationships with editors, reporters and producers for top-tier and trade outlets, broadcast organizations, and podcasts for successful placements in outlets like CNN Business, Bloomberg Radio, and the New York Times.
- Ensured strategic alignment with client KPIs and business objectives, developing monthly and quarterly reports for performance tracking.
Senior Account Executive / HB Mower Boston
- Managed and served as the day-to-day public relations and marketing contact for 15 clients in the B2B, medical tech, nonprofit, and hospitality industries. Successfully placed stories in top-tier outlets like the Boston Globe, NPR, Bloomberg, The TODAY Show, Budget Travel, and NBC News.