• Strategic planning; brand identity development and management; internal/external digital and print content direction and creation; annual marketing plan development and execution.• Helps guide company culture through story-telling, brand implementation, and event planning and strategy. • Executes cross-functional communications strategies to reach disparate groups of employees among multiple geographic locations.• Establishes relationships with people across the company to learn about their work through interviews and turn that into engaging storytelling.• Manager of a four-person rockstar marketing/communications team.• Secures future work for Sellen through extensive project management efforts, including overseeing and directing proposal and presentation creation; identifying winning strategy and implementing strategic messaging through story-telling, creating original graphics and facilitating presentations.• Supports Sellen’s and the Sellen Community Foundation’s philanthropic and community outreach efforts through strategic communications. Partners with nonprofit organizations to learn and share their stories.• Oversees and manages all company internal and external events.• Content management and production of annual company meetings; executive ghostwriting.• Annual budget management and forecasting (math ... yay!). • GiANT leadership training (Connector/Creative/Pioneer); Fierce conversations training; presentation facilitation training; servant leadership training; change management training.

All of the above bullets!

Directly managed three people. Assisted with marketing planning and budgeting. Directed all internal/external print and digital communications content and calendar. Led strategic direction of proposal and presentation strategy to secure new firm revenue. Managed all internal and external company events. Developed board of directors and stockholder communications.

• Responsible for proposal management and production, award submissions, internal/external original content creation, business development support, construction job site support, project photography and more. • Developed idea and budget for new external corporate communication strategy (a company magazine!). Managed and executed said magazine.• Organized internal and external company events and created event communications.

• Extensive writing and editing including copywriting, technical writing, press releases, and award submittals, as well as for the company website, social media, intranet and e-newsletter. Dissemination of press releases.• Collaborate with colleagues at all organization levels to conceptualize, write and format company communication materials such as presentations for company-wide meetings and business plans. • Graphic design, information gathering, and writing for various marketing materials such as brochures, mailings, advertisements and qualifications packets, as well as company resumes and project profiles.• Responsible for writing and design of bimonthly internal e-newsletter; experience with Constant Contact e-mail service.• Office’s primary copy editor; proofread all marketing materials, as well as various materials from other departments.• Led the coordination and management of company’s proposals and interviews/presentations for business development, such as the pursuit of a $190 million wastewater treatment plant construction project. Experience with design-build and federal pursuits.• Maintain and update company CRM database, Salesforce.

• Assisted with production of company proposals and interviews/presentations for business development.• Various copywriting, editing and graphic design tasks.• Wrote and produced internal company newsletter.• Managed internal company events.• Supplies and external vendor management.• Maintain and update company CRM database, Salesforce.

Hired and managed 30-person editorial, design, photography and advertising staff of quarterly college magazine. Determined and coordinated all editorial content and design; did final copy edit and fact check. Contributed to editorial content by writing in-depth articles, such as an in-depth, award-winning Scientology feature. Created and implemented marketing and distribution strategy, including creation and solicitation of advertising packets.

Determined and assigned daily features editorial and special sections content for daily college newspaper. Researched and wrote news and feature articles for daily college newspaper. Developed creative, timely and news-worthy story ideas; met deadlines.

Researched and wrote feature articles for daily 29,000-circulation city newspaper.

Researched and wrote sports, feature and event coverage articles. Contributed to final edit and fact check of college newspaper.