Manage multi-faceted accounts with various goals, tactics and team members to meet and exceed client expectations. Drive strategy, develop messaging and implement campaigns. Maintain account organization, budget and reporting. Benchmark account success and identify new opportunities. Create relationships and connect with existing, new and potential audiences.

Strategy owner for multiple accounts with heavy focus on an international association and a top-three advanced manufacturing company, requiring an ability to turn highly technical, proprietary information into public-facing content that drives client goals. Duties include planning and strategy across multiple deliverables and business lines to secure media coverage in target media (trade, consumer, news) via traditional pitches and creative info-sharing. Serve as editor and advisor to junior staff to develop content for various platforms; collaborate with partner departments to exceed expectations.

Research, plan, implement and evaluate all communications efforts as part of ongoing management of public relations strategies. Work alongside US-based executive director and South America-based operational teams to identify key opportunities and needs for communications tactics. Create impactful content that speaks to a diverse, international audience. Successes include: optimizing an underutilized web presence to enhance the organization's reputation with fresh content and a more user-friendly structure; launching multiple social media campaigns to garner thousands in fundraising support; identifying new story-telling opportunities for staff and volunteers to share EIA happenings in a wider audience; developing a communications strategy and accompanying comprehensive plan from the ground up.

Reporting to the SVP of Communications, I managed a team of 10 with four direct reports. Our team served as an in-house agency for all communications, publications, marketing, public relations and events needs across 12 organizational divisions. This role had a major impact on my professional development and allowed me a number of incredible opportunities in numerous industries, including public/government affairs, tourism/convention bureau/sports commission marketing, economic development, association/nonprofit management, corporate relations and small business marketing.Some highlights include: 1) garnering millions in earned media coverage with traditional press releases, strategically-shared story ideas & press events;2) developing the pitch to secure a global sporting event, developing the marketing plan & promoting for 18 months, then hosting the multi-day event with record-breaking attendance numbers;3) simultaneously managing & growing more than a dozen websites and social media identities; 4) serving as the communications hat on a team that launched a completely original industry strategy that secured nearly $4 million in investment and nearly doubled the organization in less than a year; 5) annually producing nearly more than 100 events with at least 13,000 attendees; 6) managing production schedules, content and creative for 22 annual publications.During my time here I received multiple awards from the Public Relations Society of America Tulsa Chapter, as well as awards from the Association for Chamber of Commerce Executives and the Oklahoma State Tourism office. I was also recognized as part of the Tulsa Business Journal's 40 Under 40 and the United Way's Women's Leadership Council.I left this role to take a sabbatical and relocate to Chicago for my partner's career.

Promoted from manager to director. Received 3 direct reports managing 2 clients each while simultaneously managing my own clients: VisitTulsa, the Tulsa Sports Commission and Government Affairs. Drove all communications and marketing for organization at large. Strategized, earned and tracked media coverage for clients. Promoted events, developed collateral, maintained website, brainstormed creative communications tactics, implemented strategies to gain awareness and much more.

Managed the communications needs of 3 clients as part of larger in-house agency team that served all communications, marketing and events needs of the Tulsa Regional Chamber, which includes 12 divisions all focused on one overarching goal: increase the prosperity and livability of the Tulsa, Okla. metro area.

In addition to receiving banking industry training and helping with banking duties as needed, I served as the community relations staff for a small bank in NE Oklahoma. Duties included developing marketing materials, managing the website, implementing promotional strategies and representing the bank at conferences, meetings and events across the nation.