Bitely Communications is a public relations firm aimed at supporting individuals and organizations in navigating the ever-changing landscape of communications.

Under Lansing's City Charter, the police commissioners have the power to: Establish administrative rules for LPD, including procedures for training and promotions; Approve rules and regulations for acceptable conduct of officers in consultation with the chief of police and the mayor; Investigate complaints made about the operations of the department; Review and approve LPD's budget and any changes to policies and procedures before they are submitted to the mayor; Have final review of disciplinary actions for department employees; Subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and require the production of evidence whenever necessary to carry out its assigned duties.

Manage all external relations from the Attorney General to the public, media and legislature. Manage and direct major media events, supervise all public, media and legislative affairs staff. Serve as primary media contact for local, state, national and international media on complex legal, political, health and safety issues. Developed and implemented crisis communications plans and proactive strategies to support a broad spectrum of statewide legal proceedings. Member of the Attorney General’s executive management team.

Develop and execute long and short term strategic plans for breaking news, investigative reporting, as well as sales and marketing; Share supervision responsibilities over a team of 8; Work across departments to match content cross promotion opportunities; Train all levels, including senior staff, in best practices for web platforms; Develop requirements for sales and advertising teams; Review and evaluate project performance; Represent Politico at conferences and off-site meetings Grew @POLITICO to more than 1M followers on Twitter from 600K in less than one year at no cost. Average more than 2M impressions per day from Twitter, more than 1000 average clicks per Facebook post.

Grow the audience of and maintain the digital platforms for the USCCF’s Emerging Issues team; Plan the release of a quarterly publication and research reports; Create and execute event communications plan over social/digital media in collaboration with various U.S. Chamber teams and departments. Managed two rebranding efforts for Emerging Issues team and worked across all USCCF departments on unifying appearanceWorked with both in-Chamber and various outside consultants and agencies to create an award-winning publication and blogGrew web traffic from less than 200 unique views a month to an average of more than 2,000 a day over a 6 month period using a planned campaign of paid advertising and social media tactics Grew Twitter following from 300 to more than 1,100 in less than a year with no advertising; Regularly achieving more than 10,000 impressions per tweetExpert on Facebook, Twitter advertising platforms, advanced user on Google Analytics, and AdWords platformsDesign all Facebook images, Slideshare presentations, and video content for the USCCF Emerging Issues team using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, as well as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Maintain Forum for Innovation digital platforms including its website, social media pages, and blogs; raise the Forum's profile in the digital media space; maintain, interpret, and build on digital platform metrics to make data-driven recommendations to event marketing and research staff.

Create and compile briefing materials and correspondence, continuing legal education credit applications, and lobbying disclosures; coordinate logistics for meetings, including the annual Legal Reform Summit; assist in growing social media and web presence.

* Assisted in get-out-the-vote efforts prior to crucial South Carolina presidential primary election * Advanced and staffed event featuring the candidate and surrogates

* Coordinated messaging with elected members of the House Caucus, their personal staff, policy staff and outside organizations * Communicated the legislators message in legislative districts * Drafted press releases, talking points and speeches for 11 members of the House of Representatives * Planned and staffed town-hall forums, editorial board meetings and press conferences

Office of Hon. Joe Schwarz, M.D., U.S. House of Representatives - Washington, D.C. * Conducted research and responded to constituent correspondence in areas of immigration, defense, education and agriculture * Sorted and catalogued high volumes of mail, answered phone calls, greeted visitors * Conducted historical tours of U.S. Capitol