Write blog posts, email newsletters and social media content for boutique travel company specializing in small group tours.

Manage social media site content, coordinate all media requests, write press releases, promote classes to increase enrollment, private events and gourmet retail specials

• Coordinate all private corporate, social, celebrity chef, charity, and catered events at Chicago’s premier recreational cooking school’s two locations totaling $2.1 million in revenue in 2007.• Manage client care from start to finish operationally with high customer service standards.• Support marketing and sales initiatives and play an active role in the financial reporting and analysis of the event department.• Calculate event pricing to ensure profitability.• Train, lead, direct and review operational event staff.• Develop curriculum, menus, recipes and promotional material for private events, as well as catering.• Oversee service and food quality standards at all times.• Guide space tours and support event sales with client gift bag purchases.• Generate client contracts, process invoices and deposits.• Coordinate entertainment and décor including linen/equipment rentals and outsourced services such as floral arrangements, team building facilitators, etc.

Assisted chefs during cooking classes and private events including mise en place and clean up.Assisted customers with selection of gourmet ingredients and cookware, received and stocked merchandise and increased enrollment in classes through salesmanship.

Manage content coordination for FetchFind, an e-Learning and content marketplace for the pet industry. Develop and implement social media and content strategies for this fast-growing startup. FetchFind is the world’s only integrated e-learning and content marketplace for the pet industry. Businesses, professionals and enthusiasts subscribe to and connect with top producing content providers, experts and brands. Courses like canine behavior, customer service basics, and pet first aid turn pet enthusiasts into pet pros, while pet industry businesses subscribe to proprietary content to train and retain staff. Behind all of this, the job board is a lead generation vehicle to sell e-learning content while providing a valuable resource to businesses and individuals in the $60B pet industry.

Coordinate quarterly meetups of #GulfCoastHUG, a gathering of digital marketers and HubSpot users on the Florida - Alabama Gulf Coast.

• Oversee Dog Town volunteers and maintain safety and customer service standards • Assist potential adopters in finding the perfect dog by discussing breed traits and the “Meet your Match” program.• Socialize & walk dogs, including dogs deemed “Level 2” dogs due to behavior issues.• Lead training sessions for new volunteers, focusing on dog care and safety.• Counsel potential adopters on an individual basis, covering all aspects of owning a dog from basic care, training and supplies to behavior issues.• Volunteer at major fundraising events with duties ranging from dog handling to coat check.

Served customers daily specials and chef's selections.Prep work, including preparing salad, sandwiches and side dishes for the cold cases.

Guided overall news coverage, including specific newscast content and story treatment. Wrote, reviewed and approved scripts and lineups for all newscasts and oversaw production execution.Scheduled news staff and ensured control of overtime.

Produced information, accurative, creative, fast-paced newscasts with emphasis on live coverage of breaking news.

Produced 6pm and 10pm newscasts on weekends.

Worked under the direction of the assignment editor to monitor police and emergency scanners and disperse news crews.