Andrea Spridgen Email & Phone Number

Greater Denver Area

Conceptualized and assigned all stories for the monthly magazine targeted toward orthotists, prosthetists, pedorthists and other allied healthcare professionals.Edited monthly magazine, web content, and marketing materials.Managed production process monthly for the magazine, included providing editorial maps, creating print orders, and working collaboratively with the Creative Team on all layout specifications and concepts and cover.Managed team of two full-time, on-site editors and one remote editor. Created and managed annual production calendar. Created and managed annual editorial budget. Represented the magazine at trade shows and provided editorial coverage of these events.

•Managed launch of new system-wide intranet portal based on SharePoint platform•Ongoing maintenance of employee intranet including managing weekly feature articles and news flash emails to drive traffic•Designed and implemented communications plan to educate employees on regional accreditation criteria•Managed all additional internal employee and student facing communications, including planning strategy, designing communications and implementing distribution•Provided copywriting and design support for external marketing initiatives as needed, reducing cost by reducing reliance on freelance contractors•Created and standardized HTML templates for all student and employee communications•Managed global student-facing communications within the online student learning platform•Served as the communications lead for student and faculty during a yearlong conversion to a new online learning platform, which included mandatory training prior to launch

Wrote course lectures, course introductions, and weekly introductions for new online course on integrated marketing communications

•Edited quarterly magazine including conceptualizing stories, coordinating authors and working directly with graphic designer and printer for final magazine production•Answered requests and provided interviews for outside media contacts•Wrote copy for house ads for the association’s magazine, conference programs, as well as general ads for promotional purposes in outside publications•Wrote copy for Enews, the association’s magazine, press releases

•Prepared new marketing PowerPoint presentations and flyers for association, resulting in $100,000 Grant Commitment•Compiled and managed the budget for marketing and development departments•Solicited donations, responded to donations received, tracked donation growth and trends; overall donations increased by over 38%

Master Of Arts, English Literature

Bachelor Of Arts, English