Responsible for managing all internal and external communications for Hi-Rise Balloons and Floral Supplies. Develop an integrated communications strategy for the company incorporating PR, Marketing and Online. Implementing communications plans to increase brand awareness and recognition for the organization. Project manage department workflow. Develop and maintain company website and image database. Promote, plan, execute promotional and training events. Collating and analyzing current communications and messages and ensuring consistency. Plan and execute social media posts, including paid reach. Communicating brand to internal customers and stakeholders. Create company advertisements and select promotional products. Manage production schedule of customer communications. Design and publish catalogs, email campaigns, brochures, order forms and various marketing materials. Organize delivery of marketing materials to customers.

Project managed, art directed and designed commemorative 100 year history book.Project manages production and designs Texas Civil Engineer quarterly magazine.Coordinates blogging, maintains TexASCE.org website, historical archive and social media on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Linked In accounts for ASCE Texas Section.Creates and distributes monthly newsletter, career center, conference and promotional HTML emails.Promotes conferences and creates long term marketing strategy and materials including brochures, postcards, business cards, and surveys. Maintains budget items for marketing and conference promotion.Writes, edits, and follows up on news releases. Coordinates, writes, and edits internal and external information/data. Works with media to promote organization. Develops and generates reports including statistics with Google analytics and social media.Works closely with membership, Board of Direction and committees to accomplish goals on strategic planning projects i.e. Get Out the Vote campaign, ASCE Infrastructure Report Card, webinars and video projects.Conducts membership, committee and conference satisfaction surveys.Conducts and creates presentations.Works with outside vendors for printing magazine and promotional materials and items.Provides and develops graphic designs including informational graphics.

Great American Supplemental Benefits Group, 2011 - PresentGraphic Design SpecialistCopywriter and designer of public and internal materials under the company's numerous brands including logos, brochures, advertisements, promotional materials, website, graphics and flyers. Maintenance of files on websites. Ordering of printed materials, press checks, proofreading and correlation of departments for information as well as researching of marketing material.

Creation of company branding, marketing, ads, show directory, web graphics, and registration materials.Execution of company branding redesign and completely new brand for sister company. As the sole designer in the company, position requires self direction and fast, efficient design knowledge, as well as thorough understanding of software including Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat. Utilization of organization and strong communication skills Maintenance of file organization and backup, as well as time allotment per client.

As the sole designer in the company, the position requires self direction and fast, efficient design knowledge. Responsibilities ranged from the creation of all corporate and affiliate company marketing materials involved with branding, logo design, advertisements, website creation, and marketing materials. On client facing projects, responsibilities ranged from interacting and collecting assets from clients, creating advertisements for printed show guides, and designing and executing HTML email campaigns. Able to effectively share information and utilize strong communication skills to support office staff through information technologies, email account management, and file organization and backup.

Daily activities include on-air graphics for news and informational graphics. Long term projects involve identity and branding of station graphics, business cards as well as creation of newspaper and magazine ads for the station. I created snipes, bumps, interstitials, open animations for various station promotional and sales graphics.

Creator of day-to-day news graphics and public service announcement animations. Graphic design skills were utilized to communicate current events and news updates through graphics that appeared in news broadcasts. Digital art skills were used to develop online graphics, company and client logos, identities for video packages, on-air featured maps, and animations for various promotions sponsored by the television stations. Created printable art for station postcards, t-shirts, and mailers, then coordinated vendors and managed assets to complete designated projects. Manipulated and corrected video and photo media through color adjustments, resolution manipulation, and green-screen usage. In cooperation with sales staff, web graphics were designed to meet specific on-air, digital, and print needs for station advertisers. Worked with the Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer to outline consistent practices to be used for branding and market-place identification of the television stations.

Assisted Art Director in activities which included newspaper and magazine ad creation, photo retouching, website development, and packaging and pamphlet design. Assisted with the production and design of marketing mailers and informational packets for clients. Conceptualized advertisements and photography selections with managers.