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Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States

• Developed and executed the communications strategy for Capital6’s founder and its portfolio companies, and managed media relations, content creation, and social media presence
• Worked closely with the founder to develop thought leadership opportunities around the benefits of decentralization, cryptosecurity, and the ethical use of AI technology

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Worked closely with a senior leadership and team of 200+ legal and policy advisors to translate complex judicial issues into clear and simple messages to be used in both owned and earned media

• Served as primary spokesperson for Mayor Jenny Durkan and managed proactive, and reactive communications and rapid response for the Mayor’s Office.
• Served as the primary spokesperson for Mayor Durkan and for the Mayor’s Office and managed press strategy with local and national media
• Coordinated weekly one-on-one interviews between the Mayor and local media, preparing key messages and talking points on a wide variety of topics each week
• Served as communications lead on high-profile policy and legislative priorities, including public health and safety, city budget, COVID-19 response, and emergency response
• Planned and executed media strategy, wrote policy speeches, prepared official statements, and developed strategic messaging by collaborating with policy advisors and subject matter experts

Greater Seattle Area

• Served as a key member of the Mayor’s office staff, managing the Mayor’s Digital Media presence and advising department communications managers across the city on digital media strategy to create consistent messaging.
• Managed social media accounts and strategy for @MayorJenny, @OfficeofMayor and @CityofSeattle Facebook and Twitter accounts, with a combined audience of 350k+
• Produced the Mayor’s weekly newsletter, the Durkan Digest, sent to an audience of 62,000+ residents each week
• Established and managed a Social Media Task Force to create an opportunity to share skills and expertise, establish best practices, and create a better working environment for social professionals in every City.
• Advised City of Seattle social media professionals on best practices and helped to shape policies, guidelines and standards to govern Citywide Social Media useTech Policy & IT Communications
• Provided support and guidance for Seattle’s Technology portfolio – including technology policy, the Mayor’s Innovation Advisory Council, and more – by managing press, coordinating between policy and project teams, and.

Greater Seattle Area

• Communications Support
• Supported general communications needs of the Mayor’s Office by drafting talking points, constituent responses, press releases, slide decks, internal and external communications, and more
• Developed, planned helped execute large-scale communications campaigns for issues that impact the City of Seattle and the region beyond, including the Seattle Squeeze, Smoke Ready Communities, and Shop the Squeeze.
• Manage social media accounts and strategy for @MayorJenny, @OfficeofMayor and @CityofSeattle Facebook and Twitter accounts, with a combined audience of 350k+
• Grew @MayorJenny’s accounts from 0 to 18.6k+ over the course of her first two years in office through organic engagement strategies, without zero social spend and identified tactics to raise the profile of City of.
• Produce the Mayor’s weekly newsletter, the Durkan Digest, sent to an audience of 62k residents each weekDigital Strategy

Greater Seattle Area

• Served as a core member of campaign staff, working alongside campaign managers, field director, and communication team to bring continuity to candidate’s social profile and establish strategic goals for digital.
• Managed candidate’s social media presence, drafting and posting on her behalf at social, community, and policy-oriented functions
• Traveled with candidate as key staff and covered high-profile events including debates and forums, and by live-tweeting, sharing policy positions, and/or running Facebook live events
• Created and curated content responsible for generating an audience of ~150,000 people per weekOnline Organizing
• Mobilized 150+ volunteers to engage on social media, and organized a social media task force to build a coalition of online supporters prepared to support candidate’s positions
• Drafted and sent weekly social media talking points memo for volunteers to inform them of key issues and request action plan for online eventsDigital Strategy

Greater Seattle Area

• Client management and earned media
• Pitched statewide Athlete of the Week program, reliably generating four to five positive earned media spots per week in the 14th largest media market in the US
• Delivered presentation of design concepts to project stakeholders, including executives, project managers, and focus group participants responsible for approving creative direction and project buy-inAdvertising.
• Designed clear and effective creative solutions tailored towards customer engagement and message amplification in the print and digital space with project budgets ranging from $500 to $200k
• Wrote and edited copywriting for a variety of potential audiences, including creative, technical, informational, advertising and marketing copy
• Advocated for creative strategies and marketing solutions for all agency clients, including projects for Seattle City Light, SDOT, Kaiser Permanente, Hyatt Regency, and King County TransitFlexibility, accountability.

Seattle, WA

• A statewide workers organization established in 2010 that fights to raise wages, improve labor standards, and change the conversation about wealth, inequality, and the value of work
• Supported communications efforts responsible for pushing through $15/hour minimum wage legislation in both SeaTac and Seattle, improving the wages of more than 83k+ poverty-level workers
• Assisted in implementing strategic messaging for city and statewide protest actions, leading to earned media stories appearing in Forbes, CNNMoney, The Seattle Times, and the Huffington Post
• Managed social media and implemented community engagement strategies to a combined audience of 15k+