Becca Mader Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Chief storyteller and editor who writes, edits and produces the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's flagship publication, the Greater Together biannual magazine, as well as a biweekly internal newsletter.Serve as social media manager for the Foundation, creating and publishing relevant, original, high quality and engaging content for all platforms on a daily basis (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Threads). Serve as project lead for the Foundation's Greater Together Awards program, an annual program which honors individuals in the greater Milwaukee community. I help plan, create, oversee and implement marketing and communication efforts (including web, social media, internal messaging and advertising in local community papers).

Milwaukee

Chief storyteller and editor who writes, edits and produces the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's flagship publications, the annual report and biannual magazine, "Greater Together," as well as a weekly internal newsletter.Core member of the planning team who is solely responsible for the social media strategy for the Foundation's On the Table MKE regionwide community conversation initiative, in which more than 10,000 individuals across the four-county region has gathered at tables large and small since 2017 to talk about topics that mattered to them. Creates and oversees the initiative's robust social media marketing and communications plan and serves as sole voice behind the initiative on social media.Launched the Foundation on social media in 2011 and has served as its sole voice on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Creates and publishes relevant, original, high quality and engaging content for all platforms on a daily basis.Served as project lead for the Foundation's Match Day online giving event from 2012-2015, which benefited food and shelter agencies in southeastern Wisconsin. Helped plan, create, oversee and implement marketing and communication efforts (including social media campaign and generating content for communication and marketing materials promoting the event to nonprofits, donors and general community). Over a four-year period, Match Day raised more than $11.1 million for basic needs.

Senior storyteller and resident wordsmith responsible for helping create, coordinate and copy edit communication and marketing pieces that promote the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. These include, but are not limited to, invites, news releases, web content, a semi-annual publication with general news and updates about the Foundation and a quarterly publication highlighting local nonprofit programs that has inspired donors to make gifts of more than $1 million in support of the featured agencies since 2006.

Milwaukee

Reported to the director of marketing with responsibility for writing and preparing marketing programs, some grant writing and fundraising communications, external and internal communications and newsletters, annual report, product and service packaging and creative development and production of marketing and advertising programs to address target audiences. Also participated in special events and promotions and development of supporting communications programs.

Milwaukee

Main reporter for the Focus section, a weekly feature section that includes at least three articles highlighting a specific topic or industry, such as construction and design, health care or banking. Contributed to Business Plans section, which focuses on small businesses and entrepreneurs, and at least six special sections during the year. Main contributor to The Biz, the paper's quarterly publication geared toward high school students. Added arts, nonprofits and small retail beats in November 2003.

Milwaukee

General assignment reporter. Wrote stories in English and Spanish for weekly bilingual publication, including coverage of former Mexican President Vicente Fox's visit to Milwaukee; at the time, only editorial staff member fluent in Spanish.

Ashland, Kentucky

Chosen as one of 100 college students around the country to be part of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund editing internship program. Attended two-week editing boot camp at Temple University before working at The Daily Independent. Copy edited news, feature and sports articles for AP style, grammar, libel and accuracy; created headlines and cutlines, worked on layout of local, business and feature fronts as well as inside news pages.

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism/Spanish

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society); Kappa Tau Alpha (Journalism Honor Society); Sigma Delta.

'What'S New In Social Media: Leveraging Trends To Build Successful Social Strategy" 1-Day Class

Technical Diploma, Language Interpreter For Health Sciences

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