I help today's most respected brands connect with their diverse audiences using digital technology and human-centered design. Marquee clients include US Soccer, Kwik Trip, Marriott, Allstate, DuPage Medical Group, Accuweather, and several others.

Led strategy research initiatives across eight publishing markets, including:*Market opportunity assessments to support founding of net new businesses*Secondary market and best practices research to consult senior leadership in long-term strategy development*Industry trends reporting to assist diverse sales teams in developing go-to-market strategies

Planned, executed and managed teams in delivering cross-platform marketing, sales and publicity strategies and campaigns, helping grow company revenue goals over a three-year period. Accepted increasing roles of responsibility and leadership, including: *Project and product management. *Employee management and development. *Ownership of product marketing. *Outbound and inbound sales management. *Content marketing strategy, including social, email, desktop web and video. *Management of freelance publicists, creatives and third-party vendors. *Client (author) management and communications.Transferred to Chicago in Q3 2012.

Managed team of on-site and third-party publicists to support strategic media planning and campaigns for new product launches.

Created and managed social media channels, advertising, and publicity, driving triple-digit audience growth in less than six months.

*Acted as a public relations and design consultant for the university's Faculty Senate*Designed and developed brochure-style mailing strategy that ultimately increased measurable voter turn-out and super-satisfied the client's needs

Accepted roles of increasing responsibility over a four-year period and executed evergreen achievements, including: *Spearheading design and technical implementation of digital menu boards to communicate food nutrition information. *Planing for and executing against monthly events calendar, driving new patron traffic and revenue by more than 30% during certain events.*Hiring and managing more than 20 part-time student workers per semester during final two years.