• Develop and execute specialized event + marketing plans for all SportsPITTSBURGH events.• Lead sales efforts for annual groups that includes contracts, housing and event needs.• Focus on new business development that includes proposals, site visits and more.• Served as Tournament Manager of the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship and the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Soccer National Championships.• Served as Co-Tournament Manager for the 2021 NCAA Men's Frozen Four and the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball National Championship.• Produce and execute onsite activation plans at SportsPITTSBURGH and stakeholder events.• Oversee and track event budgets as well as department budgets.• Maintain and produce weekly posts on SportsPITTSBURGH Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn social platforms.• Creates website content and pages, blogs and talking points for SportsPITTSBURGH mediums.

• Proactively prospects and develops sales and marketing campaigns to attract new sports and entertainment clients and acquire consultation opportunities along with workshop and speaking engagements• Assists on building social media graphics to send out across social media platforms and include in marketing portfolios

• Worked with Federal Government customers, developing maximum sales potential through competitive sales techniques and knowledge of Adobe Digital Marketing products and services.• Built and maintained quality relations with existing assigned Government accounts, and increased account base and volume of sales on a consistent basis.• Created customized Adobe proposals to meet specific customer requirements in an efficient manner.• Contacted customers via telephone, email correspondence or in person by traveling as frequently as necessary to meet and surpass profitable sales goals for the company.

• Contributed in weekly departmental meetings with PR agency and support staff to determine strategic direction of overall communications and marketing/social media plans• Wrote press releases and researched media lists for weekly Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week announcement, game related information and other Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl content• Managed the timeline, writing, trafficking of ads, meeting deadlines and proofreading of 170-page Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Game Program, Media Guide and Fan Guide as well as the 70-page Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Program and Media Guide• Researched and managed the induction process for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Hall of Fame• Served as a point-of-contact in operational relationship with Hyatt Regency, Edelman, Populous and Abell Images. Coordinated the operational set up with the Hyatt Regency which served as media hotel during bowl week• Acted as ‘Field Captain’ for management of field level media operations and policy enforcement during game day.• Aided in the management of game day media operations and set up of press box and field level media suite (liaison for credentials, media, will call, press conference assistant and other requests)• Assisted with national, local and team market media pitching and interview scheduling for Bowl president• Managed content delivery for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl media app during bowl week providing real time schedule updates, team information and media access information• Compiled incoming, daily media clips for analysis and responded to media inquiries in a deadline-oriented environment

• Wrote post-game notes and provided content for local and national media outlets during game days• Recorded and compiled individual players’ stats for the game-by-game section of the season in-review publication• Collected sound from the players and coaches to be sent out to those respective media outlets• Assisted with the credentialing process and handling media requests• Set up press box level on game days at Consol Energy Center

• Authored game previews, recaps and releases for all sporting events on pittsburghpanthers.com• Researched and produced game notes for football and men’s and women’s basketball • Live tweeted for Twitter accounts, @Pitt_FB (40.9K followers), @Pitt_MBB and @Pitt_WRES• Assisted with daily media information requests in a deadline-oriented environment• Provided media operations assistance for Pitt football and basketball at Heinz Field and the Petersen Events Center• Recorded and transcribed post-game sound from the 2015 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament second/third rounds held at the CONSOL Energy Center

o Set up press box on game days at Heinz Field and record and produce transcriptions from post-game press conferenceso Served as a press conference assistant to produce transcriptions from coaches and draft pickso Distributed reports of transcriptions and other draft day materials for the media’s reference

• Worked on site at four USGA championships assisting with media center operations such as press conferences, flash area interviews and social media updates (live tweeting, @USGA, 189K followers)• Assisted the Championship communication directors and managers in daily tasks preparing for the U.S. Men’s, Women’s and Senior Open along with the upcoming Amateur and Junior Championships• Researched and compiled a U.S. Open Men’s, Women’s and Senior Player’s Guide consisting of a page and biography for each of the 156 players in the field• Compiled fact sheets and tournament storylines for U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior Championships• Managed the 18th green scoring area and post-round interview process at the U.S. Women’s Open• Acted as production assistant for the Creative Services and Video department at Championship sites