Bridget Koan, Apr Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri Area

I write about the Conservatory of Music and Dance, UMKC Theatre, the Department of Economics, the Department of Art and Art History, Miller Nichols Library, and campus facilities/construction. I also monitor the University's social media accounts, manage the social media calendar and am the contact person for the UMKC Emergency Alert System. With my PR colleagues, I share responsibilities for producing the weekly faculty and staff newsletter UMATTERS.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Plan and coordinate marketing activities for the KCK Chamber and members under the director of the Interim President and Board of Directors.• Plan and coordinate all details for events. Events include: Annual Meeting, Golf Tournament, Small Business Awards Program, Business Expo, monthly membership meetings, networking events, ribbon cuttings, groundbreakings, receptions and special events.• Coordinate the creation of and updating of collateral sales and marketing material, website, broadcast emails, brochures, flyers, membership directory, social media channels and other material as needed and directed by the Interim President.• Develop advertising messages in collaboration with the Interim President.• Develop and cultivate media contacts, write and distribute news releases.• Serve as staff liaison with volunteer committees which include marketing, business programs and services, Golf Tournament and Annual Meeting.• Participate in community events as directed by the Interim President.• Provide marketing assistance and consultation to members for their own events and Chamber events they participate in.• Maintain Chamber database and the marketing tools that come with the database.• Serve as staff liaison to the Downtown Shareholders Marketing Committee.• Work with the KCK Convention and Visitors Bureau on collaborative community events, which included the 2013 MLS All Star Game and will include the 2014 “Slide for Health” program with Schlitterbahn.• Maintain a photo database.• Work with freelance graphic designers as needed.• Serve as staff liaison to the Kansas City Global Entrepreneurship Week.• Serve as staff liaison to KCSourceLink and Network Kansas.• Serve as staff liaison with Kansas City Kansas Community College Annual Innovation Summit and Business Solutions Workshop series.• Serve as staff liaison to the Kansas City Kansas Public School’s Workforce Marketing Committee.

Collaborated with the dean, faculty and KU Medical Center Public Affairs to identify and direct communications and marketing strategies as established in the Strategic Plan.Communicated with media to schedule interviews, provide statistics and provide background information on proactive and reactive media relations activities.Worked with trade media about School activities and with The University of Kansas Hospital public relations department on lay media relations.Utilized Contribute to maintain website and limited editing of HTML code.Coordinated and supervised the KU School of Nursing Facebook and Twitter accounts. Served as the School "voice" on social media messages.Maintained photo database of students, faculty, campus and research.Developed and maintained KU School of Nursing publications; supervised the production of internal promotional materials for use with students and faculty; supervised activities related to special events, medical communications developed by the special events coordinator and support staff personnel; created marketing and public relations strategies for local and regional print media and telecommunications; served as School liaison to University Relations on main campus.Helped plan and execute events and PR/marketing programs for continuing education events and conferences.Worked with freelance writers and designers on collateral marketing material, including ads, brochures and photos.Gathered and maintained School and industry statistics to be utilized by the dean, faculty and other administrators.Provided marketing and public relations counsel and guidance to strategic planning committees.Partnered with KU School of Nursing Student Affairs to create and revise annual budget for marketing and recruitment services.

Coordinated all marketing, public relations and media relations efforts.Specific duties included the following: Wrote and designed the quarterly newsletter "News and Views" and an agency program catalog; wrote and distributed news releases; served as agency spokesperson within the community and with the media; oversaw agency printing and advertising budgets; made community presentations including those on behalf of the United Way of Greater Topeka; managed the coordination of and volunteer efforts of the YWCA Week Without Violence; served as staff liaison for five YWCA volunteer committees; coordinated annual volunteer recognition activities; recruited and managed volunteers for YWCA programs; coordinated printing of all YWCA brochures and collateral material; implemented a YWCA presence on the Internet; and produced an annual report each spring.

Assisted the Student Services staff in various functions of the College, which included the following: Admissions, recruitment, marketing, academic advising of special/non-degree students, academic placement testing, registration and career planning.Produced the College marketing materials including class schedules, news releases, camera-ready advertisements, direct mail pieces, proposals and reports.Tapped into background in promotion and public relations to help implement the Student Services marketing plan, which resulted in a 15 percent increase in new students.

Coordinated all public relations and communications efforts for the Association, which included the following: Statewide media relations, wrote annual reports, edited and produced a quarterly newsletter "TradeWinds," served as Association spokesperson and monitored the usage of the ALAC logo on all internal and external publications.Managed the ALAC's Macintosh network, handled statewide marketing including implementation of a market research survey of the public and current donors, and coordinated media sponsorship for programs and fund-raisers.Managed the computer and public relations budget and two volunteer committees.Established strong relationship between the Association and its various targeted audiences including the media, businesses and agencies; and was a key player in ensuring the mission of the Association was being met through public relations and marketing efforts.Successfully fostered relationships with colleagues and created a volunteer public relations advisory committee.

Produced company advertisements for major trade publications and for clients in the company's major telephone directory "CABLE YELLOW PAGES"; formatted all information and assisted in the marketing of the directories and mailing lists.

Wrote, edited and designed the monthly newsletter "South Dakota Economic Developments"; wrote news releases for the office and for Governor George S. Mickelson's office; handled local and statewide press for media events involving the Governor's Office of Economic Development; assisted in collaborative marketing efforts with the South Dakota Department of Tourism.