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Austin, Texas, United States

Oversee comprehensive advancement strategies, including partnerships, fundraising, and brand communications, to drive organizational growth and community engagement. Cultivate strategic relationships to enhance brand profile and financial sustainability.• Develop and execute strategic partnership and sponsorship campaigns, including annual fundraising events.• Identify and nurture key relationships with local businesses, brands, and community organizations.• Direct brand strategy, ensuring consistency across all communications and partnership activations.• Create and implement annual marketing plans to support audience growth and community outreach.• Manage digital presence and produce regular stakeholder communications for community engagement.• Collaborate cross-functionally on audience acquisition and retention strategies.• Report progress and strategic recommendations to the board and key committees.

Austin, Tx

Spearheaded creative direction and production management for diverse projects, balancing artistic vision with practical constraints. Orchestrated seamless collaboration between creative teams, clients, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality productions on time and within budget. Leveraged expertise in brand consistency, resource allocation, and on-location management to ensure successful outcomes.• Directed creative aspects of production, ensuring brand consistency and vision alignment• Collaborated with producers on budget, schedules, and location planning• Served as main creative contact on-location, managing legal, budget, safety, talent, crew, and locations• Approved creative decisions within budget and schedule constraints• Supported ProFor as Creative Producer and Field Producer• Oversaw set design to maintain consistent client and agent messaging• Acted as on-location brand ambassador and provided in-field support

New York, Ny

Spearheaded development functions on a three-year plan aimed at increasing overall donor giving, gift value, recurring donors, and retention. Recruited, managed, and led key personnel, including grant manager, development associate, Haiti-based external affairs coordinator, and office manager. Administrated digital marketing campaigns by creating media and content calendars providing a cohesive and focused brand image. Processed data from each activation to gauge the effectiveness and optimize its ROI when needed. Worked with government agencies around the globe securing mission awareness and grant support. • Aided in the securing of a multi-year grant relationship exceeding $25 million.• Contributed immensely to the conception, implementation, and oversight of the Development Department.• Orchestrated the annual appeal, trade shows, and quarterly open house meet-n-greet with HELP students as well as the annual Jazz Gala based on clear strategies and objectives.

New York, Ny

Conducted marketing, communication, and branding direction for corporate, restaurateurs, non-profit, and wellness clients. • Branding & Marketing Advisor - Capital Campaign Manager - Sponsorship procurement - Event Producer • Reference available upon request

New York, Ny

Entrusted with the management of a $4M annual budget allocated for marketing and promotions at theSamsung Experience, a 10,000-square-foot advertising venue at Time Warner Center in NYC. Merged all marketing disciplines proficiently, including advertising, media, interactive, and print to promote the Samsung brand most expansively and effectively. Supervised all vendor relations, contract negotiations, and service agreements with production and rental companies, caterers, printing houses, public relations firms, and IP/celebrity guestand performer riders. • Championed tactical brand awareness campaigns and product exposure through extensive launches, endorsements, sponsorships, events, and marketing exhibitions.• Leveraged industry experience to head entire R&D activities and execution of channel partnership events which ranged from 10 to 2,000+ attendees, most notably Blu Ray World Premier Launch, and Samsung Mobile 15th Anniversary.• Partnership activation for Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope Charity with Arnold Palmer, Boomer Esiason, Joe Torrie, and Magic Johnson. Raising funds to help children in need.

New York, Ny

Assisted in the building of marketing plans that led STRIKE to restructure its brand identity, increasing national exposure while meeting budget requirements set by the CFO. Researched and proposed new market opportunities. Developed marketing and hiring strategies based on each market and demographics. Staffed and trained each onsite event office as well as the corporate marketing and events department. Key contributor in building the original event and CRM software platform used by Strike that led to major growth. • Demonstrated stellar performance in the organization – earned successive promotions from Marketing Manager, Director of Marketing to Director of Marketing & Business Development.

International

•Partnered with Creative Director in the launching of the hair care line, Anasazi, and the development of the seasonal looks and print campaigns. Responsible for hiring the artistic team (hair artists, and educators) crew and talent at beauty shows worldwide. Managed logistics and I&D for the North, Central, and South America event/photo sets.

Greater New York City Area

• Served as an instrumental participant in the development of the 1997 Immigration Conference and aid to charity events hosted by the then Mayor of New York.