•Responsible for agency website development and administration: manage all media technologies and communications infrastructure through management, design, development and administration of agency websites and social media outlets.•Carry out editorial duties for all social media content. Develop and execute a clearly defined social media strategy by administering content strategy, creating relevant content and building community participation and leadership. Oversee design of content, timeline covers, profile pictures, thumbnails, landing pages, profiles, etc., and promote relevant agency information and stories via social media platforms.•First point of contact for all media inquiries; daily contact and interaction.•Conceptualize and design graphic solutions for communications initiatives, including newsletters, advertisements, brochures, pamphlets, cyclical publications, invitations and signage. •Write news releases and media advisories concerning agency news and events.•Write public services announcements and talking points and/or scripts for agency spokespeople to prepare for media interviews or community appearances.•Develop scripts, produce and edit audio/visual presentations and footage for monthly public services announcements, e.g., alcohol awareness, Older Americans Month, problem gambling awareness.•Maintain, convert and optimize documents for online publishing for public use and digitize data.

•First point of contact for news media, served as agency spokesperson and adviser to executive director. Coordinated news conferences and other special events.•Wrote news releases and created talking points on a variety of topics, e.g., new games, game changes, drawing advisories, drawing winners, jackpot awareness, commission notices, and winners.•Posted news releases and other content to agency website.•Interviewed big winners, responded to questions/inquiries from players, members of the public, other agencies and legislature.•Published weekly internal newsletter Lotto News. Retailers’ newsletter editor; supervised production of Winners newsletter and contributed economic development stories.•Compiled, designed and submitted annual report.•Worked collaboratively on promotion strategies and video stories.•Supervised customer liaison, co-supervised social media/public relations administrator.

•Developed and implemented strategic communication plans, including media outreach and public relations.•Served as agency spokesperson, responding to media inquiries and conducting interviews.•Prepared press releases and background materials and proactively sought media coverage to increase public knowledge of the agency's activities and functions.•Promoted agency programs, initiatives and special events, to include the development of marketing plans and proposals to increase agency visibility and enhance its image.•Oversaw all external communications including web site content and design, collateral material, speeches, and presentations.

•Planned, directed and coordinated strategic marketing plan for the Workforce Services Division, to include collaboration with the State brand image.•Managed marketing projects for the KANSASWORKS brand; advertising, public relations, direct marketing, electronic marketing, special events, social networking and research.•Oversaw the promotion of division programs, developed concepts for marketing initiatives and collaborated on marketing plans and budgets.•Developed a social networking presence, implemented communications plan.Tourism Communications Manager; Editor, KANSAS! Magazine•Developed and implemented strategic direction for all division communications. Directed editorial content and production schedules for division publications and managed editorial content and production schedules of KANSAS! magazine and KANSAS! calendar.•Formulated and implemented marketing plan to increase magazine revenue/subscriptions. Managed content and design of tourism (TravelKS.com) and KANSAS! magazine (Kansasmag.com) websites to include creation of landing pages, sections, navigation menus, etc., as required.