Carmel F. Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Bring AARP Foundation's story to life for consumers and donors.
• Increase visits to digital properties and reduce bounce rates through high-impact content. Shape core messages and brand vocabulary for Foundation programs and initiatives. – My content contributed to a more than 300%.
• Manage content for AARP Foundation Insider internal e-newsletter: write all newsletter copy, work with designers to select images, and write and publish articles on SharePoint. Insider is the AARP enterprise's most.
• Promote programs and services with engaging success stories about participants, volunteers, and grantees. Conduct interviews and write stories; assign stories to contract writer; edit drafts; collaborate with digital.
• Create annual report content showcasing the Foundation's work to end senior poverty. – AARP Foundation's 2022 Annual Report received two MarCom Platinum Awards, one of them in the category of Creativity | Writing |.
• Crafted voice, tone, and core messages for the AARP Foundation Paid4Care™ hub, translating dense government vernacular into plain copy that helps users determine whether they qualify for paid family caregiver programs..

Annapolis, MD

Delivered strategic guidance on content creation-including writing, editing, and proofreading support-for clients working to solve issues related to hunger, poverty, racial justice, healthcare, and education, including Orr Associates Inc., Global Partnership for Education, Bellwether Education Partners, and American University's Kogod School of Business..

Washington, DC

• Developed and produced content for communications firm that expressly promoted social justice public policy, with a commitment to delivering "public relations with a conscience."
• Wrote a series of stories to support the American Civil Liberties Union's school-to-prison pipeline initiative and "Brown at 60" event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of.
• Authored a series of profiles on "Inspiring 25" program exemplars for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Summer Medical and Dental Education Program's 25th anniversary campaign. Researched and wrote feature articles on.
• Oversaw content creation for new McKinney website.

Washington, DC

• Managed editorial component of global communications firm’s DC business development activities, including proposals, presentations, and promotional items. Wrote, edited, and proofread documents in the full suite of.
• Wrote, copyedited, and proofread content for business proposals and marketing materials, including executive summaries, situation analyses, capabilities overviews, and case studies, in the areas of healthcare, public.
• Recommended edits to high-level authors of proposals and other materials, working closely with them to revise approach, structure, and content.
• As managing editor of intraoffice e-newsletter, solicited brief articles on client work and internal activities; wrote and edited stories; and formatted and distributed via email. Wrote "Editor's Corner" column.
• Revised, updated, and maintained internal style guide. Primary resource for questions regarding in-house style, AP style, grammar, and punctuation.Previous titles at firm: Director (2010–2012), Senior Manager.

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Education record

Activities and Societies: Alpha Psi Omega, Spectrum Players