Chava Communications is a modern media, marketing, and events company that connects local businesses with influential, culturally-engaged audiences through world-class events, strategic marketing services, and independent journalism.

Euclid Media Group is a progressive media, marketing, and events company that connects local businesses with influential, culturally-engaged audiences through world-class events,marketing services and fiercely independent journalism.We grow businesses by building meaningful relationships between them and ourcommunity, while creating unique and memorable experiences in the cities we serve.As VP of Marketing, I oversee strategic partnerships, growth and marketing initiatives in the San Antonio, Orlando and Tampa markets, including Local Culture Creative, EMG's full-service marketing agency.

• Develop and direct marketing strategies or the San Antonio Current as well as 10+ local consumer events and festivals annually; integrating digital, email, social, print, and broadcast media efforts, both paid and earned• Direct event ticketing efforts, monitoring and evaluating sales trends daily • Effectively direct a marketing and events department budget of ~$2M• Develop and facilitate comprehensive marketing plans for businesses and brands • Direct and populate SA Current social media platforms and event websites• Develop, sell and execute sponsorship decks and opportunities • Ongoing consulting for marketing and events strategies for sister properties (markets include Orlando and Tampa Florida; Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; St. Louis, Missouri; Detroit, Michigan)

• Manage and facilitate multimedia promotions and public relations/outreach for SA Current events, initiatives, special issues and clients/ client events including print, digital, social media and grassroots marketing campaigns• Manage and produce large-scale, citywide events, including San Antonio Flavor; Best of San Antonio Party; Cocktail: The Event; San Antonio Music Awards; San Antonio Beer Festival; San Antonio Snowball o Duties include managing P&L, securing sponsorships, venue scouting, facilitating event logistics, development and execution of pre-promotional marketing, coordinating sponsor presence, onsite management, staffing, etc. • Manage and facilitate involvement in SA Current-sponsored and third-party events• Oversee Promotions Coordinator; SA Current Events promotional team • Prospecting, negotiation and selling of event sponsorship and advertising opportunities• Develop and facilitate third-party sponsorship and non-traditional revenue opportunities

• Develop marketing/pr strategies to maximize attendance and awareness of museum exhibits/programming• Draft marketing plans and facilitate placement of advertising collateral in local/ regional outlets• Update and manage museum Web site, social media platforms and online community calendars• Facilitate involvement in citywide initiatives like SA2020 and the Broadway Reach • Draft and deliver press releases and press kits on exhibits, events and museum news • Coordinate marketing/public relations outreach events and museum tours• Assist in development of annual marketing budget

• Photographed and interviewed subjects for stories and created layouts using Photoshop and InDesign• Copy-edited and wrote several articles for each issue of the NCO Journal and Fort Bliss Monitor

• Wrote and edited articles for each issue of El Paso Magazine; The El Pasoan and affiliated Web sites• Tasked to redesign El Pasoan; increased page-count, circulation, readership and advertising clients. • Developed topics and performed live weekly on-air interviews for KDBC News Channel 4• Coordinated photo shoots and managed contributing writers and interns• Generated editorial content and calendars, maps and skeds

• Assisted with Project Runway, Marchesa and Vera Wang fashion shows during Mercedes Fashion Week• Assisted in managing press for international accounts

• Created advertising client spreadsheets and performed cold-calls and follow-ups to prospective clients• Assisted with creation of BlackBook’s 10th anniversary press kit and event