Assist with North American theatrical and home entertainment releases of independent and international films, including:• FREMONT (winner of the John Cassavetes Award for productions under $1M at the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards; also nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance)• IN THE SUMMERS (winner of the Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic and U.S. Dramatic Directing Awards)• THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY (starring Gotham Award winner Lily Gladstone; also nominated for the John Cassavetes Independent Spirit Award for productions under $1M)• François Ozon's French comedy THE CRIME IS MINE, a New York Times Critic's Pick• Giuseppe Tornatore's ENNIO, a documentary about legendary composer Ennio Morricone, a New York Times Critic's Pick• Assist the marketing department with campaign brainstorming, marketing plans, and the creation of marketing materials, providing feedback on creative marketing designs and assets during the process.• Build and schedule consistent B2B and consumer email campaigns.• Coordinate awards and the submission process.• Arrange filmmaker and talent schedules and maintain itineraries for any festival and theatrical travel.• Maintain the Music Box Films website with updates on acquisitions, film information, marketing materials, trailer uploads, theatrical engagements, and other film-specific data.• Maintain and grow relationships with grassroots partners, taking a proactive and creative approach to identify and research grassroots marketing opportunities for upcoming releases.• Manage routine distribution of digital marketing assets and metadata to exhibitor contacts and aggregators, monitoring for accuracy and continuity.• Oversee delivery of marketing assets to exhibitors and marketing partners.• Maintain inventory of film assets, including exhibition and promotional materials.

Executed a rebrand of a more than 50-year-old food pantry and social services nonprofit in the spring of 2022. Formerly known as Lakeview Pantry, I worked with organizational leadership and the board of directors to implement a new name, Nourishing Hope, and rebrand all internal and external marketing materials, including a new website, social media channels, physical signage, vehicle wraps, food drive barrel wraps, merchandise and much more.The rebrand was honored with a Golden Trumpet Award from the Publicity Club of Chicago, the most prestigious marketing awards in the Midwest, acknowledging all of the time, careful planning and collaborative work that went into our rebrand.More about the rebrand: https://www.nourishinghopechi.org/rebrand/More on the Golden Trumpet Award: https://www.publicity.org/news-events/news/1043/65th-annual-golden-trumpet-awards-list-of-winners

• Assist in developing compelling communications about the Pantry's mission, goals and outcomes to build and expand networks of strategic and financial support• Helped launch a brand-new website to help position the Pantry as a leading organization in the fight against hunger• Assist with external media relationships, including publicity for the organization's new Online Market and warehouse• Manage a communications calendar, including online, social and print communications• Contribute to and create monthly e-newsletters, regular e-appeals, hard copy appeals and more• Design and develop marketing materials including flyers, posters, invitations and more• Assist with cause-marketing events and serve as an ambassador at community events

Assist with weekly episode production for what the New York Times calls the #1 podcast for the film buff. Broadcast on WBEZ in Chicago, and distributed nationally to public radio outlets.

• Wrote press releases, bylined articles, internal communications and blog posts for a variety of clients• Secured regular placements and coverage in both trade and local media• Contributed to new business proposals, campaigns and strategic communication plans• Drafted, proofread and scheduled social media content for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram• Built press lists, sent distributions and tracked media coverage• Created activity and analytics reports for client announcements, launches and social media profiles

• Composed written materials, including press releases and blog posts• Wrote and scheduled social media content for the firm and its clients via Hootsuite• Built press lists in Cision and contributed to coverage reports• Provided account support and research as needed

• Researched multinational organizations for managing partners to seek new business opportunities and prepared intelligence documents• Compiled coverage reports and news summaries• Built media lists and maintained content management systems• Provided client and event support as needed

• Helped to build and maintain university, community and media relationships• Produced consistent web and social media strategies and promotional efforts for special events, registration and fundraising• Designed all merchandise• Promoted USC Dance Marathon's mission of yearlong fundraising for Palmetto Health Children's Hospital• Recognized nationally for digital media efforts

• Marketed and sold birth control educator kits for organizations across the U.S.• Designed brand graphics• Drafted and scheduled social media content, including Facebook and Twitter• Contributed to copywriting for web and print• Canvassed and tabled on behalf of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund• Helped organize a press conference by distributing media alerts, inviting press and political guest speakers and writing scripts, remarks and bios following a landmark Supreme Court decision• Planned Parenthood's Formation Conference, which empowered young black women and girls to become educated on sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice, was mentioned in a press release issued by The White House

• Promoted the museum's exhibits, events and programming in various communication channels and community calendars• Drafted press releases, media alerts and e-newsletters on a weekly basis• Wrote and published social media content, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Flickr• Contributed to copywriting for web and print

• Assisted the marketing and communications team with daily tasks including drafting and scheduling social media posts, writing blog posts and creating e-communications• Added events to Historic Columbia Foundation and community calendars and pulled event information for various e-newsletter and print distributions• Maintained lists of media contacts as well as researched new contacts for local, state and regional media outlets• Logged media coverage as well as social media and website statistics for marketing reports• Distributed promotional and tour materials