• Proofread and copyedit presentations and reports for internal and external audiences• Rewrite technical analyses for clarity and active voice• Provide rush services on per need basis

• Earn press coverage and social media attention for individuals and organizations • Write blog posts, op-eds, and website copy to promote events, individuals, and causes• Plan and administer press and social media engagement campaigns in support of clients’ goals• Design and create WordPress blogging sites for clients' everyday business and branding needs, including a website selected by the U.S. Library of Congress to be archived• Launch short-term boosts and long-term press and social media campaigns

• Interview clients on personal, family, and professional histories and milestones• Write memoirs, biographies, and founder stories, staying true to client's voice• Craft the structure and content of books on behalf of clients

• Assist independent and small presses with their book production goals• Proofread, line edit, content edit, and developmental edit manuscripts scheduled for publication• Write feedback memos to writers on behalf of publishers

• Write social media and digital posts promoting CCS alumni and staff and their new books and exhibits• Interview CCS alumni on new projects and lessons learned for incoming and graduating students• Edit internal and external reports and content for publication

• Assisted Chief Creative Officer with management of various content projects and communications• Wrote script synopses for diverse target audiences on per need basis• Provided support for office administration, including contractor supervision and scheduling

• Developed the College’s strategic publicity and social media communications plans • Directed press promotion efforts and earned media coverage for the College in top-tier, regional, national, and international outlets• Spearheaded the College's social media campaigns and community management efforts• Led workshops on social media best practices and launched a campus-wide social media working group

• Acted as agency spokesperson to promote Department’s progressive health agenda• Coordinated the promotion of agency’s public health campaigns and its social marketing activities• Collaborated with marketing and governmental affairs units on public relations and strategy• Prepared and supported Health Commissioner during press interviews and engagements• Managed responses to large volume of local, national, and international press inquiries

• Planned, promoted and executed press and community events for the agency• Served as multicultural media coordinator and liaison to secure coverage in diverse communities

• Wrote press releases, statements, fact sheets for local, national and international media• Facilitated and prepared agency spokespersons for print and on-camera interviews with press• Assisted Health Commissioner with press interviews and press conferences

• Interviewed various experts and policy makers on current events• Developed section’s community engagement strategies and monitored posted comments • Copy edited, fact checked and proofread interviews before publication

• Managed freelance business, including client development, marketing and balanced budget• Most-read article was read by 43,000 readers• Fact checked, copy edited and proofread articles prior to editorial submission

• Directed and managed editorial voice and design for both publications• Developed annual production calendars and budgets for both publications with managing editor• Collaborated with marketing department to develop strategic business plans for both publications• Recruited, hired, trained and supervised mentors, editors, designers, artists and photographers• Supervised 20 teen editors and 25 adult mentors and editors per quarter

• Assisted in the administration of the Editorial Page, including typing letters to the editor and op-eds• Wrote advertising sales copy for various clients for paper's print and online outlets • Coordinated the production of marketing materials with designers and clients

• Covered community events that occurred in the South End neighborhood of Hartford, CT• Wrote feature stories on community leaders, including the head of Camp Field Library.• Took photos for all of my news articles, features, and interviews.