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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Cincinnati

Real estate agent licensed in the states of Ohio and Kentucky.Directed seamless execution of more than 250+ real estate transactions from initial client contact to marketing strategy and contract to closing, ensuring client satisfaction over the course of the transaction.Employed negotiation strategies to secure favorable terms for clients, striving to achieve win-win outcomes.Spearheaded strategic marketing initiatives to expand client base and foster key relationships, positioning the RealLink Real Estate brand as the go-to real estate solution for homeowners and buyers in the Cincinnati, Dayton and Northern Kentucky communities.Developed and implemented comprehensive marketing strategies for residential listings, resulting in enhanced visibility and awareness of the client’s home.Assisted with the redesign of company website to optimize user experience, resulting in an increase in website traffic, engagement and increased lead generation.www.reallink.com

Cincinnati, Ohio

Management and oversight of the Champions Program at Cincinnati Children’s, a community of 1,300+ grateful patient families who share their story, advocate for better childhood health, and help raise funds for the medical center. Responsible for program marketing and outreach, recruitment of patient families, onboarding, engagement and stewardship of program participants. Regularly connected with liaisons across the medical center to identify grateful patient families and potential program participants. Utilized internal and external relationships to recruit more than 300 families into the program during tenure.Worked in partnership with Development Communications and enterprise Marketing & Communications teams to utilize Champion families throughout marketing campaigns. Proactively pitched new Champion “stories” for inclusion throughout internal and external publications, online properties and social channels to support brand messaging and reputation.Partnered with area representatives from the President’s Office, Government Relations, Family Relations, Patient Services and others to engage Champion families in various projects to support the Cincinnati Children’s family-centered model of care.Planned and executed events for Champions Program participants, including an annual gathering of 150+ families, and provided value by incorporating Champion families into high-profile media events such as First Lady Melania Trump and Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine’s visits to Cincinnati Children’s. Built relationships with new and lapsed donors of the medical center, such as WKRQ and The Kroger Company respectively, resulting in significant in-kind promotion and gifts for Cincinnati Children’s.Supervised and developed two team members – Donor Relations Officer I and Champions Program Assistant. Provided strategic counsel to help team regularly achieve monetary value goal of $1M+ for gift-in-kind donations in a given fiscal year.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Managed strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of communication campaigns for internal and external clients of the medical center – including signature fundraising events, hospital institutes, community-focused programs, and interdepartmental objectives.Worked with grateful patient families to share their stories and experience(s) at Cincinnati Children’s through print and electronic communications.Crafted diverse communication pieces such as bylined articles, marketing collateral, targeted social media campaigns, talking points, and more to advance the organization's "Change the Outcome" Campaign and overall philanthropic goals.Partnered with members of the Marketing and Communications team to advance key message points of the medical center throughout Development collateral.Responsible for maintaining project budgets.Collaborated with senior leadership, fundraising staff, and hospital physicians to develop content for major gift proposals over $100,000.Mentored junior staff members.

Bentonville, Arkansas

Built relationships with local print, television, and radio outlets, which helped secure over 70 pieces of positive, earned media coverage for the institution, the NWACC Foundation, and the NWACC Alumni Association within one year.Created, maintained, and disseminated college-wide announcements for internal and external stakeholders.Developed institutional communications such as news releases, media alerts, internal and external bylined articles, newsletters, blogs, scripts, testimonials, internal messaging, talking points, and website copy.Assisted with the development of key print and online marketing collateral directed towards prospective students, employees, and donors.Communicated institutional viewpoint when serving as media spokesperson.Provided strategic council to senior administration.Responsible for overall strategy creation, management, and implementation of over 35 institutional social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, College blogs, and mobile applications.Increased visibility of social media accounts by an average of 96% in one year through personalized and data-driven engagement campaigns.Provided prompt, real-time customer service support to students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and college stakeholders across multiple social media platforms and management systems.Supervised and guided social media coordinator with assigned day-to-day social media management activities and special projects.Led monthly social media training sessions for students, faculty, and staff members from College administration, academic programs, student services, and club & organizations. Collaborated with key divisions, programs, and learner support services to develop and maintain web content and design within a Content Management System (CMS).Responsible for the analytics and measurement of all marketing, communications, website, and social media initiatives to determine ROI.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Responsible for coordinating external media relations activities and effectively communicating appropriate messages to company stakeholders.Secured favorable media coverage through proactive and reactive interview requests, news conferences, and other events nationally and in the Philippines.Developed news and photo releases, bylined articles, scripts, social media messages, fact sheets, reactive media statements, and briefing documents for senior-level company executives and other stakeholders.Managed executive media training activities.Communicated corporate viewpoint and key messages when serving as media spokesperson.Supported agencies and team to successfully accomplish corporate global communications plans.Company representative for annual fundraising effort with HOPE Worldwide.