Colleen Mcdevitt Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Leader and Employee Engagement: Healthy conflict engagement, Team intervention and coaching, Training facilitation and Human centered design.

Seattle, Washington

• Support and facilitate change management processes to support a major service redesign. • Design and deliver leadership development training around healthy conflict engagement and facilitate teams through racially just, healing-centered workplace repair.COVID-19 Communications Content Team (APRIL & MAY 2020)• Updated script guidance daily for call center. • Audited webpage content and supported the organization of a new site of several pages for improved access to quickly changing public guidance and public health information. • Helped guide the design and daily engagement of the website's chatbot.

Western State Hospital

• Designed and launched new employee engagement program including: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, employee wellness, satisfaction survey, staff appreciation, and more.• Strategized and lead company culture change among 2,500 state employees in line with Person-Centered Culture initiative across DSHS.

Lakewood, Washington

Western State Hospital• Strategized and developed internal communications outlets between all levels of leadership and staff, including: emails, newsletters, an intranet re-design and more. • Gathered and told stories of patient care while recognizing and celebrating over 2,500 staff and helping improve company culture.• Served as a liaison and trusted resource for all employees to have a stronger voice and a welcomed way to share their ideas and concerns.

Greater Seattle Area

• Built strategic communications plan for Workforce Development Council. Redesigned print materials as well as the regional nonprofit’s website.• Shot and designed election advertisements with WinPower Strategies.• Built content strategy for Seattle Kettlebell Club’s web and social media.• Photographed and represented SIFF & KUOW at community events.

Greater Seattle Area

• Conceptualized and implemented communications plans, budgets, and timelines for multiple clients, to include: healthcare, banking and asset management companies• Wrote, edited and distributed media pitches and email campaigns on behalf of clients• Relaunched company website with self-curated photography, and led art direction

Greater Seattle Area

• Designed high quality, aesthetic, digital curriculum for schools and businesses• Published a short documentary, later featured on CNN during a promotional campaign• Curated youth audio pieces about youth violence during an email and campaign• Designed logo, branding and voice for online communications (Photoshop & Adobe Suite)

Ymca Of Greater Seattle

• Managed a team and two contracts between the City of Seattle and Metrocenter YMCA• Developed stakeholder communications and community collaborations, on and offline• Lead operations, strategies, quality assurance, and quantitative data analysis for reportsCity of Seattle Department of Information Technology, PugetSoundOff.org Platform• Hired, coached and managed staff and volunteers while tracking outcomes• Lead website redesign, creative re-brand and marketing of the digital media platform• Managed online comments and published daily to web and social media channelsCity of Seattle Office of the Mayor, Get Engaged Program• Recruited young City of Seattle Commissioners through community partnerships• Built trust with Boards by effectively communicating in a political environment• Mentored and trained an inclusive team of 16 emerging leaders through monthly meetings

• Photojournalism, video, audio gathering/editing and multimedia storytelling for clients, including feature writing and food photography for the Scoutmob mobile app• Social media consulting, blogging and brand/design advising• Photographed events, commercial shoots and family portraits

• Photographed events and drafted statewide media blasts and press releases• Coordinated production of the Annual Report: photographs, articles and feature stories• Trained and advised staff in social media tactics: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

• Produced multimedia success stories of young entrepreneurs, sharing their voices• Developed statewide curriculum and business resources for youth workers• Provided training for adult entrepreneurship project leaders around the state• Coordinated a week-long summer camp for teens in poverty to develop business plans• Generated financial sponsors and ensured program sustainability

• Enterprised photo stories and multimedia packages for a daily print & online newspaper• Wrote news articles and drafted detailed photo captions under tight deadlines• Ensured quality image production by editing and advising photojournalists

• Photographed and wrote hospital media releases• Administered a community health-care survey both online and in the community• Compiled community survey results for Director to present to Senior Management

Masters Certificate, Human Centered Design & Engineering

Bachelor Of Journalism, Photojournalism

Study Abroad