We are a small family owned business on the Southwest Washington Coast that specializes in small batch artisan loose leaf tea and tea-infused products. Our family has always supported local and Pacific Northwest agriculture by sourcing locally harvested or grow our own crops to turn into delicious homemade drinks. From home-brewed beer, wines, teas, and spirits. It all began with our love of the outdoors, gardening, farming, cooking, baking and creating with the varied bounty of the Northwest. We're passionate about creating delicious teas using only the finest organic or wild harvested ingredients. We begin by sourcing our ingredients from quality local farms, foragers and distributors supporting Pacific Northwest agriculture and our values. We then hand mix all our original blends in small batches with a kiss of Pacific Ocean air on the Long Beach Washington Peninsula to capture the beautiful aromas and flavors the Pacific Northwest has to offer and bring it to your tea cup. We use only organic, wild forged and sustainable ingredients in our teas and never use synthetic or chemically produced ingredients.

Liaison and source of company information with the news media. Develop, implement and maintain the company’s communication objectives.Compile and create daily reports, weekly project updates, daily newsletters, monthly newsletter and press releases to increase awareness and internal/external communications.Event coordinator for company picnics, holiday parties, Children’s Christmas parties, Easter egg hunts, UMCDF Wellness program, UMCDF Employee Moral program and monthly site luncheons. Chairperson for the site’s nonprofit organization, the Charitable Contribution Fund.Coordinate brand management with corporate office. Function as a technical expert in website development, photography, design, writing, editing and video. Provide guidance on graphic technology.Write and direct high-impact, multi-dimensional communications including advertising, web content, videos, scripts, multimedia, photographs, presentations, etc.Responsible for the development of quality design and layouts and coordination of creative artwork for visual communications. Determining style, size and arrangement of type and illustrations. Coordinate with users to determine illustration objectives to translate facts and features of subject material into graphic terms that best convey the intended meaning.Serve as a consultant to site departments. Responsible for training and development of my peers in layout design, software applications, web design and photography. Responsible for reproduction and printing processes through inhouse resources or outside vendors.Responsible for the management of graphic production efforts from preparation through publication. Manage all activities involved in creating and interpreting a variety of graphic communications. Documentation of all site activities and progress through film and video. Maintain, develop and organize a functional system of categorizing and filing of thousands of historical photographs, negatives, slides and video.

Manage all aspects of media and community relations including writing press releases, assuring the distribution of the releases, creating press kits, and act as the spokesperson for the museum. Take, maintain and distribute photographs for the press, ensure deadlines, pitch stories to the media, coordinate media visits and keep the media updated weekly via press releases and photographs of the museum’s renovation and expansion project, as well as day to day operations.Manage all aspects of marketing including the advertising budget, brand management, determine placement of advertising, develop advertising from concept to design, coordinate cooperative advertising efforts, maintain advertising files, and coordinate, design and distribution of museum brochures and rack cards. Support membership and educational directors.Manage all aspects of public relations including serving as a liaison for public inquiry disseminate information upon request to various organizations (local, state and national), develop and distribute media kits and story/photograph packages, maintain graphic files both digital and hard copies, coordinate and promote tours and exhibit openings, event coordination, and serve on various tourism and travel task forces throughout the Northwest.Manage the concept, design, development, printing and distribution of a quarterly membership newsletter including coordination of editorial contributions, taking photographs and editing of the publication. Design and maintain the museum’s Website.Coordinate special events, open houses, and projects including design, development, and printing/distribution of the museum’s brochures and rack cards.Manage stock photography and event photography files, both electronically and hard copies, billboard advertising maintenance, and arrangement and design of promotional materials for events including invitations, programs, handouts signage, displays and presentation materials.

Weekly arts and entertainment guide editor, 25,000+ circulation and 24-36 pages.Responsible for electronic design, layout, quality and content of various special projects such as Visitors’ Guides, Bridal and Holiday publications and festival guides. Directed a redesign overhaul of the magazine, including the logo.Brand management of redesign.Direct graphic quality (content, layout design, printing, processing and all pre-press coordination) using computers, peripherals and various graphic and layout software of Coast Weekend. Manage electronic pagination, design, graphic quality, production, processing, printing of the feature, business, and almanac sections of the daily newspaper.Supervise, coordinate and hire staff and freelance writers. Communicate with the public, staff and management on a daily basis. Write, photograph, assign, edit and research stories and artwork, which reflects coastal living and events that are popular with readers. Assign and oversee the content and information provided on Coast Weekend’s Web pages. Train staff on computer hardware, programs, peripherals and other items.Member of the Technology Committee which oversees problems and solutions that pertain to computers – hardware and software, decisions, research of new computer products and which items to purchase.Coordinate and advise production, time estimates, artwork, color formats and typefaces with sales representatives, customers and clients to create and design print advertising concepts and finished products.Design various types of advertising in the form of newspaper ads, visitor and tourism guides, flyers, inserts, festival guides, brochures, business cards, letterhead, posters, postcards, etc.Manage electronic section pagination, design, graphic quality, production, processing, printing of special advertisements and publications.Utilizing desktop publishing equipment and software to develop graphic layouts. Create illustrations, digital output and sketches.

Director of Region 5 Communications Team; provide public and media relations consultation to all levels of Region 5 staff and train the staff to work with media and public in a variety of situations.Manage event coordination, marketing strategies and promotion of ODOT, Region 5.Act as the media spokesperson for the region and community point of contact for Region 5. Consult with management, staff, customers and the ODOT Communications Branch on a daily basis. Staff writer/photographer for the department’s newsletter Transcript.Liaison between the public and ODOT on a daily basis. Implement, coordinate, organize and manage communications/marketing program and budget for Region 5 for internal/external relations. Extensive travel throughout the state of Oregon.Maintain positive relations with the media, local community, agencies and other government agencies. Represent ODOT and Region 5 at a variety of local, regional and statewide events. Customer relations and presentation coordination.Manage production and presentation of customer education materials and tools to promote it, such as news releases, brochures, pamphlets, advertisements, press kits, posters and public meetings and presentation materials and preparation.Public meeting coordination, handling of multiple projects at the same time; attended a variety of internal and public meetings. Creation and maintenance of web site for ODOT Region 5.

La Grande Junior High School coach: co-ed volleyball, girls basketball, boys basketball, co-ed track and field

Covered high school sports (La Grande, Imbler, Cove, Union, Elgin, Wallowa, Enterprise, Joseph, North Powder) and college sports (Eastern Oregon University) while I was in high school and college sports myself (even covered my own games I was playing in a time or two)