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Sacramento, California, United States

- Manage team of nine digital strategists; team delivered ~40% of 2023 company revenue and ~75% of gross margin- Lead strategy and facilitated cross-functional collaboration for YouTube and Google retained accounts, resulting in multiple years of account renewal and Shareability’s largest client(s)- Work collaboratively across the senior leadership team & help design business development opportunities- Design and implement a career growth framework for my team, including targeted professional development trainings- Design strategy products and drive executive alignment for Shareability and its sister company, Down Home

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Leveraged storytelling structures, data analysis and human insights to develop social-first campaign strategies and help world-class brands shift their audience engagement strategy from broadcasting to participating- Clients included: Tim McGraw (resulting resulted in ~63% increase in followers in less than a year), TurboTax, Adobe, the Elevate Prize Foundation, the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, Mike's Hard Lemonade and Prezzee

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Supported CEO to build systems and practices for business scalability and growth; key support to sales and bizdev--from pipeline outreach strategy to drafting proposals- Led consulting and development of internal and external narratives for teams at Facebook, and the executive teams at Dolby and Diversified- Redesigned and co-led narrative training for Uber, Walmart Labs, USAA,Facebook, Genentech, Zelle- Managed Content Strategist- Managed and lead all marketing initiatives including updated brand messaging, content development, monthly email list of 12k and book launch campaign

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Right hand to Dir. of Communications on internal & external strategy and messaging, incl. press work and copywriting for one of the largest charter management organizations in the US• Led & coached a team of 3 to create & deliver on content strategy, including a copywriter & videographer• Oversaw & supported content development pipeline & strategy, including writing, editing, production, & project management• Applied a structured, hypothesis-driven approach to analyze, recommend & deploy email marketing campaigns to more than 12k+ contacts • Served as lead editor for the Green Dot Blog reaching ~3,000 monthly readers• Presented to senior leadership to gain buy-in on strategies

Los Angeles

• Developed & executed a wide variety of projects to support the CEO (speech & presentation prep, program research, acting as a policy envoy in Sacramento & Washington, D.C.)• As part of the Strategic Planning team, analyzed data & conducted extensive research to prepare detailed presentations for review by all levels of management, and org-wide impact• Managed parallel projects that included data-driven recommendations around school growth, best practices in how to support vulnerable students, and how to refine our approach to internal communications• Served as a liaison to & meeting manager for the National and CA Boards of Directors

Los Angeles, Ca

When my grandfather's health took a turn, I stepped in to help modernize a family-owned business focused on innovative solutions to paint overspray. I led strategy for product deployment, including marketing strategy to optimize digital platforms. I created new organization alignment and restructuring. I also wrote and researched new patents around product improvement.

Inglewood, Ca

• Selected from ~25,000 applicants to serve in a highly acclaimed national service corps• Planned, organized, and taught 12th grade Government/Economics/AP Government at Animo Inglewood Charter High School• 1 of 3 LA corps members nominated for national Sue Lehmann Excellence in Teaching Award• Scored above school & network average on teacher expectations, practices, and relationships• Coached Bain Student Consulting Team & Poetry Slam Team (placed 2nd of 18 teams in LA)

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Prepared reports for coalition building, community outreach, & crises management• Made outreach calls and drafted communications to elected officials• Collected and archived research for Campaign and Issues Management projects

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Spanish

Activities and Societies: USC Helenes, Mosaic Trojan Network

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Education Administration And Policy