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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Helping partner colleges and universities optimize their Slate instance.

Remote

Serve as one of principal Slate Administrators working to implement operational efficiencies while maintaining performance and audit compliance. Feature implementations include:-Semi-Automated application workflow for efficient application reading-Replicating functionality of third party video messaging tool with Deliver campaigns, configurable joins, Slate Video. Leveraged Ping analytics and UTM tags to report on performance such as time spent per video.-Developed Communications Portal to visualize upcoming emails and streamline email/SMS request process-Developed Staff Assignment logic and used it to build a "Find My Counselor" portal-Slate Inbox for email management across three different shared email accounts-Active Scheduler with Google Calendar sync for Transfer and First Year Student Outreach-Contact Us form with personalized communications to allow students to self-serve for answers to general questions-Developed Slate Trips and Voyager maps to visualize proprietary data on High Schools and Community Colleges for efficient travel planning and inquiry collection on the road-Manage queries and automation for prospect email marketing, applicant transactional communications-Develop reports for enrollment funnel management, application processing, and event evaluation

Pennsylvania, United States

I led the Government Relations; Inclusion, Access & Success; and Admission Practices committees for the Association and lead the Pennsylvania Statewide College Access Network to engage education thought leaders from across the commonwealth to advocate on behalf of students. I also led PACAC’s Statewide College Access Network comprised of 20 member organizations committed to a diverse array of college access related missions. Key achievements included: developing a strategic Collective Impact Statement to solidify our mission and values (2021-2022), developing a comprehensive strategy for a tech-driven engagement platform to facilitate member engagement and statewide collaboration, winning the NACAC Rising Star Award for both the Ethical Leadership Program and Advocacy Leadership Program and winning the NACAC Government Relations Award for our committee's steadfast efforts.

Pennsylvania, United States

Co-founded the NACAC Rising Star Award-Winning “Advocacy Leadership Credential” program and have implemented the program through six years of existence, serving over 100 professionals a robust training program on how to be effective government advocates. Organized four annual College Access Forum events as Government Relations Committee Chair and transformed the event from a one-day “walk the hill” advocacy event to a locally-powered series of more personal advocacy efforts happening across the state simultaneously.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Managed application process for over 5,000 graduate business applications and steward merit aid awarding for approximately $7,000,000 annual budget. Provided strategic leadership support to one full time remote assistant director, one hybrid assistant director, and approximately ten remote student employees.Successfully implemented and onboarded the work management tool Asana to create total team alignment and visibility to balance competing priorities and monitor staff members' bandwidth. Eventually upgraded to Business plan and trained staff on advanced functionality to better automate tasks and project workflows. Build and maintain dashboards to monitor KPIs, including:-Average Processing Times for application submission, application completion, and application decision-Documents collected digitally and physically-New Applications and Final Completion Review-Data Entry Error Correction Completed office wide transition to digital document collection and retention and ushered in new era of a nearly paperless admissions operations. Paper document collection was reduced to under 30 per month.Developed a rankings data requests calendar to proactively cleanup and prepare data for various rankings publications. As a result, we provided better quality data to aid in ranking improvement.Developed a dashboard and process to track invoicing requests and reporting for about a $650,000 per year budget. Executed a marketing "secret shopper" project to benchmark our peers' marketing efforts and find inspiration for creating a distinctively GWSB marketing strategy. Developed an officewide intranet using Microsoft SharePoint to document onboarding procedures, admission standards and policies, and operation process guides to ensure compliance and business continuity during times of staff turnover.Provided strategic counsel to the Director of Admissions Operations as we research and implement operational efficiencies using Salesforce and TargetX.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

-Responsible for leading a team of 5+ full time and part time application reviewers for undergraduate programs.-Project manager for design and implementation of admission systems enhancements using Technolutions Slate including an Athletic Portal, implementation of Origin Source tracking for inquiry management, internal and external forms to reinvent manual processes, query development and execution using both Slate and SQL, report and dashboard building, and database management -Manage assigned travel region (changes annually) leveraging historical enrollment data to identify high schools with student populations that fit institutional priorities. -Managed logistics and data collection for marketing email and print campaigns. -Coordinated and led new hire on-boarding and staff training across all levels of organizational hierarchy.-Developed communication and process enhancements for an integrated financial aid delivery model that awards financial aid packages for over 2,500 admitted students.-Managed admitted student calling campaigns with key campus stakeholders as part of the overall yield strategy to convert admitted students to enrolled first year students.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

-Served as a member of the Financial Aid and Analytics (A&A) team, which is focused on using data analytics, financial aid optimization, and training to recruit and shape the best possible undergraduate class for Carnegie Mellon University.-Coordinated processing of financial aid for new first year and transfer students, including training and management of temporary employees and full time admission staff.-Managed the review of final high school transcripts and worked with the Director of Admission and student life professionals to develop action plans for students with deficient high school grades at the time of graduation to ensure their success at the University.-Responsible for reviewing applications to all six undergraduate programs and served as a member of the Admission Review Committee.-Served as A&A liaison to the Marketing and Communications team and collaborated on financial aid and return on investment related communications.-I also served as the office liaison to Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences where I assisted with analytics requests and recruitment program evaluations.

Washington, Pa

-Provided counseling advice for prospective students applying to or interested in the College through personal interviews and open house event coordination-Reviewed applications according to assigned territory and served on Admission Review Committee-Served as Social Media Coordinator and Video Production lead and implemented engagement strategies on the official Twitter account (@wjadmission) growing the follower count from 150 to over 600 as of September 2015. Strategies included congratulatory positing for admitted students and running contests to drive engagement during open house events.-Original video productions included highlighting distinctive features of the College, student profile videos, and outcomes-related content for use on the College website and official YouTube channel.-Event coordination included three summer open houses and a yield event for the College's incentive program for exceptional admitted students (Washington Fellows Program). The event-specific yield for the Washington Fellows weekend event was 44% for the 2014-2015 recruiting year.-Territory management included: Washington, DC, Virginia, Central and Eastern PA, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, Iowa, and Idaho.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As video specialist, created original promotional videos for the Institute in addition to covering all events and programming for publication on the official YouTube channel. Also served as a Social Media Intern working on designing the framework for social media efforts (July 2011-August 2011 and May 2012-August 2012), as well as participated in the Inside Politics political and career immersion program where I studied technology issues in public policy (Spring 2011).

Gettysburg, Pa

Showcased the College to prospective students and families, performed office tasks for the Admissions Counselors, and acted as an official representative of Gettysburg College. Also participated in the Admissions Office “Boomerang Program” to represent Gettysburg College at targeted high schools (December 2010). Served as member of Tour Guide Executive Board and worked in closer communication with the Admissions Office staff for event planning projects (August 2012-May 2013).

Master’S Degree, Public Management

Course topics included: strategy development, client management, business analytics and database management, leadership development.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science, Public Policy, French

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