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Georgetown, Texas, United States

Coordinate nonprofit donation strategies; manage large-scale fundraising initiatives; donor cultivation; develop major and planned giving fundraising strategies; grant writing; prospecting; manage stewardship and donor journeys; communications; community outreach; relationship building.

Austin, Texas, United States

Supervise Development and Communication Associate; develop process to track organizational progress; meet or exceed annual grant fundraising goals; cultivate relationships with funders, donors, and other community partners; manage grant and contract processes including prospect qualifications, submissions, stewardship, and reporting; draft, revise, and maintain case of support and written agency content (contract narratives, presentation remarks, agency-wide communications, social media, and advocacy materials) in alignment with brand, application requirements, and reporting metrics; collaborate with CEO, leadership, and program managers on grant and contract strategy; support volunteer recruitment; special projects.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Responsible for managing all aspects of the TMA Alliance membership, business, and marketing operations, and TMA’s outreach programs while working in a professional, efficient, and cost-conscious manner. TMA Alliance responsibilities include: customer service, membership retention, development, and reporting; project management; event planning, management, and administration; social media manager, website editor, and email marketing; financial management.Outreach program management includes: manage the council on health promotion which oversees all outreach programs; manage and oversee current outreach programs; grant writing; reporting; research and development of new programs.

Austin, Texas Area

• Develop and deliver internal and external communication plans via multiple communication platforms, including mass email marketing, website, and social media; • Maintain editorial calendar for more than 300 annual email campaigns;• Project manager on website redesign; • Social Media Management; • Interdepartmental connector on multiple projects including membership marketing, website development, technical information services, graphics and marketing, public health, and public affairs; • Manage development, marketing, public relations, and communication plans for public health outreach; • Manage operations for Council on Health Promotion which plans and oversees strategic communications for TMA initiatives; • Member of Diversity & Inclusion committee, policy group;• Work with the TMA Foundation to execute grant requests for outreach programs; and• Manage the VP of Communications.

Research, create and distribute daily Newsclips Report; Maintain quarterly Newsclips book of all print and broadcast publicity for TMA; Create scrapbook for TMA President (year in review); Create, edit and distribute press releases and health advisories as needed; Maintain Media Contacts Database; Communicate daily with Director of Media & Public Relations, Media Relations Manager, Vice President of Communications and Director of Marketing; Maintain advertising roster for TMAIT advertisements and contracts; Assist Media Manager with execution/management of Anson Jones, MD Media Award program; Assist Outreach Coordinator with events and product fulfillment when needed; Maintain department website (SharePoint site). Coordinate 2009 "House Calls" and process survey results. Extra duties during 2009 Legislative Session: Post daily Legislative Hotline News; Assist Lobbyists and prepare packets of testimony for legislators. Maintain proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

Daily data entry in multiple categories of website; Coordinate content between team members; Website testing during all phases of development; Manage affiliate links (Google ads, Commission Junction, LinkConnector, Performics and LinkShare), as well as direct sell advertising contacts; Research; HTML coding; Attend industry conferences and expos for marketing purposes; Conduct interviews and write articles for the website about current events around the state; Gained working knowledge of hunting and fishing regulations, as well as conservation practices; Participated in round table discussions regarding SEO, Web Design, and UI Functionality; Advertising Sales.

Develop and implement policy and procedures; Manage over 100 case files; Client advocate; Develop standard forms and letters for department; Maintain spreadsheets to track deadlines, organize programs, and preserve program integrity; Develop, edit, and publish monthly newsletter; Draft, edit and type correspondence on a daily basis; Preserve a professional relationship with a diverse population of program participants (clients, property managers, vendors); Maintain strong working knowledge of complicated federal guidelines regarding the Section 8 Program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Communicate daily with Executive Director on policy changes, procedural issues, program guidelines, and daily operations; Coordinate outreach events for clients or RRHA; Manage challenging relationships utilizing strong negotiating skills.

Ba, English - Writing

Project Management Certificate Program, Project Management, Certificate

Gold seal certificate for 48 hours of project management education; PMBOK 5th edition