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North Carolina, United States

Manage, develop and produce editorial communications and marketing materials for the foundation, including the Collegian magazine and the foundation's section of the university's Mountains & Minds magazine. Write, edit and design annual fund and major gift communication collateral and proposals. Act as System Administer for Smartsheet, the foundation's project management platform and also provide design and support for web-based digital fundraising platforms. Provide ad hoc editorial and design services as needed.

Bozeman, Montana

Develop and oversee the Alumni Foundation’s brand, communications strategy, messaging and print/digital production. Also responsible for the organization's web presence, website architecture and design and production of high-impact print, digital and multimedia communications in support of strategic and overarching communications needs.

Green Bay, Wisconsin Area

Provide communications, marketing, creative direction and brand leadership for oneof the nation’s top private, non-profit, Catholic, liberal arts colleges. Direct the Office ofCommunications, an 11-person, full-service internal agency devoted to all facets of publicrelations and marketing.Responsibilities include strategic planning and direction for all marketing and editorialcommunication initiatives for the college; development and consistent implementation ofthe institutional brand; coordination and production of communications and marketingefforts for all units of the college, including enrollment and fundraising; planning andexecution of crisis communication and processes; and management and developmentof a professional staff that includes editors, designers, writers, account executives, webcontent, video and marketing specialists.Provide creative, content and process direction for all print, web, e-communications,environmental design and social media production and collateral.

De Pere, Wisconsin

Responsibilities included direction and production oversight for external marketing and editorial communications, standards and processes; establishment and consistent implementation of institutional identity; coordination of communications and marketing efforts among various units of the college; execution of crisis communications processes; and management and development of professional staff.Duties also include:• Oversight of print, web, e-communications and social media systems and production• Direction for web site design, architecture and analysis• Creative direction, definition and implementation of graphic standards and presentation of institutional identity• Senior designer for brand identity, campaigns and flagship publications, including the college magazineServe on college committees and boards, including Core Leadership Group, Enrollment Management and Communications Directors Team, Master Planning Committee and Technology Advisory Committee.

Birmingham, Alabama Area (Telecommuted From Wisconsin)

Developed brand and communications strategy for all communications and marketing efforts for a non-profit organization devoted to using sports as a vehicle to provide humanitarian aid and sustainable life change in some of the world's poorest environments. Created communication and promotional materials, including print, web, video and environmental design. Developed key messaging and provided editorial consultation for key publications, newsletters and executive communications. Provided additional duties as photographer and trip leader on multiple trips to Africa and Haiti.

Butte, Montana

Responsibilities included oversight of all web-based and print communication initiatives. Providedstrategic direction, management and design for the company intranet and internet as well as otheremployee and customer targeted e-communication projects.Also was responsible for design projects related to the office of the corporation, marketing and sales operations. Projects included internal and external branding; executive, training and productpresentations and collateral; publication design and production; contractor management of creativeand web development agents; and secondary responsibilities in the area of media and publicrelations.Touch America ended operations in June 2003.

Missoula, Montana

Taught advanced editing and publication design to upper-level and graduate students. Emphasiswas on practical application of design for newspapers and magazines using desktop publishing software.

Butte, Montana

Created and maintained a consistent brand and identity for a broadly diversified energy andtelecommunications company listed among Fortune Magazine's top 500 companies.Strategic responsibilities included oversight of design and presentation for company print and electronic communications, both internal and external.Operational responsibilities ranged from managing the design, content and staff of the company’sInternet and intranet web sites, to editing, designing and producing award winning corporateannual reports. Produced in-house creative projects that included executive presentations; audio, video and software packages; brochures and corporate reports; multi-media projects; graphics for electronic and print projects; logo designs and posters. Also supplied art direction and project management for a number of endeavors produced out-of-house by advertising agencies and other creative enterprises.

Butte, Montana

Senior manager of a 15,000 circulation daily newspaper and publishing enterprise. Wasaccountable for all news gathering, editing and production.Supervised professional news staff of 25 and was responsible for all employment, performanceand budgeting issues. Also was a member of a senior management team responsible forenterprise strategic and business planning and adherence to corporate mission and vision. Wasalso involved in newspaper marketing and promotion efforts at the corporate level.In 1996 and 1997, The Montana Newspaper Association awarded The Montana Standard the bestdaily newspaper in Montana for general excellence in typography and graphic design.

Missoula, Montana

Managed a universal copy/design desk staffed by news, city and feature editors, art and pre-press staff. Was responsible for team planning, performance evaluation, scheduling and all phases ofpage production and editorial creative services.Also was responsible for the overall integrated design and typography of the newspaper. Produceddaily and project graphics, illustrations and other visual reports.Designed and edited award-winning section fronts, news pages and special editorial projects.