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Asheville, NC, US

New York, US

US

As the Communications Manager for the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department, I manage the department's communications strategy, write content, and create communications materials. My work includes overall content strategy, content creation and editing, website management, press relations, design, community engagement, event planning, and internal.

Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

• As a Digital Communications Specialist, I take the lead on producing digital content - including blog posts, social media, web pages, and digital design. I run MAPC’s social media pages (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.
• Pioneering Google Analytics for the MAPC site, building custom reports when necessary
• Organizing a MAPC Facebook Business account and coming up with a procedure for ad-buying; analyzing the success of earned and paid media
• Designing a series of posters for Municipal Vulnerability Program presentations, creating a consistent visual style for all, applying to different scenarios, and attending MVP workshops as a facilitator
• Using WordPress to build project websites
• Coordinating social media, email, and web communications for Massachusetts House and Senate budget and legislative process. As a part of this, created unique graphics and charts, edited and wrote blog posts, and came.

Boston, MA, US

Full-time position: As a communications intern at MAPC, I supported the communications team in both internal and external communications. My duties included: designing informational one-pagers, flyers, posters, and marketing materials; using Constant Contact to send mass emails and to write and design a monthly newsletter; writing and publishing content on.

Boston, MA, US

As a research assistant for a doctoral candidate in the Northeastern communications department, coded articles from the New York Times and Washington Post during a quantitative media analysis of how the papers reported on various clean energy technologies. In this role, read and analyzed hundreds of articles on renewable technologies and energy.

- Manages a team of six students to make sure that we posted every story published in a timely manner- Coordinates social media sharing, taught social media managers how to schedule posts using Facebook and TweetDeck- Writes and designs weekly newsletter featuring story highlights

- Managed a team of editors and deputy editors, teaching them how to interact with reporters, use Adobe InDesign, and copyedit stories- Ran trainings for new reporters on news writing and style- Wrote a weekly newsletter with The News' top stories- Read and copyedited every story that went in the paper every week

(Fall Semester, 2015)- On a weekly basis, pitched stories relating to the Northeastern community- Guided reporters through stories, wrote stories as needed, made edits- Wrote any stories that weren't picked up by reporters- Formatted the News section of the paper in InDesign, posted online with WordPress

Wrote for City Pulse section of student newspaper; Interviewed subjects, took pictures, composed full-fledged news stories; Covered gubernatorial election

Cape Town, ZA

Full-time Position: In the spring of 2016, I worked at a women's online magazine in Cape Town, South Africa through the Connect123 program. I lived and worked full-time in Cape Town for five months. At SPICE4LIFE, my main duty was to plan, produce, record, and publish a podcast on local entrepreneurs. Duties included:- Leading Life Series podcast.

(September 2015 - December 2015)- Covered breaking news, contacting relevant sources - Answered phones, monitored police scanner and TweetDeck

Full-time position:- Pitched and wrote articles about the municipalities south of Boston- Wrote weekly columns, including The Informer, the Community Bulletin Board, and South View- Assisted staff reporters and editors on research for stories- Scheduled photo assignments for reporters, input short "briefs"- Answered Globe South phones, monitored Globe.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Wrote articles for Tech, Lifestyle and other sections; Assisted on research for feature stories

Wilmington, DE, US

Assisted during press releases; Contacted potential donors and groups to be added to mailing lists; Helped prepare silent auction contributions, updated databases using Microsoft Access

Wilmington, DE, US

Summers 2011, 2013, 2014; Answered phones, greeted clients, processed client mail, copied, scanned; Input client information into a client relationship management database, assisted in transition from paper to electronic documents

Wrote for Blast Cache about air and space news and contributed to its affiliate, Bombshell

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism

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