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Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Serve as the Salt Lake County mayor’s chief communications advisor on media and public relations matters impacting the mayor and Salt Lake County. In coordination with the mayor and chief of staff, act as the lead in devising strategic communications plans impacting the mayor and her office.

Salt Lake County

Lead, facilitate, and elevate internal and external communications and partnerships, customer experience, division collaborations, marketing and engagement capacities, brand control and recognition, and constituent and intergovernmental relations. Lead, manage, direct, and empower marketing and communications professionals. Provide consultative and strategic guidance and planning specific to organizational, intergovernmental, and constituent matters. Develop, recommend, and implement policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, laws, and regulations, including public records requests. Advise, guide, and participate in planning, staffing, program development, and budgetary decisions. Identify and implement innovative recruitment and retention efforts.Member of the countywide Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (I.D.E.A.) committee.

Consult and support agencies with media—traditional and social, communications—external and internal, strategic planning and communications, community engagement, community needs assessments, process improvement, public involvement, and public-private partnerships. Specialize in nonprofit and government operations and relations.

Murray, Utah

Facilitate and promote positive experiences with new and longstanding customers. Assist with merchandising to increase sales and to ensure a welcoming and intriguing aesthetic. Greet and interact with customers by telephone and in person, as well as provide information about merchandise and/or services. Perform financial transactions through credit and collecting payment, and balancing the till at the end of the shift. Basic cashiering, credit, customer service, and will-call duties.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Provide guidance and content for media interactions. Assist with the promotion of information and events. Advise on social media/web-based strategies. Develop consistent messaging and branding across all mediums. Maintain web content and layout to maximize and simplify user experience. Amplify presence and increase engagement with the social media audience. Assist with government records requests. Manage the social editorial calendar, promote product and review analytics for effectiveness of messaging. Develop and promote public awareness campaigns focused on prevalence of domestic abuse in Utah, as well as negotiate advertisting buys. #Utah1in3

World Wide Web

Amplify presence and increase engagement with the social media audience. Manage the social editorial calendar, promote product and review analytics for effectiveness of messaging. Most importantly, prompt and inspire writers to keep writing and to overcome writer's block.

Davis County, Utah

Strategize, coordinate, and implement public relations and communications for the Sheriff's Office. Responsible for local, statewide, national, and international media interactions and public relations. Monitor publications and the release of information to ensure messaging and branding that is consistent with policy, strategy and, in some cases, statute. Implementation of Identity Standards Guide to ensure brand control and a professional public appearance. Design sprint processes and projects to improve internal and external transactions and interactions. Member of the Sheriff’s Office leadership team/senior staff. Engage with the community via social media, advisory boards, and committees—to include volunteer recruitment and coordination, and community events. Collaborate with Utah Naloxone to equip community members with rescue kits. Responsible for procurement and budget management. Coordinate association meetings, promotional and awards ceremonies, and other official events. Facilitate training opportunities with external community partners to maximize employee and public experience. Actively participate in community-based initiatives focused on healthy and safe living.Special Assignment: Provide communications support and guidance to Davis County Commission. Responsible for activating and maintaining social media communications specific to COVID-19.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Develop and implement strategic communications plans, programs and campaigns that support the library's mission: make a positive difference in the lives of our community. Responsible for creative direction, brand recognition, program identification, public relations, engagement, content marketing initiatives, video creation, web content, and membership communications. Develop creative content and identify opportunities for marketing and promotion inside and outside of the branches and the Library's Viridian Event Center. Copy writer and editor for bi-monthly program guide, annual reports, presentations, web and other materials and communications. Manage marketing team and the marketing department budget. Member of library executive team. Work with the Salt Lake County Mayor's Office and other County departments on internal and external communications.

Salt Lake City And Heber City, Utah

Connect current, past and potential clients with information and resources specific to home ownership, purchasing, renting, and maintenance. Promote a social presence that reflects a commitment to family, integrity, and service. Amplify presence and increase engagement with the social media audience. Manage the social editorial calendar, promote product and review analytics for effectiveness of messaging. Participate in community engagement/outreach events.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Manage and facilitate internal and external communications, including marketing, branding, blogging, website content, social media, video production, policy and outreach.Regularly collaborate with federal, state, city, county and private partners on crisis communications, public awareness, outreach and other public information specific tasks. Assisted Drug Enforcement Administration - Salt Lake District Office, Salt Lake City Police Department, and various other entities with the implementation of the Utah Pharmaceutical Drug Community Project (formerly the Utah Pharmaceutical Drug Crime Project) and the UseOnlyAsDirected public awareness campaign. Board and committee member of Utah Trafficking in Persons Task Force.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Work on special projects as assigned by executive leadership. Strong focus on public awareness and outreach related to substance abuse/substance use disorder; specifically, methamphetamine. Worked directly with the Governor's office, federal, state, city, county, and private partners on the ad campaign, 'EndMethNow.'​Assist in crisis communications at the Camp Williams' Joint Information Center while Hurricane Katrina evacuees were temporarily residing there.

Greater New York City Area

Research and identify funding sources for documentary productions. Initiate contact with possible funders - private foundations, corporations and public entities. Update director on funding sources and trends as well as facilitate discussions with director and potential partners. Maintain relations with funding sources through regular contact and business correspondence.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Proactively communicate with media outlets and other related agencies. Represent the division and department via committees, public relations and trainings. Provide assistance to and coverage for the department public information officer. Write, edit and disseminate media releases and advisories and division publications designed to educate the media and the public about the services available, current trends, funding, etc. Enhance awareness of division by creating a logo representing services and beliefs. Coordinate annual training conferences, identify presenters, create agenda, publish and disseminate flyers. Review website to ensure current, accurate and user-friendly content. Interact with and help resolve concerns of constituents. Provide public information/media assistance in the Joint Information Center at Camp Williams after Hurricane Katrina.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Create and present curriculum pertaining to the prevention of abuse, neglect and/or exploitation of vulnerable adults. Assist with creation and dissemination of media and marketing issues/material for the division. Plan and provide Adult Protective Services Certification training for new employees and provide liability protection by pre- and post- testing attendees. Plan and develop the annual Adult Protective Services conference, to include contracts with hotels, vendors and presenters. Provide advanced training opportunities to ensure all staff receive the minimum amount of training hours required annually. Maintain training database and resource library. Manage training budget. Represent the division on several committees related to vulnerable adults and other victim-related issues, to include Statewide Advocates for Victims Office Committee, Utah Victim Assistance Academy Curriculum Committee, Adult Abuse Review Committee, and Assisting Utah Women with Disabilities Who are Victims of Violence Advisory Council. President of Utah Training Consortium.Assist with statute revisions and ensure staff knowledge and compliance of applicable federal and state laws, regulations and agency rules, standards, and guidelines. Act as the public information officer for the Division and backup public information officer for the Department of Human Services, handling internal and external communications, relations, and messaging. Supervise, hire, train, monitor, and evaluate performance of training team personnel.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Conduct face-to-face intake interviews with clientele referred for probation services. Obtain history relating to alcohol, drugs, mental health, medical, employment, criminal and other life issues by utilizing interviewing skills, section social history form and knowledge of substance use disorder. Prepare probation agreements to include specific conditions ordered by the court. Refer to treatment, educational, mental health, and other social services. Research clientele criminal history by accessing and reviewing records from Bureau of Criminal Identification, Driver License Division, jail records, Courtlink, National Crime Information Center, and juvenile records as needed. Maintain an active caseload as directed by supervisor, utilizing case management skills, writing skills, and time management techniques. Conduct on-going tracking of probation compliance. Represent agency in court at Order to Show Cause hearings, arraignments, and other hearings.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Provide protective payee services for vulnerable/elder adults. Maintain and document monthly contact with clientele and empower them to actively participate in the service plan and the management of finances. Encourage self-sufficiency and independence. Perform quarterly reports, reviews, and addendums. Conduct investigations of allegations of abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation. Document all activities and correspondence in the division database and client files. Advocate for clientele to ensure their rights and basic living needs are met via counseling, crisis intervention and community referral/coordination. Coordinate with law enforcement and area agencies on aging.Facilitate in-service training for staff and for the community. Participate in the Process Improvement Team to assess and recommend caseload averages for investigators and caseworkers.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Perform intake assessments, treatment plans and case management work for chronically mentally ill adult offenders. Coordinate services with Utah Department of Corrections professionals to ensure psychiatric, medical and financial well-being of clientele. Assess treatment alternatives for adult probationers, court ordered to the Utah State Prison Diagnostic Unit, based on their cognitions, criminal history and individual needs. Assist in the design and implementation of programs providing mental health treatment to felony inmates, parolees and probationers.Develop and present psycho-educational curriculum to male and female offenders at the Utah State Prison and Community Correctional Centers in Weber and Salt Lake Counties. Recruit clientele for psycho-educational courses offered within the Utah State Prison and the community.Coordinate housing, employment, financial, and mental health resources for mentally ill offenders upon release from the Community Correctional Center. Prioritize and handle multiple tasks and manage rigid guidelines/timelines

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Manage office and coordinate schedules with other independent contractors. Enhance relations with Utah Department of Corrections, Utah Department of Workforce Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and various private agencies via presentations, in-service training and correspondence. Increase clientele by approximately 50%.Empower clientele to obtain and maintain their employment goals and a self-sufficient lifestyle. Conduct "Job Readiness" workshops and other job skills training as needed. Perform mock interviews with clientele to prepare them for actual employment interviews. Assist in preparation of personal resumes for clientele. Screen and refer clientele to potential employers. Compile statistics to enable Utah Department of Corrections and Utah State Office of Education to determine effectiveness of relapse recidivism programs for felony offenders.

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology

Studied Sociology and Criminal Justice.

Associate Of Science (As), General Studies