• Until Dec. 2013, worked in a full-time position as public affairs officer for the 9th Mission Support Command, which spans throughout four states, multiple U.S. territories, and three nations.• Wrote, prepared, and disseminated news stories, news releases, media advisories, pitch letters, feature stories, brochures, fact sheets, and other print, audio-visual, and internet products describing the command's diverse missions and activities. • Contributed to the command’s social media campaign and served as subject matter expert for social media platforms and their uses to engage key audiences.• Created and designed the command newsletter using Adobe Indesign and Photoshop, as well as served as content editor and manager for the newsletter. • Educated senior leaders and officers on effectively communicating with media, and assisted them in preparing for media engagements. • Maintained relationships with members of local, national, and international media and consistently updated contact list. • Developed, maintained and executed a working strategic public affairs plan to ensure goals and objectives of commanding general were met.• Served as strategic adviser to senior leaders and officers on effectively implementing public affairs activities for contingencies and exercises.• Participated in international command exercises, solicited local, national, and international media attention, coordinated press conferences, and performed public affairs duties throughout exercise. • Supervised timely submission of articles from writers and unit public affairs representatives and served as first line editor for all photos and articles submitted to the public affairs office.

• Strong writing skills demonstrated in drafting news releases, media pitch letters, talking points, frequently asked questions, media statements, brochures, newsletters, blogs, social media posts and websites.• Responsible for pitching stories to and building and maintaining relationships with local and national media.• Secured numerous print and broadcast stories in local and national publications and news stations. • Developed, implemented and managed strategic public relations campaigns and plans. • Managed monthly budgets for public relations projects and created reports to submit to manager for payment. • Developed, implemented and managed social media campaigns and provided content to drive up visibility and increase the number of followers to social media site. • Instrumental in providing key communications efforts for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Oahu in April 2012 to include hosting more than 100 international, national, local, and student media, managing social media accounts, managing public and media email accounts and answering inquiries about the visit. • Provided strategic communications counsel to clients to assist in making effective, long-term decisions in regards to integrated marketing, publicity, and public and media relations.

Successfully built and maintained solid working relationships with local and national media to ensure proper coverage of the sports team and players. Provided a comfortable, secure working environment for the media to produce articles and b-roll.Assisted in creating news releases and statistics for the media to use as informational materials when producing stories. Acted as liaison between Bud Adams, owner of the team, owners of competing teams and the director of media relations for the Titans.

• Responsible for writing news articles and releases, feature stories, public service announcements, scripts for videos with key messages, executive bios, and memorandums. • Pitched stories to local and national media, building and maintaining working relationships with them. • Worked closely with colleagues in building community relations activities throughout North and South America and created and maintained a system for those locations to report community relations activities. Developed an annual catalog for documenting the activities. • Assisted in the creation and launch of websites surrounding the various teen driver safety initiatives. • Edited and produced videos created for internal messages and b-roll for external news outlets. • Used various media relations, community relations and strategic communications techniques to facilitate the company's positive public image despite potential negative publicity due to the circumstances surrounding Firestone tire recalls. • Managed historical articles, photos and film and assisted in digitizing the items.

Solicited fundraising opportunities for the annual Tomato Art Fest. Researched Cision database for media contacts, composed target media lists for sending news releases and advisories.Completed internet research to identify clients’ target audience and created press clippings for final reports distributed to clients.