Emily Kittleson Email & Phone Number

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Inspiring loyal listeners of nationally-distributed podcasts & programs to become donors.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Act as its first paid staff in leading a group of volunteer business owners to expand the association’s strategic plan and marketing strategy during a period of change and development in the business community• Establish a regular member communications procedure to keep business owners informed about and connected to association and neighborhood activities

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Develop and implement a strategic communications plan -in alignment with Hennepin County Library- to build a community of advocates in support of Friends of HCL’s mission and goals• Plan and execute social media strategy, resulting in Friends of HCL’s Facebook fan base doubling since April 2015• Generate fresh, compelling content, aligned with fundraising best practices, engaging audiences to take action, resulting in 100 more online gifts made in the month of December, 2015 (over 2014)• Act as Project Manager for website redesign, serving as primary contact for contracted developers

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Planned, produced and promoted four annual avenue-wide events for member businesses, including Grand Old Day, the largest 1-day festival in the Midwest• Encouraged and organized collaboration between local businesses, building community among business owners and facilitating lead generation across their customer bases• Planned and wrote all social media strategies, schedules, and copy for Grand Ave and its four annual events, including Grand Old Day• Hired and managed 3 social media interns, provided training, and oversaw their individual projects• Collaborated with PR agency to promote events by developing talking points, writing press releases, and serving as a media spokesperson

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Crafted weekly e-newsletters to a contact list of over 2,700 members• Administrated Facebook and other social media profiles for both the market and the neighborhood• Wrote social media guidelines, best practices, and strategies, passed by the Board of Directors• Performed receptionist duties such as answering calls and welcoming walk-ins• Performed detailed-oriented daily bookkeeping duties• Tracked all individual donations using database software and spreadsheets• Assisted Market Manager with set up and clean up of bi-weekly farmers market• Provided high-quality service to market customers at market’s administrative booth• Led subcommittee in planning fundraiser dinner for 70 guests that raised $3,000+• Planned two annual events (one fundraiser, one dinner) on a $0 budget

Strawberry Point, Iowa

•Took unique outdoor photographs and video footage each week for 9 weeks•Edited footage and created 8 unique 15-minute videos throughout the summer•Successfully stuck to a self-appointed deadline for each video•Burned movies to DVDs that were distributedto over 300 campers & staff

Decorah, Ia

Features Editor (fall 2010 - spring 2011)•Created unique layouts for 2 Features pages weekly on a 2-day deadline•Quickly became proficient in software and was promoted to Design Coordinator Design Coordinator (spring 2011)•Presented a page design workshop at Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Conference•Helped other section editors creatively design their pages•Assisted Advertising team to design new and improve existing ads•Led Photoshop and InDesign workshops for editorial staff

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

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