Emma Hecht Email & Phone Number

United States

St Joseph, Michigan, United States

• Manage overall project flow for team creation of 550 blog articles/year for Whirlpool, Maytag, and KitchenAid brands
• Manage timelines and process for production of on- and off-line assets for Whirlpool, Maytag, and Amana brands
• Plan and implement improvements & efficiencies to tracking methods, status documents, software usage, and overarching process
• Automate subtasks & notifications within project management tool, Jira, to reduce manual team & Account/PM work by estimated 75%
• Collaborate with Account Directors and team leads to scope for monetary and human resources
• Maintain tracking documents and information databases

St Joseph, Michigan, United States

Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

• Execute components of campaigns (including holiday appeal and Annual Report): direct mail, email, blog, social media, custom webpage and donation links
• Take photos for social media, website, and print materials; graphic design for print and electronic materials, including campaigns, communications, and programs
• Oversee website (smfoodbank.org), adding and designing pages and creating blog posts; in my first year, number of page visitors and user sessions grew by 68%
• Spearhead social media strategy to appeal to various audiences and strengthen brand presence; grew Instagram following by 63% within my first year
• Own grant prospecting, deadlines, drafting, tracking, and reporting for foundation, corporate, and federal opportunities in collaboration with Development Director; secured 83% more grant funding in my first year than.
• Assist with donor solicitation & engagement; record and clean data in CRM South Michigan Food Bank is enhancing the quality of life for those living in their eight county service area: Barry, Branch, Calhoun.

Created and revised stories through first-hand accounts and research that detailed why donors felt compelled to make gifts; assisted the President and Director of Development & Stewardship with interviewing donors with the goal of hearing and documenting their stories. Continued to connect with donors when the COVID-19 pandemic hit by coordinating Zoom.

Valparaiso, Indiana, United States

• Recruited band leaders, held audition musicians for Friday Morning Prayer and Celebrate bands, and planned weekly rehearsals for Friday Morning Prayer and Wednesday Celebrate! services
• Organized and led worship for Thursday service at a local Lutheran church, Faith Memorial Church
• Planned and led weekly campus services, attended rehearsals, and coordinated other services as needed
• Led 1-3 services per week

Battle Creek, MI

• Logged pricing and discount information with Comsense Enterprise software
• Integrated product codes and pricing and discount information using Excel

Valparaiso, Indiana

• Shelf read stacks containing currently circulating materials and audited out-of-circulation materials to search for out of place, out of order, or missing materials
• Checked materials in and out and shelved returned materials in Library of Congress order
• Instructed patrons on how to use library resources, databases, and software

Augusta, MI

• Assisted the Community Development Director in marketing projects, fund development, and event planning
• Organized auction donations for the annual benefit dinner
• Created social media posts
• Promoted weekly events and program outcomes to members and staff through direct email marketing

Battle Creek, MI

• Determined, evaluated, and separated data using Excel and SAS

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Creative Writing & Humanities | Minor In Computer Science

Education record

Semester Study Abroad

Education record

Semester Study Abroad