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Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Waltham, Massachusetts

Greater Boston Area

Led communications efforts for over seven clients simultaneously through 1) Strategic message development: Worked with clients to determine what messaging, marketing and branding would best help them meet their goals 2) Content creation: Wrote and edited blog posts, press releases, email newsletters, letters to the editor and op-eds, event promotional materials, social media campaigns and produced podcasts; routinely reviewed metrics and tested new strategies 3) Press and media relations: Crafted successful story ideas and pitches, built authentic relationships with local, national and international reporters across a variety of industries, generated thought leadership opportunities for clients and frequently securing high-profile placements in outlets including The New York Times, Boston Business Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Jerusalem Post, NPR, Associated Press, Vox, Axios, NECN and others.Clients included: Alliance for Business Leadership, Brandeis International Business School, Play-Action Strategies, RateGravity, Shorelight Education, SICPA, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Flour Bakery + Cafe, HUBweek, MIT CoLab and National Grid.

Greater Boston Area

Radio Boston is WBUR's flagship daily, live local program. Worked independently and collaboratively with producers, freelancers, interns, hosts, fill-in hosts, executive producers, newsroom reporters, editors and managers as an enthusiastic team member. Used strong editorial judgement to develop, pitch and produce compelling stories, drafting scripts, conducting field and studio recordings and editing and mixing audio on tight deadlines. Researched, identified, pre-interviewed and booked a wide range of guests, from high-profile actors and musicians to government officials to everyday people with important stories to tell.Supervised and managed the show’s web and social media presence as web editor, using WordPress to create and publish web assets for each radio segment and engaging with listeners via social media.Covered music, film, TV, comedy, fine arts and fiction as arts editor. Followed the local, national and international music scene closely, selecting musicians to invite on the show, including Moby, Darlene Love, Wilco and G. Love. Worked with the show's technical director on complex mixing, making use of recorded music or broadcasting live performances. Other well-known bookings included Jason Segel, Marc Maron, Margaret Atwood and Maria Bamford. Launched an annual series on film scoring and a week-long series on filmmaking.Additionally planned the show’s weekly segments on health news, covered Boston’s food and restaurant scene, traveled to New Hampshire to cover the 2016 presidential primaries and produced America's Test Kitchen Radio from October to November 2016. Radio Boston's coverage of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev case earned the team the Public Radio News Director, Inc. Award for first place in the call-in program category.

Greater Boston Area

Filled in as web producer for the digital team, creating web content and using CMS to oversee WBUR's homepage, wbur.org. Was the sole web producer for WBUR's special series commemorating President John F. Kennedy's assassination, "November 1963."Filled in as radio producer at NPRs On Point, a live, call-in show produced out of WBUR in Boston and syndicated to 230+ stations across the nation. Filled in as a production assistant and news writer at the news desk, writing copy, editing two-ways, making phone calls, conducting interviews and gathering tape.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Visual Media Arts, 3.9

Activities and Societies: 88.9 WERS, Alternative Spring Break, Living Green Learning Community, WECB, Gangsters In Concrete, Resident.

High School Diploma, General Education