www.SimonsSearchlight.org

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborates with individuals diagnosed with genetic conditions, family members, SFARI researchers, patient advocacy communities and Simons Foundation staff to better understand their needs, facilitating Simons Searchlight's ability to attract and retain genetic communities.Strategic Planning: Develops and executes recruitment and engagement plans across web, social media, and print channels, ensuring effective engagement of the target audience.Content Management: Oversees content calendars for digital assets, webinars, and newsletters, ensuring consistent, engaging messaging.Collateral Development: Supervises the creation of materials in collaboration with marketing professionals, enhancing communication efforts.Digital Engagement: Takes the lead in external digital engagement activities such as webinars, Twitter chats, and Facebook Live, fostering meaningful connections.Relationship Building: Cultivates positive relationships with leaders of genetic family organizations, encouraging collaboration and communication.Diversity and Inclusion: Collaborates with the DEI coordinator to promote diversity within the research cohort through various initiatives.Collaboration: Coordinates efforts with SFARI and Simons Foundation outreach managers to align messaging and create joint communications and webinars.Community Advisory Board: Oversees the management of this board and its recruitment efforts, ensuring its continued value to the organization.Partnerships and Advocacy: Collaborates with patient advocacy groups, nurturing partnerships that raise awareness and encourage research participation.Event Representation: Acts as the representative of Simons Searchlight at conferences and community events, effectively conveying the organization's mission and progress.

Works with clients to:• Develop and produce content to engage and educate internal and external audiences across multiple channels, including newsletters, website, social media, industry associations and emerging technology.• Schedule and run webinars and virtual meetings, preparing slides, prepping speakers and managing virtual meeting platforms.• Maintain company social media accounts by posting content, monitoring messages and keywords and measuring incremental performance and impact.• Collect content, write copy and manage the distribution of weekly e-newsletters and other email campaigns.• Create, produce, and edit graphic designs, multimedia files and documents in accordance with specifications, using a variety of high-end graphics applications.• Work with client to identify authentic content from teams that tell our brand story, in their brand voice and are aligned with their vision.• Develop ideas and programming for strategic events to further collaborative work for their stakeholders and allied organizations.• Support them by building strategic community outreach and communications tools.

• Partnerships & Community Relations: Fostered numerous core partnerships with many institutions, nonprofits, universities, journalists, city & state agencies, public figures, businesses and served as the point person for client relations; served as the chief media spokesperson for the company• Management: Supervised administrative staff & college interns every semester and provided training, mentorship and support to ensure a productive experience (approximating 200+ interns)• Fundraising, Sponsorships & Development: Created and implemented revenue-generating programs and client services; identified, cultivated and enhanced funding relationships with community and corporate partners; launched & coordinated annual advocacy campaigns and annual gala event• Communications & Marketing: Produced communications materials for distribution through both traditional and digital channels to drive brand recognition and enhancement including press releases, annual reports, e-news blasts, reports, blog posts, OpEds, video and other audiovisual materials.• Social Media Manager: Trusted with monitoring, contributing to, filtering, measuring and guiding the social media presence of the SMC brand and communicating the SMC's public image in a positive way; developed annual marketing strategy• Content Creation & Project Management: Managed original TV, podcast & multimedia projects; coordinated partnerships with local news media, nonprofits and volunteers; founder of Beyond Boston, a regional monthly news digest show with public access stations in the greater Boston area; served as point of contact for special projects• Outreach, Events & External Affairs: Organized special events, adult education classes & programs to meaningfully engage with the community; represented SMC at public events and on-boarded hundreds of new volunteers; developed & implemented an event management strategy; project managed the marketing, programming & operations elements of event delivery

• Partnerships & Community Relations: Fostered numerous core partnerships with many Boston-area institutions, nonprofits, universities, city & state agencies, businesses and served as the point person for paid client media services.• Mentorship & Management: Supervised administrative staff & college interns every semester and provided training, mentorship and support to ensure a productive experience (approximating 200+ interns).• Communications & Marketing: Managed all communications including community relations, public relations, community news programs, print & digital content creation, website updates, e-newsletter production, presentations and internal memos, and conducted introductory meetings.• Social Media Manager: Launched new social media channels aligned with re-branding efforts; trusted with monitoring, contributing to, filtering, measuring and otherwise guiding the social media presence of the SMC brand and communicating the SMC's public image in a positive way; developed annual marketing strategy.• Journalism & Storytelling: Managed original TV & multimedia news productions with volunteers; coordinated partnerships with local news media, journalists and schools; founder of Beyond Boston, a regional monthly news digest show with public access stations in the greater Boston area.• Outreach, Events & External Affairs: Organized special events, classes & programs to meaningfully engage with the community; represented SMC at public events and on-boarded hundreds of new volunteers; developed & implemented an event management strategy aligned with the brand’s business strategy; project managed the marketing, programming & operations elements of event delivery and acted as point of contact for special projects.• Membership & Volunteer Programs: Planned, launched, designed, and executed integrated strategies to grow membership and volunteers. Goals included: increased number of new members, increased retention, and built a strong prospect database.

• Event Manager: Involved in developing & implementing an event management strategy for a 300+ person annual Regional Conference & Trade Show that is aligned with the brand’s business strategy and lead its execution; project managed the marketing, programming & operations elements of event delivery, managed budget projections and acted as point of contact for special projects; managed events from beginning to end, processing all the information pertaining to the booking with venue• Regional "Road Show" Advocacy Campaign: The ACM-NE and ACM worked in partnership with state advocacy chapters on hosting events in their state; we discussed negative federal public policy changes that would defund their organization and ways these state chapters can use their political connections to outreach to their respective state & national political leaders; we educated state chapter members and equipped them with resources to secure co-sponsorship on the national “The Protect Community Television Act”• Outreach & External Affairs: Coordinated an annual 300+ conference and trade show for professionals; performed several live speeches in front of small and larger audiences• Marketing: Implemented new marketing initiatives, electronic newsletters, graphic design materials, website management• Partnerships Manager: Researched and initiated several new relationships in the community and media arts industry regionally and nationally• Leadership: Efficiently planned and conducted monthly board meetings, committee meetings, budget planning and board of directors on-boarding and development

• Outreach & Tours: Coordinated dozens of seasonal events in partnership with educators, nonprofits, schools, artists and more in the food justice, education and urban agricultural field; led bi-weekly new volunteer orientation sessions and tours• Social Media & Marketing: Implemented new marketing initiatives, electronic newsletters, graphic design materials, launched and managed social media channels, and created a new website using Wix website builder​• Partnerships Manager: Researched and initiated several new relationships in the community and maintains them & represents organization in the community and at public meetings• Volunteer Recruitment and Management: Recruited, trained, and supervised new volunteers; Collected volunteer information, availability, and skills, and maintained an up-to-date database.

• Outreach and Partnerships: Represented QUQ at professional conferences, panels and festivals within the arts community and media arts fields; created and sustained over fifty new partnerships with other community organizations, schools and agencies• Public Relations: Developed and strengthened relationships with local and regional press contacts; responded to requests for information from the media; analyzed the organization’s objectives, promotional policies, and needs to build public relations strategies that influence public opinion and promote products, ideas, and services; maintained the organization’s image and identity• Event Management: Coordinated fundraising events, community forums, educational workshops, press conferences and other special events to enhance our community engagement efforts​• Communications and Social Media Marketing: Developed publicity materials including frequent e-newsletters, developed graphic design, wrote press releases and other promotional copy; conceptualized, developed, launched and maintained a new Wordpress website; utilized social media to reach target audiences, distributed direct mail and email promotions, and developed other web-based promotions​• Volunteer & Membership Management: Maintained databases of community and press contacts; developed and implemented various strategies intended to recruit and retain members; oversaw annual renewals; recruited (from among existing members) volunteers to engage in various tasks (stuffing envelopes, staffing events, helping to monitor easements, etc.)• Media Production: Managed original TV, podcast & multimedia projects; coordinated partnerships with local news media, nonprofits and volunteers

• Outreach and Partnerships: Represented QUQ at professional conferences, panels and festivals within the arts community and media arts fields; created and sustained over fifty new partnerships with other community organizations, schools and agencies• Public Relations: Developed and strengthened relationships with local and regional press contacts; responded to requests for information from the media; analyzed the organization’s objectives, promotional policies, and needs to build public relations strategies that influence public opinion and promote products, ideas, and services; maintained the organization’s image and identity• Event Management: Coordinated fundraising events, community forums, educational workshops, press conferences and other special events to enhance our community engagement efforts​• Communications and Social Media Marketing: Developed publicity materials including frequent e-newsletters, developed graphic design, wrote press releases and other promotional copy; conceptualized, developed, launched and maintained a new Wordpress website; utilized social media to reach target audiences, distributed direct mail and email promotions, and developed other web-based promotions​• Volunteer & Membership Management: Maintained databases of community and press contacts; developed and implemented various strategies intended to recruit and retain members; oversaw annual renewals; recruited (from among existing members) volunteers to engage in various tasks (stuffingenvelopes, staffing events, helping to monitor easements, etc.)• Media Production: Managed original TV, podcast & multimedia projects; coordinated partnerships with local news media, nonprofits and volunteers