Develop social and digital media campaigns for small businesses, startups and professionals. Manage social media accounts, engage fans, audience/community development. followers and donors. Provide feedback on email and newsletter marketing.Current Contract: Mission Partners, Past Clients include: Baltimore City Recreation and Parks, Ujamaa Box, Nubian Hueman, Blueprint for Style, Our Family Dinner,

Curate, assign, fact check, and line edit articles per AP style with an emphasis on sentence structure, punctuation and grammar. Recruit and manage freelance writers and as well as publication deadlines. Uphold content guidelines, standards, and best practices. Build syndicated partnerships with similar brands.

Promoted Rec and Parks through social channels (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) through live video, user-generated and curated content; month-to-month follower growth across all platforms, oversee updates agency website’s Drupal CMS platform. Manages paid social media.Assist in drafting and editing press releases, media advisories, talking points for the Mayor and Director, citywide email blasts, policy updates, and other internal/external agency communications. Secured 1,800 new followers within a 10-month period across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

Develop and maintain a monthly editorial calendar for client blog and social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram) that fit within overall digital strategy. Increase social/user engagement, monitor activity, handle social customer service inquiries, support paid contests and deep dive into monthly page stats and analytics. Write design and copy briefs while providing data-driven decision-making on brand campaigns and strategy.

First hire for this marketing role in company's second market. Earned highest number of applications (200+) for market in Q4.•Develop marketing initiatives from community events to social media strategies while monitoring analytics and best practices. Spearheaded basic plans and managed updates of social media channels with month-to-month grow with Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Served as editor of company blog assisting with management of contributors and copyediting and copywriting career-related and tech/startup posts.•

Gained exposure to web tracking metrics and tools specific to campaigns, A/B testing, analytics and SEO. Developed personalized copy pitches for blogger outreach and composed press release draft for fashion startup. Co-founded women’s initiative program for women in tech. Developed brand strategy for Startup Institute.

Assisted in social media management (Twitter and Tumblr), Internet research for natural haircare companies, copyediting and writing draft press releases.

Managed social media strategy specifically Facebook and Twitter via SproutSocial. Reviewed social media tactics from competitors via SimplyMeasured. Regularly curated and posted content related to higher education and first generation college students. Started #firstgenstudent bi-monthly chat. Increased Twitter followers by 50% within three week period. Assisted with link building process including requesting accurate links from appropriate targets sites and managing responses via CRM software, Salesforce. Contacted potential blog contributors to the site to increase website traffic. Consistently contributed and provided resources for the construction and layout of the website design.

Managed and monitored Twitter and Facebook presence via Hootsuite. Orchestrated blogger outreach and coordinated in-house interactive tasting event, resulting in 1,000 Twitter impressions. Attended strategic meetings and assisted with events and marketing efforts.

Handled administrative tasks including responding to emails, copywriting and copyediting blog posts, and reviewing donations. Suggested marketing and partnership ideas.

Oversaw e-newsletter and streamlined content, added social media components and increased open email rate by 15%. Transferred 75+ pages of online materials to a 2.0 version via Wordpress allowing for better management and easier editing of content. Spearheaded in-house development of online awards database for four national competitions with a project cost savings of $4,000+. Managed the web design and two team members over duration of eight months. Sold and processed inventory of 85 awards reaching a net profit of $3,000+.Developed topics for 2012 webinar schedule specific to social media and ROI, volunteer engagement and legislative advocacy

Handled administrative functions including expense reports, purchase orders, proofreading and research for the chief economist, public affairs executive director and chapter support Executive Director. Also served as additional support to COO and CEO. Individually supervised department and programming during executive director's three-month maternity leave. Assisted in preparation of online and print materials for executive meetings. Traveled with executive director as needed. Designed spreadsheets and administered online database for national awards competitions. Assisted in tallying scores, overseeing marketing plans and communicating with participants directly. Consistently compiled, edited and delivered weekly e-newsletter to 700+ readers

City Year is an AmeriCorps program that unites 17-24 years old from diverse backgrounds for a year of full-time service as mentors and tutors for school-aged children completing over 1700 hours of service.-Served as Community Service & Event Coordinator and planned school-wide initiatives such as military care packages, can food drive, career day with and a professional development field trip for students from southwest Philadelphia- Liaised and engaged corporate donor, DrinkerBiddle Law Firm - Selected as Project Coordinator to lead volunteers in outreach programs like mural beautification projects in high-profile, large-scale service days in Philadelphia

Communicated with prospective members including university leadership and members of Congress using effective outreach methods via email, phone and presentations.

Served in a leadership capacity representing 30,000+ students and the greater Fairfax community. Engaged the Mayor of Fairfax and local city council to strengthen town gown relations. Promoted school spirit and school community through strategic programming and partnerships with university officials. Represented University at public appearances.

Studied effects of No Child Left Behind Act's restructuring on DC Public SchoolsDesigned and edited questions for citywide survey for principals in 27 restructuring schools

Researched layout designs for annual report. Contributed to blog with entries, topic ideas, and copyediting. Provided on-site support for annual college women's conference..