Responsible for advancing communication efforts and supporting the Hogg Foundation brand for a variety of audiences. Manages projects, systems and processes from conception to completion. Provides leadership to the communications team and develops strategy across multiple platforms and campaigns. Oversees the development and execution of compelling content for a variety of channels and platforms. Manages projects and implements plans to engage target audiences. Utilizes analytics reports to provide strategic direction to improve visibility, reach and engagement. Leads regular editorial meetings, approves pitches and guides development of story ideas.

• Assisting in the developing and implementing integrated communications strategies to engage policy makers, advocacy groups, consumers and family members, foundations and other stakeholders. • Regularly interacting with management and staff to develop and implement communications plans for specific foundation initiatives, programs, events and activities as needed.• Originating ideas for stories and related visual content, including graphic images, videos and photographs.• Developing content and editing content provided by others.• Responsible for production and marketing of foundation podcast. • Serving as primary media liaison for the foundation.• Representing the foundation at external meetings and developing positive professional relationships with university communications staff and other foundation stakeholders and constituents.

• Producing high quality, professional, engaging communications materials such as news releases, newsletters, brochures, and website and social media content.• Assisting in maintaining the foundation's website, blog and social media on a daily basis.• Contributing ideas for stories and related visual content, including graphic images, videos and photographs.• Developing content and editing content provided by others.• Representing the foundation at external meetings and developing positive professional relationships with university communications staff and other foundation stakeholders and constituents.• Serving as media liaison in absence of the communications manager and on specific projects as assigned.• Coordinating with internal and external subject matter experts and stakeholders to ensure accuracy and appropriate messaging of communications materials.

• Writing feature articles and news briefs for various publications including The Dallas Examiner, NOKOA, and Texas Observer. • Conducting research and interviews, often under intense deadline pressure, in the service of timely delivery of accurate, incisive, and relevant news reporting.

• Currently tasked with ensuring beyond-adequate administrative support for attorney with a large and demanding clientele.• Making calls to clients, drafting correspondence and motions, performing legal research, and managing case files.• Contributed significantly to improved efficiencies through reorganization and streamlining of case files.• Assigned sole responsibility for the design and launch of firm’s website, scheduled to launch in October of 2009.

• Performed line-by-line error correction on scanned book pages for leading provider of digital publishing solutions.• Mastered a number of QA procedures designed to ensure error-free digitization of books submitted by client publishers.

• Managed the Texas NAACP state office, including the paying of rent and utilities, custodianship over NAACP files and documents, and ordering of office supplies.• Performed intake of discrimination complaints resulting in assistance for those in need.• Produced official correspondence, press releases, reports and issue briefings as needed.• Processed expense/reimbursement vouchers, resulting in timely repayment for out-of-pocket expenses.• Worked with others to coordinate the Texas NAACP’s legislative mobilization effort, which successfully brought the issues and concerns of the NAACP before the 79th Texas Legislature.• Served as legislative liaison, including delivering oral and written testimony at legislative hearings.• Took part in official NAACP business, including press conferences, executive meetings, and conference calls.• Provided administrative assistance and registration/hospitality functions for annual Convention.• Authored and edited content for state conference website.

• Served as the Marketing Director for the 2004 Austin Jazz and Arts Festival; wrote promotional copy which eventually reached more than 50 local print and broadcast media outlets.• Wrote or edited five distinct press releases with an eye toward informativeness and consistency of message.

• Edited, proofread, and wrote articles for Austin Downtown Arts, a monthly arts and culture publication.• Worked with guest writers (many of whom have no formal training in writing) to organize and refine articles.• Contributed project description language to grant applications.• Wrote cover letter for Program Underwriters Circle fundraising mail-out.