Play a major role in Foundation communications with primary responsibilities that include:• Managing Leadership Council communications for medical service lines, including writing briefings and creating slide presentations.• Writing and editing content for Promise magazine, foundation newsletters, seasonal appeals and other communications vehicles.• Serving as lead writer for highly personalized letters to donors expressing gratitude from the Chief Development Officer and the President/CEO of Summa Health System.• Fostering collaborative relationships with colleagues, development officers and system marketing team to ensure consistency, accuracy and timeliness of messaging; assisting all parties as needed and requested; and proofing all materials.

As a contractor with the University Communications & Marketing team, responsibilities included spearheading all aspects of creating a new alumni magazine, including developing editorial calendar, assigning all stories, writing, editing, selecting images, managing the production cycle and coordinating design. Also produced a Daily News Update email, informing the UA community of notable media mentions.

On an interim basis, I managed content and wrote feature articles for a wide-range of clients and publications. Specialties included marketing copy, personality profiles, press releases, podcast scripts, fundraising appeals, online learning modules and annual reports..

Developed content strategy, managed daily production, and led the editorial team in the Digital Media Services division. Key accomplishments included increasing web traffic 15 percent each year from 2008-2012 and growing BGEA Today, one of the largest email marketing newsletter lists, by 20 percent. Instrumental in attracting a younger demographic and growing BGEA’s social media footprint. Established live web coverage of international Festivals and disaster outreach efforts.

Served as the News & Culture Editor for Crosswalk.com for a year and 2 months when the company was privately owned. Was the only editor to be hired when Salem Web Network acquired the site in 2002. As part of the relaunch team, I created editorial direction and managed daily web production in multiple areas. Managed the distribution of 16 email newsletters each month.For three months in 2006, I also worked in Media Relations at the headquarters of Salem Media Group in Camarillo, California.

Directed all aspects of producing this bimonthly, professional newspaper serving 23,000 members of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Managed editorial submissions from contributing authors. Wrote feature articles and compiled news briefs. Supervised design and layout. Managed budget and coordinated advertising placement.

Developed and implemented a proactive campaign to increase public awareness of the university's undergraduate programs and student life initiatives. I also coached faculty/staff in my beat area to respond to media inquiries and assess the public relations potential of their research projects. In addition, I planned press conferences and media background sessions, and acted as the university spokesperson during on-call rotation. For two years, I wrote for and edited "Outlook," the faculty/staff weekly newspaper.