• Coordinate trade show efforts in select industries - including budgeting, logistics, event execution and creating industry-specific materials that highlight South Dakota’s business advantages• Write, edit, design and publish materials for annual reports, quarterly reports, and e-newsletters• Conduct interviews; research; create media lists; write, distribute and track press releases and resulting earned media coverage with in-state and industry media• Serve on Governor’s event committee – secure donations, purchase gifts, and work to ensure positive guest experiences that highlight South Dakota as a top-rated location for business• Plan and execute economic development announcements • Develop and implement the office’s social media strategy• Develop and maintain databases to organize photos, testimonials and other collateral material• Work with creative staff to execute photo and video shoots for specialty publications and projects• Create content for advertisements and coordinate placement• Participate in strategic planning for the office’s publicity and marketing programs

Contracted to write content for client websites

• Edited stories for and designed 3-7 pages daily under tight deadline pressure• Gathered and prioritized top stories from wires; reported and voted on them at daily news meetings• Wrote headlines; sized, edited and processed graphics and photos• Formated all stories and files for consistency and placement on the newspaper's website• Proofed pages designed by co-workers, checked for design and style errors• Assisted with special projects and pages, occasionally wrote stories or columns

• Designed display ads for local companies; designed and produced in-house print jobs for clients• Other secretarial and administrative duties: answered phone, assisted customers, coordinated weeklymailings, etc.

• Wrote promotional ad copy for radio spots or Web use• Created promotional signage• Assisted with the planning and execution of on-site promotional events• Reviewed station’s qualitative research• Searched for events that served the station’s demographics• Updated databases