RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:▶ Produced 54% increase in followers on nonprofit client's Facebook page over a 2-year period, from under 6k to over 10k, due to cost-effective strategies I created and implemented.▶ Increased individual donations by 900% for a nonprofit client by setting up a Facebook fundraising channel for the organization and nurturing it to create a substantial new revenue stream.I develop and execute:▶ Blueprints leveraging the power of email marketing, social media, and a client's existing brand to generate more sales for businesses and more donations for nonprofit organizations▶ Comprehensive communication strategies that effectively leverage multiple channels▶ Social media marketing plans that increase followers and engagement▶ Successful email marketing campaigns and newsletters▶ Web sites that are user-friendly and coded for SEO▶ Striking graphics for social media and email marketing▶ Content for online and print medium

▶ Led the publishing company's effort to digitize its print publications and shift to online delivery.▶ Created unique content to provide more value for subscribers on the new platform.

▶ Supervised staff writers and freelance writers.▶ Edited content from writers for a monthly magazine covering the health care industry.▶ Conceived ideas for editorial projects and articles and assigned them to in-house writers and a team of freelance writers.▶ Conducted interviews with experts in the health care industry and wrote articles and illustrated trends that gave hospital executives insights to help them lead their organizations.▶ Worked closely with graphic designers, production staff, and the sales/advertising team to create a unified editorial package.▶ Consistently met deadlines for the monthly magazine and supplemental editorial content.

▶ Managed a team of six employees to produce California Physician, a monthly magazine for members of the California Medical Association (CMA).▶ Assigned articles, wrote and edited content, and worked closely with other key players within the California Medical Association (CMA) to craft content that was timely and pertinent to the needs of CMA members.

▶ Managing Editor for an award-winning monthly magazine that covered business, politics, economic development, and education issues in the greater Chicago area.▶ Interviewed key players in major sectors that powered the Chicago region's economy and wrote articles reflecting key trends and news needed by the city's leaders of industry, education, government, and the nonprofit sectors.☑ Edited content created by in-house and freelance writers.☑ Managed staff, including assistant editor and a team of editorial interns.

▶ Researched and wrote articles, generated ideas for editorial content, and edited submissions from association staff for monthly magazine and biweekly newspaper that went to members of the financial services association.▶ Worked closely with other departments of the Illinois Bankers Association (IBA) to create publications that gave IBA members the news and insights that helped them run their banks more effectively.

▶ Worked as an Assistant Editor and Production Editor for an editorial services company that produced textbooks and related materials for educational publishers.