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New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

Create, manage and activate strategic media relations campaigns and brand marketing for seven clients and provide strategic counsel to all clients in the consumer division. Secure media placements with national morning, talk and news television shows, national and major market newspaper editors and niche media.

Greater New York City Area

I have been teaching at PS 89 in the Bronx since the start of the 2018-2019 school year. At PS 89, I have gained extensive experience teaching in a self-contained special education class and have logged hours observing an eighth grade ICT English lit class. I am also fully bilingual and speak Spanish fluently.Through the Teaching Fellows program, I am taking intensive skill building classes twice a week.I am concurrently earning my Master’s degree in Special Education grades 7-12 at City College of New York.I have passed my Educating All Students (EAS) certification exam, and am taking my CST exams this month.Current teaching responsibilities at PS 89:• Develop and teach daily lesson plans in reading, writing and social studies based on the grade’s unit plan.• Established a culture of respect in a classroom, and equally created an environment of learning, where my students have achieved tangible growth academically.• Built a strong rapport with my students and have worked hard with them, both in full-class and small group instruction, to improve their skills in English Language Arts. • Create instructional scaffolds to support my students’ learning.• Differentiate lessons to meet my students’ individualized needs.• Learned to manage behavior and to assist my students in staying focused on learning.• Established a relationship with the families of my students and, being bilingual, I communicate with the parents of my students in Spanish.

Bronx, New York, United States

Bronx, New York

Special Education teacher at Metropolitan High School, teaching English Language Arts, history and math.

New York, Ny

Lead the consumer division of the agency and manage vice presidents and account teams. Create, manage and activate strategic media relations campaigns and brand marketing for seven clients and provide strategic counsel to all clients in the consumer division. Secure media placements with national morning, talk and news television shows, national and major market newspaper editors and niche media.Head the agency’s media training and conduct message development and interview coaching for clients in the consumer, travel and hospitality, corporate, non-profit and healthcare sectors.Organize satellite media tours and video news releases.

Provided in-depth national consumer media strategy and expertise to account teams across B-M practices and offices. Served in an account leadership role for Transitions Optical and Ford Motor and developed brand and media relations programming. Led teams and provided media relations mentoring.Served in a leadership capacity as a media relations instructor for the staff of Burson-Marsteller. Created and offered courses on the fundamentals of media relations. Also founded a lunch and learn series with tier-one media to speak at the agency. Secured producers from Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning and such print media as Family Circle. Reporters offered insight to staff on how to improve outreach to top media.

Supervised account executives, solicited new business and created programming for new and existing clients. Wrote new business proposals and made client presentations.Created and implemented media relations campaigns for seven clients. Secured extensive media placements with national and New York based print and broadcast media.

New York, Ny

New York, Ny

Served as senior manager on six M&M/Mars projects. Responsibilities included managing a team of 10 account executives, developing programs, overseeing campaign implementation, driving media relations efforts, measuring results and providing senior strategic counsel on the business. Responsible for day-to-day client contact and communication.Additional responsibilities included creating and implementing guidelines for managing all aspects of the business, including reporting, client communication and financial management. Also involved in new business outreach and programming.

Greater New York City Area

As deputy director of the H&K NY Media Practice, provided senior strategic counsel on a number of major accounts in the agency. Other key job responsibilities included managing a staff of 22, bringing in new business, managing existing accounts and account teams, making decisions on account staffing and department policy, managing department budgeting, revenue and profitability and managing staff utilization. As U.S. coordinator of media relations training, played a role in creating and teaching 17 media relations courses in New York and in other H&K U.S. offices. Was the day-to-day account team leader on a number of high revenue accounts in the Marketing Practice

Master Of Science - Ms, Special Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Graduated with honors

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Student Government, Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity, Blue Key National Honor Fraternity

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