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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Strategic Philanthropy, Ltd., a global philanthropic advisory firm that provides customized resources for individuals, families, closely-held businesses and family-owned businesses wanting a more thoughtful and measurable approach to their lifetime and legacy giving. We work closely with clients and their legal and financial advisors to develop giving.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Reporting directly to the CMO, I provided marketing services for five companies:
• Specifi, providing a global SAAS solution for architects, designers, dealers and manufacturers in the Commercial Kitchen Industry.
• Healthlight LLC, providing medical devices and therapeutic solutions to professionals across the US.
• Carelight, providing retail distribution for Healthlight products.
• Ignitor Labs, providing virtual showroom and e-learning development for sales teams across a… Show more Reporting directly to the CMO, I provided marketing services for five companies:
• Ignitor Labs, providing virtual showroom and e-learning development for sales teams across a variety of industries.

Greater Chicago Area

• As Director of Marketing and Operations, I led all marketing, communications, HR, IT, program assessments, program budgets, and company-wide growth initiatives for Storycatchers Theatre - a youth empowerment.
• Established an HR system based in trauma-informed care, personal and professional goal-setting, bi-annual competency assessments, anti-racist policies, and formalized feedback mechanisms for all staff.
• Increased % of BIPOC employees from 19% to 68% by creating strategic relationships for recruiting in black and brown communities.
• Helped increase sustained revenue from individual donations by > 100% in two years through a brand/website refresh, compelling content, and a targeted communications strategies.
• Led the creation of an Access database to report on over 130 data points (outcome metrics, demographics, audiences, daily activity reports, etc) across four programs and more than 150 youth participants.
• Led the development of the company's program outcomes and associated assessment metrics - all created with significant input of current and past program youth Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Liquid Iron is a full-service marketing and creative agency formed in 2013 by long-time leaders at Draftfcb and other global agencies. As Account Director, I supervised advertising and creative strategy for our clients while managing our freelance employees.See the link below for a look at two recent campaigns: Trading Technologies, Inc, a leading global.

Greater Chicago Area

The Jewish Community Centers of Chicago is a $34 million non-profit community-focused organization with 250+ employees that serves 25,000 Jewish and inter-faith families each year throughout the Greater Chicago region. I supervised online communications, PR, technology and marketing data analytics within a nine person agency-structured team that supported.

Chicago, IL

Supervised account staff and proposal development while executing a variety of digital projects for a boutique web development & digital marketing agency with 14 employees. Clients included SpotMe (mobile events app), Wiley and Sons (publishing), Alter Group (CRE), Chicago Dancing Festival and Chicago Slam Works (non-profit), Booth Hansen and Interior.

School District Of Clayton

Managed the operations (finances, community events, maintenance and staff) of three fully-equipped theaters (1700 total seats) in one of the Midwest's high-performing school districts. ▻ Consulted upon and worked with various stakeholders (contractors, architects, Board of Education, teachers, etc) to direct a $10.2 mil. renovation through all performance.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Managed operations (recruitment, events, marketing, development, finances and AEA contract negotiations) for a union theater that produced nine productions and fundraising events per year. ▻ Responsible for executing all marketing efforts (email, paid media, social media campaigns, event promotion and brand re-development) ▻ Negotiated annual contracts.

Various Professional Theatres

Supervised union talent and staff for over 90 professional stage productions and corporate events at... ▻ Louisville Convention Center▻ Touhill Performing Arts Center (St. Louis)▻ St. Louis Convention Center ▻ Stages St. Louis▻ Actors Theatre of Louisville▻ HotCity Theatre (St. Louis)▻ Reagle Players (Boston)▻ Utah Shakespeare Festival ▻ Troupe America.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing

B.A., Theatre

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