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Overland Park, Kansas, United States

• Develop and execute strategic communications campaigns that engage, educate and excite employees about critical business announcements and specific operational impacts.
• Work cross-functionally to assist stakeholders in achieving their goals, while providing the best employee experience possible.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

• Plan and execute employee engagement campaigns centered on educating employees about our business priorities.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and LOBs to deliver communications campaigns that drove awareness and engagement from employees.

Overland Park, Kansas

• Responsible for planning, developing, and implementing communications programs and initiatives to increase employee engagement for the organization across digital platforms including an enterprise social network and.
• Develop and deliver communication programs to promote the company’s mission, vision, values and employer brand.
• Inform employees about the company’s progress against goals and objectives and the total rewards they receive as an employee.
• Create communications programs to inspire employees to embody the company values and provides tools to help employees serve as brand ambassadors.

Overland Park, Kansas

• Responsible for implementing communications programs designed to increase employee engagement for the organization.
• A key contributor to the ideation and execution of employee engagement campaigns.
• Supports all-employee communications by delivering communications to inform and educate employees, including writing and posting news to the company's intranet and for distribution through email delivery programs.
• Maintains key spaces within the company's intranet and supports all aspects of employee events.

Overland Park, Kansas

• Draft communications such as press releases, internal news stories and media materials.
• Conduct research and reporting to support the development of scorecards and reports..
• Assist in analysis and development of web content.

Belton, Missouri

• Write, design, research and update diverse public information awareness products.
• Execute creative products in line with agreed strategies and deadlines, using digital, print, radio, and video mediums, including Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.
• Manage and train junior-enlisted soldiers in conducting public relations and relationship building with key leaders and target audiences in multicultural environments.
• Work regularly with public testing groups and campaign developers to ensure the highest quality of message design.
• Manage a three- to 15-person team, conducting public relations and relationship building with key leaders and target audiences.
• Hold secret security clearance.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Write feature stories for print and digital publication.
• Work with editor to come up with relevant and engaging story ideas.
• Coordinate with illustrators and photographers on art to paired with stories, and provide photos when necessary.
• Edit copy for structure, sourcing and Associated Press style.
• Publications include "UCM Magazine" and Sunflower Publishing's "Expanding De Soto" magazine.

Warrensburg, Missouri

• Manage a staff of 12 writers, photographers, illustrators and videographers, and more than 15 contributors.
• Write features, editorials and hard-news stories for print and digital publication.
• Edit copy for structure, sourcing and Associated Press style.
• Oversee all editorial personnel and collaborate with editorial staff to recruit and manage contributors.
• Upload content to organization’s online publication, a WordPress website.
• Produce content and promote interaction for the organization’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Warrensburg, Missouri

• Write features, editorials and hard-news stories for print and digital publication.
• Run weekly content meetings to assign stories and monitor deadlines to meet publication dates.
• Edit copy for structure, sourcing and Associated Press style.

Kansas City, Kansas

• Conduct online outreach and promotion using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media sites.
• Conduct analysis of website and social media traffic and assist with optimization.
• Plan, write and manage email communications with ACLU supporters.
• Draft, distribute and pitch news releases, media alerts and other stories.
• Monitor and post on blogs, web forums and social networks.

Warrensburg, Missouri

• Express written proficiency by composing news and event releases for community events.
• Plan and execute volunteer and fundraising opportunities, including Warrensburg's fall festival and weekly farmers market.
• Conduct online outreach and promotion though the organization's Twitter account.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Applied Communication

Activities and Societies: Public Relations Student Society of America, Society of Professional Journalists, Missouri College Media.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Public Relations

Activities and Societies: Public Relations Student Society of America, Student Veterans Organization, National Honors Society, The.

Msoq: 37F, Psychological Operations Specialist