Contract experience includes a variety of corporate communication projects with an emphasis on digital communications, strategic communication planning, measurement, project management and writing/editing. Clients: Clyde Co, HNTB, Sedgwick, Guidant/Hallmark Cards, Swope Health Services, TekSystems/CenturyLink Projects include: - Developing strategic and tactical communication plans for IT organization.- Developing intranet and collaboration governance model, including roles, guidelines and processes. - Leading effort to reorganize SharePoint sites and develop new information architecture. - Communication planning and execution for project to convert 8,000 retail stores to scan-based trading, service and point-of-sale replenishment.- Developing and executing all-employee communication survey.- Communication planning and execution for enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation. - Leading digital signage hardware and content management system analysis and implementation.- Building a business case and implementing a new solution for delivering video to employees on the intranet, SharePoint and via live streaming.- Communication planning for technology upgrades.- Implementing and maintaining SharePoint sites.- Writing company news stories and public relations fact sheets.

Led 8-member team in supporting and proactively identifying technology needs of public affairs & communications division, including providing strategic planning for technology resources, and forming strategic partnerships with departments throughout the company, including IT. Team included multimedia/video production, web consulting, intranet management and technical support.

Hired as online editor in 2000 and promoted to roles of increasing responsibility, including communication specialist, employee communications manager and strategic communications manager. Strategic communications manager responsibilities included managing a 3-member employee communications team, including strategic direction, content and integration of a daily print newsletter, e-mail, TV monitors and corporate intranet. Projects included implementing and executing a strategic measurement approach for employee communications, as well as overseeing implementation of a new intranet governance model and enterprisewide web content management system. Developed and executed comprehensive multi-year communication plan for multi-million dollar project to implement an ERP (enterprise resource planning) system and new business processes across the company.

Launched two vertical online communities for telecom industry; created content plan and staff structure, including job descriptions, hiring and supervising two news editors; oversaw all editorial and content direction, strategy, development; worked with business development, e-commerce, sales, marketing, design, programmers, developers and publisher; content liaison with external partners and affiliates.

Hired as editorial assistant, promoted to roles with increasing responsibility, including associate editor, staff writer and features editor. As features editor, oversaw development and direction of feature stories, including editorial and design; supervised staff writer and supplements editor; established topics for editorial calendar; coordinated freelance assignments; wrote and edited feature articles and department stories for magazine and trade show daily, including on-site coverage; represented magazine at trade shows and conferences; moderated/spoke on industry panels.