• Manage marketing budget, Google Ads, Social Media, and Wix advertising• Manage websites, e-commerce sites, and SEOs.• Produce videos, digital ads,• Write newsletters, manage email databases and design print materials.

Write articles for blog and social media, produce videos, and work with journalists,publications and producers to research and document issues.• Provide communications, technical and research assistance to local residents affected bychemical fire, contamination and silica frac sand mining in LaSalle County, Illinois.• Collaborate with community members, Sierra Club, universities, and other organizationsto investigate contamination, perform testing, and provide information.• Research toxins, environmental issues, geological studies and history to communicatetechnical, engaging information.• Issue FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests and report findings.

• Manage marketing and distribution for certified organic produce and meats.• Identify potential market opportunities and build relationships with store managers,department heads, chefs, direct-to-consumer customers, local farmers, and USDA-inspected meat processors.• Coordinate with local farmers and grocers to set up a distribution network for Florida-grown produce and meats, aggregate products to offer a larger variety to customers, andreduce delivery costs.• Manage customer relations and identify distribution locations. organize weekly deliveryroutes and prepare orders for shipping and delivery.• Design marketing materials, signs, labels, fliers, brochures, and email newsletters andmanage social media pages, update website, e-commerce, and SEOs.

• Built two grocery stores from the ground up. Created markets in Illinois and Florida fororganic, local foods with over $2 million in annual sales.• Identify potential market opportunities, analyze industry trends, and review customerdata to make strategic business decisions.• Form long-standing relationships with brokers, vendors, manufacturers, distributors,farmers, and local producers.• Negotiate prices, forecast sales, place orders, and plan promotional events andmerchandising strategies (endcaps, shelving, cross-marketing, pricing, signage, resets).• Create fliers, and update social media, blog, and website. Present at food securitysummits and trade events and participate in television interviews and radio promotions.