Kathleen Louis Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• As editor, led planning, development and execution of 50-page spring and summer school magazines and annual report, each distributed to 5,000 people. Developed processes and implemented best practices in various.
• Developed and implemented marketing and content strategy, aligning with school's strategic goals. Identified compelling stories and wrote content for publication in school magazines, website, emails and press releases.
• Assisted in website redesign process through reviewing proposals, identifying new organizational structure, developing messaging and writing content.
• Consulted with College Counseling team on new programmatic brochure; developed messaging, wrote content and created in InDesign.
• Collaborated with all school divisions on planning and marketing three speaker series events as well as events in partnership with Center for Creative Leadership.

Silver Spring, MD

• As part of the internal consulting process improvement team, developed project proposals, led interviews/workshops with key stakeholders, analyzed data, and presented results to clients in a creative, highly visual way.
• Communicated complex IT system changes through the writing of standard operating procedures (SOPs), including highlighting key takeaways for target audience, detailed process maps and task tables. Designed and led 6.

Silver Spring, MD

• Consulted with Domestic Distribution team on Affiliate (cable provider partners) website to drive views and engagement, and market, manage, and differentiate the multiple Discovery brands; Presented findings to key.

• Planned, marketed and implemented 18 week Friday night concert series attracting 15,000+ total visitors and 3-day grand opening weekend which 10,000 people attended; put out RFP, selected and managed band booking.
• Raised $150,000 in event revenue during spring/summer/fall 2011 surpassing the expected $75,000.
• Developed event application, event guidelines, pricing structure, and legal contract for Yards Park event rentals.
• Worked with designer to create marketing brochures and brand guidelines for Yards Park; strategically outreached and marketed to potential groups to hold events at Yards Park.
• Maintained website and social media; grew the Yards Park facebook page to over 2,000 members in 1 year.
• Assisted in developing budget for Yards Park, LLC and maintained vendor files with checks and invoices.

Washington, DC

• Created the CR BID e-newsletter; developed story ideas, wrote, took photos and sent out bi-weekly.
• Put together RFP, developed contract, marketed, obtained permits and worked with vendors for events such as a weekly summer concert series, outdoor movies, farmers market and week-long Holiday Market.
• Created, promoted, grew and maintained all social media including facebook, twitter and flickr. Maintained website and contact database.

Washington, DC

• Planned and executed all internal and external meetings of the Metropolitan Policy Program.
• Worked with small team to plan and execute first high-profile 2-day Brookings event, The Blueprint Summit, with over 1,000 attendees at the Washington Hilton.
• Managed Communications calendar and timelines for events, special projects.

Washington, DC

Gettysburg, PA

Gettysburg, PA

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Ba, English And Economics

High School