Katy Diffendorfer Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

Aging and People with Disabilities division, workforce development

Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area

Serving legal professionals and their clients with deeply compelling and impactful settlement documentaries. Areas of focus include personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, car accident, traumatic brain injury, and more.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Plan, develop, promote, and evaluate, and communicate health equity messaging materials.Media facing NMDOH representative for COVID-19 related press inquiries.Write press releases and media advisories; Manage and distribute media through agency listservs, web updates, socials. Handle additional translation coordination for messaging and promotional assets.Coordinate responses to media inquiries for teams (EPI, PHD, RTS, ERD, OPA, PED), including stayingup to date on each team's area of expertise and relevancy to current health policy updates during COVID pandemic.-Collaborate with agency staff and stakeholders, equity teams, regional directors, health councils,CHWs and community partners on large vaccination events and mobile units, creating messagingmaterials and promoting engagement across multiple platforms (tv, radio, socials).Create and direct PSAs for NMDOH and agency stake holdersGenerate inclusive media protocols, administer team guidance to FEMA crews, PMG and DOH staff relating to camera coverage, talking points for interviews, coaching on narrative and response tactics.Help produce & distribute COVID case count report to more than 650 recipients daily.Monitor multiple newsletters across teams for content quality, accuracy and impact and contribute to ongoing marketing strategies through health equity lens.Stay current on health policy updates in New Mexico and across the country.Work closely with partners across DOH and other state agencies.Manage media relations and handle press inquiries surrounding health equity and policy.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

• Media Spokeswoman for news conferences, copy writing, press releases• National, regional, and local media and public relations• Communications leadership for 12 Bureaus across 21 field offices• Digital producer across web, broadcast, and social media channels• Staff management including payroll and employee evaluations• Oversaw and produced special events for community outreach• Dedicated to enhancing community engagement and maintaining public service accountability

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

• Live television Producer, daily morning broadcast and breaking news, Albuquerque Metro• Generated all content for live daily television show, wrote anchor scripts, booked guests • Wrote blogs for more than 750 televised segments on KRQE.com• Tripled ratings within six months of hire• Curated content highlighting local non-profits: animal rescue & welfare, homelessness & food insecurity programs, First Responder mental health resources, the Transgender Resource Center, and more• Created successful and enduring opportunities for fundraising and visibility for under-resourced non-profits. Secured ongoing TV placement for more than 50 organizations that continues today• Engaged community through local Makers and interactive STEM learning to empower viewers (for example, going beyond the bee crisis headline to feature action-based segments on DIY bee houses to help local bees thrive!)

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Created marketing strategies and plans including all on-air promos• Created a national sales Sizzle Reels for new content for sales force• Spearheaded all media for maximum connectivity in multiple markets• Generated more than 12 million dollars in sales annually, for five consecutive years• Edited and produced variety of hour and half-hour programming* for National and syndicated broadcast in Comedy, Drama, Travel & Leisure, Court TV, and kids programming for 7 HD networks • FINAL CUT PRO, ADOBE PP

Los Angeles, Ca

• Edited daily entertainment segments for 'E' Daily News.• AVID

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Editor, writer, and story editor for comedy series (Chicas Project, 1 & 2)• Off- and on-line programs and directed segments for on-air• AVID, FINAL CUT PRO

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Edited on-air promos for comedy line-up • Assembled podcast media for new programming• AVID, AVID SYPHONY

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Senior Editor on daily news shows 'Watercooler' and '411• Edited content, music, chyrons, lower third and audio finishing for air; off- and on-line shows, etc. • AVID, FINAL CUT PRO

Los Angeles, California, United States

Maintained 12 bays on an Avid Unity system, digitized, and cut producer string outs

Los Angeles, California, United States

Wrote two pilots that were produced by FOX television

New York, New York, United States

Writing: Singled Out, Sandblast 1 & 2. Production: MTV Video Music Awards, Unplugged, Choose or Lose campaign, The Jon Stewart Show

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communications - Strategic Communications

Communications

Education record

Activities and Societies: wrote and performed between 6-12 new sketches a week as a member of the Sunday Company