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Chico, Ca, Us

Chico, California, United States

Responsible for the development and implementation of digital engagement and enrollment marketing strategies, leading $1.5–2M budget brand and recruitment marketing campaigns, supervising the digital content team, planning and management of communication strategies for projects in University Communications, University Advancement, and on behalf of the University, as well as the development and execution of Giving Day and other crowdfunding campaigns.

Chico, California, United States

Member of the four-person executive team for the University Diversity Council (UDC). Key achievements include a number of social justice support/education campaigns, highlighting equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) prominently and integrated throughout the redesigned University website, building a dedicated institutional EDI website, developing ongoing communications about EDI work on our campus, ensuring accessibility for all University messaging, and tangible change to systems and policies. (The UDC addresses challenges and opportunities within and outside the classroom to work towards an equal and equitable society at Chico State and beyond and makes recommendations to executive leadership for implementation.)

Chico, Ca

Develops and aligns messaging for campuswide initiatives with the University's strategic priorities, leads web branding and creates content for top-level sites, coordinates advancement email marketing communications, and manages annual giving campaigns, including leading a team of staff focused on crowdfunding opportunities. Key achievements include leading content and design refresh of the Chico State website to better target prospective students and leading Chico State Giving Day, which raised $540,000 in 2021 with 82% of dollars coming in via crowdfunding.

Chico, California, United States

Led the department during a leadership transition, including guiding communication strategy for the University, advising the president, and managing staff, while maintaining existing responsibilities. Notable duties included leading communication strategy around contentious student political protests and free speech.

Chico, California Area

Responsible for directing strategy and implementation for the Division of University Advancement digital content including websites, social media, and multimedia to manage the University's brand and reputation across online platforms. This position works in concert with multimedia and web production units on projects with campuswide impact or high value for marketing the University online, including content direction for California State University, Chico's homepage and top-level websites and campuswide services. Additional duties include serving as the University's functional lead for social networks, representing Public Affairs on committees, as well as providing oversight and direction to staff and supervision of student interns.Played a major role in campus crisis responses, including guiding communications regarding an on-campus public student death as well as advising and working in the emergency operations center during the deadliest wildfire in California history burning just 15mi from campus.

Chico, California, United States

Co-led the department during a leadership transition, including guiding communication strategy for the University and managing staff, while maintaining existing responsibilities. Notable duties included advising the new president on best practices and drafting communications on her behalf, as well as leading crisis communications during the Oroville Dam spillway collapse and subsequent evacuation.

Chico, California Area

Responsible for independently producing and sharing digital content, multimedia, and social media content on behalf of California State University, Chico. Served as Public Affairs' functional lead for social media, and provides direction/supervision to staff and student interns.

Chico, California Area

-Developed and implemented the University's social media plan by researching, generating and posting content; monitoring and responding to engagement with followers; and ensuring social media aligns with overall university communications and priorities. -Responsible for day-to-day management of all University top-level social profiles.-Developed and led university-wide social campaigns, as well as supporting other campus entities in developing and executing social campaign plans.-Coordinated social media users and messaging across campus through documentation, consultation, online forums and in-person workshops.-Placed content and distributed University, college, and department e-newsletters sent through Harris Communications system.-Maintained CSU, Chico News website, and contributes regular updates to University homepage.-Supported internal campus communications by producing the daily Campus Announcements for faculty/staff and semiweekly Student Announcements.-Supervised the Social Media Student Intern.

Chico, California Area

Established and grew official University social media program across multiple platforms, and developed long-term strategy documents. Worked with a team to produce and design a comprehensive social media guide for campus audiences stating University policies and tips for maintaining University-related social media sites. Generated monthly and semi-annual Web and social media analytic reports. Managed $200,000 department budget and provided scheduling, meeting preparation, travel arrangements, and other general office support.

Worked independently for the three department directors on projects relating to campus public affairs and publications. These included editing, updating, and creating content for campus brochures, websites, marketing materials, etc., as well as conducting interviews, taking photographs and researching content. Responsible for copy editing weekly campus announcements as well as sorting and tagging hundreds of news clips monthly for archival purposes. Reorganized and maintained faculty expert online and internal databases. Provided organizational and scheduling support for department-wide projects.

English Section. Produced and edited content for a bilingual English-Japanese newspaper published four days a week covering local and international news. Responsible for selecting content, design, and layout of the front page of each issue, as well as copy editing the entire English section. Regularly translated articles and features from Japanese to English, and covered events to write articles and reviews. Conducted interviews in both English and Japanese with community members as well as public officials, and worked with Japanese-speaking staff on a daily basis. Responsible for uploading content to the official Web site. Photographed events as necessary.

Selected to participate in one of Japan's largest cultural exchange programs run by Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other Ministries, as well as local governments. Crafted and executed original lesson plans for elementary and middle school students integrating multi-cultural studies with English language to create fun and well-rounded learning opportunities. Designed and updated an English learning website to aid students outside of class. Wrote scripts and coached students participating in the regional English Speech Competition. Taught individually and also as a team with Japanese teachers of English (JTE). Worked closely with six JTEs at three middle schools, and coordinated with 40 grade level teachers at six elementary schools. Adapted to a multi-cultural work environment and enhanced flexibility in problem solving. Volunteer taught two adult English conversation classes a week, and conducted individual tutoring in both English and Japanese.

Input information on thousands of multilingual legal articles and book reviews into a database for the internationally circulated IFLP publication. Edited periodical data and corrected errors and inconsistencies found in periodicals written in Romance, Germanic, and Asian languages.

Bachelor Of Arts, Japanese

Activities and Societies: Nikkei Student Union

Master Of Arts, Japanese; Professional Applications

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Iota Foreign Language Honor Society