• Assist organizational leadership and elected officials with special projects and events.• Oversee all aspects of the organization’s web, media relations and graphic design projects, including the development and ongoing maintenance of multiple external and internal websites.• Manage a staff of eight full-time employees and an annual budget in excess of $700,000.• Lead project and event planning meetings; coordinating resources between several departments, agencies and organizations; and track all projects and staff resources.• Oversee the development of brand identities for community outreach campaigns and events.• Plan small- and large-scale events, such as ribbon-cuttings, community meetings, ground-breaking ceremonies, community cleanup events and fairs.• Work with Lake County tourism staff on the development of websites, marketing initiatives and advertisements to attract tourists to Lake County. • Prepare annual budgets, performance measures, goals, employee evaluations and reports, as well as develop and deliver presentations to elected officials, management, employees and civic groups.• Write procedures, manuals, speeches, correspondence, presentations, marketing content and press releases for the organization.• Act as the spokesman and point of contact for local media, and work with organization leaders to train and prepare them for media interactions and crisis communication.• Administer the organization’s social media strategies, policies and training.• Led department to achieve several awards including “Standard of Excellence” and “Outstanding Achievement in Website Development” awards from the Web Marketing Association; 10 “Red Baron Media Awards” from the Florida Festivals and Events Association (FFEA); five Gold Medal SUNsational Awards for creative and collateral materials and a SAVVY award from the City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA).

• Performed all development and maintenance on the organization’s internal and external websites.• Coordinated projects with the County’s Public Information Office, as well as other departments and agencies on Web and graphic related projects.