Kerrie Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Detroit, MI, US

Detroit, Michigan, US

Detroit, Michigan, US

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Reporting to the CEO, and as a member of the executive team, I am responsible for:
• Developing and implementing fundraising and marketing components of the strategic plan for the organization. Contributing to the positive culture shift within the organization with over 500 employees and over 35.
• Leading all aspects of fundraising that includes- grant writing, individual and corporate giving, annual fund, major gift, special events, stewardship, direct mail, planned giving, endowment and digital strategies.
• Leading and evaluating six direct reports and two contractors.
• Increasing fundraising from $47M to $52M annually by implementing, composing fundraising and marketing plans for agency.
• Directing all marketing initiatives such as public relations, client recruitment, brand awareness, community partnerships and marketing campaigns that include video production, graphic design and more.

Lansing, Michigan, US

• Elevated to a statewide position with Michigan Crossroads Council, Boy Scouts of America. Reporting to the Director of Marketing, and working closely with the CEO, I was responsible for:
• Overseeing communications initiatives statewide that execute the mission of preparing young people for life.
• Serving as team lead in some capacities to build marketing and communications strategies to improve the image, grow membership, support fundraising goals, program participation, and volunteer engagement.
• Communicating effectively to target audiences through strategic marketing, promotions, public relations and donor relations campaigns.In 14 months, I accomplished:
• Assisted in the annual marketing membership recruitment campaign using grassroots marketing, media buys, digital strategy (earned, owned and paid media), press releases (statewide and hyper local) and Public Service.
• Created and lead the first statewide community service initiative to benefit the city of Flint, Michigan. Lead 300 + volunteers and team members that resulted in 3,000 cases of water being collected and hand-delivered.

Detroit, MI, US

• Improving the Council’s image and relationships by spearheading marketing initiatives, internal and external communications, and media relations throughout Southeastern Michigan.
• Securing community partnerships to strengthen Scouting’s community efforts and quality programming.
• Overseeing the creative direction and execution of brand management, collateral materials, and digital strategy to ensure consistent and target messaging.
• Developing and executing marketing and communications strategies and tactics to grow membership, expand program participation, and increase financial support to the Council.
• Collaborating with community partner’s public relations teams to externally communicate organization’s mission.In 10 months, I accomplished:
• Secured media placement in top media outlets such as WDIV-TV Local 4, DBusiness, The Oakland Press, and The Detroit Free Press in advance of organization acquisition and have increased our media presence by 80%.

Detroit, MI, US

• Part of a three-member development team reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, I was directly responsible for:
• Assisting in special and third party events generating upwards of $1 million annually.
• Writing original content for organization's website, newsletters as well as community blogs to increase individual donors.
• Managing internal communications, growing and maintaining all social media channels.
• Planning and publicizing events, including negotiating vendor contracts and designing promotional materials.
• Creating and distributing press releases and pitches to local media outlets.

London, GB

• Held various positions within the company, I took pride in being a dedicated reporter with a nose for news, a passion for the community with impeccable ethics. I became fully engaged in digital marketing for various.
• Execution of content strategies across Radio One Detroit's cluster stations websites and social media sites that included publishing and deploying content on several digital platforms.
• Assisted in managing and operating over 12 social media sites.
• Intricate team player of strategizing, promoting and facilitating several high profile events for stations.
• Created multichannel marketing campaigns, including commercials, text contests, social media and web content that led to increased listenership and web traffic and allowed the show to build stronger relationships with.
• Creating daily electronic newsletters, polls, galleries, playlist, event posts, and research statistics and remained abreast with continuous digital and social media evolution.

London, GB

* Dedicated reporter with a nose for news, a passion for the community with impeccable ethics. * Provided breaking news live, traffic and weather updates to metro Detroit. * Localized and produced The Tom Joyner and Rickey Smiley Morning shows. Wrote and reported news, traffic, weather and job alerts on-air. * Offered a sense of authority and authenticity.

- Adept storyteller who treated news, entertainment, politics, features and other events with equal passion while adhering to deadline. - Shot and edited video in a timely manner to continue breaking coverage.

New York, NY, US

• I accepted the position as marketing assistant/videographer after the completion of my internship.
• Wrote and produced compelling human interest stories about celebrities and public figures.
• Assisted with various special event for listeners with an upward of 300 attendees.
• Produced documentaries, web series and on-air live events.
• Interviewed entertainment guest on Off the Air web series.
• Assisted in marketing the annual Coats for Kids Radio-thon benefiting the Salvation Army.

-Worked as an assistant reporter by conducting interviews for soundbites, producing packages for newscasts, generated and pitched news stories in news meeting as well as perfected craft in the field on camera.

Toledo, Ohio, US

- Worked as a assistant producer on a weekly talk show "Deadline Now with Host Jack Lessenberry". Duties included producing live show, booking, researching guest and working teleprompter for live show.