Kimberly Reilly Email & Phone Number

Villanova, Pa, Us

Greater Philadelphia Area

Develops and implements marketing, public relations, recruitment, retention, and audience engagement strategies for the department’s academic and production operations. Directs and oversees marketing policies, objectives, and initiatives. Supports admissions and cohort building. Supervises graduate and undergraduate students (incl. graduate assistants, interns, and practicum students). Provides orientation, professional development, and mindfulness education. Serves as thesis advisor, mentor, and committee member for Theatre & Master of Public Administration students. Teaches Special Studies. Offers coaching and professional development including career services, resume review, interview prep, counseling, grant funding, and job placement support. Manages media relations, advertising, and stakeholder communication. Creates press releases, playbills, posters, billboards, brochures, and multimedia promotions. Oversees direct mail and e-mail campaigns. Maintains website and social networking sites. Plans and organizes student events, talk-backs, conferences, symposia, and receptions. Serves as the primary liaison to Learning Communities, University Advancement, Communication & Marketing, and the President’s Office. Acts as a representative, presenter, and recruiter at national conferences.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Teaching "Marketing in the Cultural Sector" (MPA 8299-004) - This course focuses on the field of non–profit arts & cultural marketing with a special emphasis on audience generation, online marketing, external communications, and media relations strategies.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Mentoring the Special Studies "Digital Arts Marketing & Website Creation"

Greater Philadelphia Area

"Mindfulness Meditation" - This semester-long course offers a practical, experiential, and theoretical introduction to mindfulness meditation and contemplative practices. Mindfulness is a facultative state that promotes increased creativity, flexibility, clarity, resilience, and peace of mind. Mindfulness meditation practices are simple yet powerful ways of transforming our everyday lives. These practices can help us to reduce stress, overcome obstacles, achieve goals, and engage more deeply with the world around us. In this course, we will explore various methods of entering into mindfulness meditation through pranayama (breathing exercises), hatha yoga (body postures), and other contemplative practices. No prior experience with mindfulness, meditation, or yoga are necessary for this course."Mindfulness Meditation Immersion" - Mindfulness is a facultative state that promotes increased creativity, flexibility, clarity, resilience, and peace of mind. Mindfulness meditation practices are simple yet powerful ways of transforming our everyday lives. These practices can help us to reduce stress, overcome obstacles, achieve goals, and engage more deeply with the world around us. This immersive weekend retreat offers a practical, experiential, and theoretical introduction to mindfulness meditation and contemplative practices. This weekend immersion program is suitable for individuals wanting to deepen their knowledge and personal practices of meditation (including students who have taken the full semester Mindfulness Meditation course) and/or students with some preliminary experience in mindfulness-based practices. Topics covered and practices explored: science of mindfulness/stress, everyday mindfulness, breathwork, seated meditation, yoga, journaling, walking meditation, mantras, mandalas, and compassion meditation. Using breath, movement, and meditation, you will develop a mind-body tool kit to establish the groundwork for a sustainable home practice.

Serve as an artistic and administrative advisor to all undergraduate student-run theatre groups - Villanova Student Musical Theatre, Villanova Student Theatre, Music Activities Stage Crew.

Greater Philadelphia

Promotional, performance, headshot, event, and family photography in the greater Philadelphia area. The company’s cheeky namesake comes from my married last name, Damm. Contact me for a portfolio of work, bookings, rates, and more.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Develop, implement, and manage fundraising campaigns (institutional & individual) and oversee all organizational communication. Responsibilities include grant research, writing, major gift solicitation & stewardship, institutional advancement, public relations, and intern supervision [www.act2.org]

Greater Philadelphia Area

(The Devon Theater) Reports to Owner & CEO. Duties include season programming & direction, booking, casting, contracting (technical and creative staff), scheduling, payroll, research, grant writing, marketing, advertising, box office & group sales, writing press releases & securing media coverage, managing digital & live communications, graphic & web design, in-house playbill publishing, educational programming & support & general administrative coordination. Directed JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT which received 5 Barrymore Award nominations including Outstanding Direction of a Musical [www.devontheater.org]

Greater Philadelphia Area

Villanova Theatre full-time graduate assistant. Managed box office, live & digital communications, group sales, subscription campaigns, accounting, financial settlements, planned & secured funding for special events (including self-produced academic colloquia), launched audience development initiative & enhanced Speaker’s Night Series for 50th Season, devised a training plan for student Box Office employees, including the transition to computerized ticketing, the creation of a comprehensive box office handbook, employee scheduling & oversight, house management & general administrative coordination [www.theatre.villanova.edu]

Greater Philadelphia Area

Provided administrative & educational support for nonprofit community outreach program, secured funding & sponsorship via grant writing, devised marketing strategies to increase student enrollment, acted as program liaison, developed weblog & message board for program participants, provided instruction in theatre, character development, and improvisation, documented program effectiveness via student, parent, and sponsor surveys soliciting both qualitative & quantitative data[www.magicschool.villanova.edu]

Greater Philadelphia Area

Spearheaded marketing, advertising & group sales campaigns, writing press releases, & securing media coverage, managing digital & live communications, graphic & web design, in-house playbill publishing, social networking & digital promotion (including creating theatrical trailers), acted as Assistant Director, House Manager & Box Office Assistant [www.theatrehorizon.org]

Greater Philadelphia Area

Acted as a host, consumer relations expert & sales representative for core clients in regional marketing campaigns, promoted brand recognition & consumer awareness, documented direct marketing event effectiveness via participant surveys, inventory & sales analysis.