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Spearheads the development and execution of a multi-year press and social media strategy to drive awareness and growth of a progressive nonprofit civil rights organization. Oversees, trains, coaches, and manages a team of five in boosting Color of Change’s following and influence in the digital space, leveraging existing and emerging digital channels and networks.• In conjunction with the Chief Communications Officer, helps to craft the narrative roadmap of COC’s 1-, 3-, and 5-year… Show more Spearheads the development and execution of a multi-year press and social media strategy to drive awareness and growth of a progressive nonprofit civil rights organization. Oversees, trains, coaches, and manages a team of five in boosting Color of Change’s following and influence in the digital space, leveraging existing and emerging digital channels and networks.• In conjunction with the Chief Communications Officer, helps to craft the narrative roadmap of COC’s 1-, 3-, and 5-year plans under five different strategic initiatives, encompassing over 42 campaigns.• Deploys campaigns and messaging across Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube ensuring quality and consistency of brand identity, narrative, tone, and voice.• Drives social media performance via analytics and reporting, utilizing data to deliver insights and improve future campaigns, leading to an average 27% uptick in engagement & 2000% increase in click throughs to website.• Advises on Public Relations press strategies that have led to over 160M impressions and over 60 news placements for COC, along with several speaking engagements for our President, Rashad Robinson.• Advises on Social Media strategies that have led to over 30M impressions and over 770K engagements across social media platforms.• Leads the revamping of the social media and press department into one cohesive Public Relations Department.• Advises internal stakeholders and the organization on digital and social strategies for all campaigns and initiatives, along with advising outside vendors and partners on best digital practices that support COC’s mission.• Guides content development to support the C-suite team and senior staff efforts to amplify thought leadership.• Supervises a team of 4 social media Mangers and 2 Public Relations Managers and more than 3 vendors.• Manages a team budget of 1.6 M per year. Show less

Mentor 6 students during the year by reading 150 pages of each student and providing critical feedback and publishing mentorship over 5 working sessions.Teach two, 3-hour classes twice a year, during the Writing Popular Fiction MFA program summer and winter residencies. Critique and lead discussion groups for 6-8 students 10-20-page writing samples, twice a year during the Writing Popular Fiction MFA program summer and winter residencies. Lead “Write-ins” for students… Show more Mentor 6 students during the year by reading 150 pages of each student and providing critical feedback and publishing mentorship over 5 working sessions.Teach two, 3-hour classes twice a year, during the Writing Popular Fiction MFA program summer and winter residencies. Critique and lead discussion groups for 6-8 students 10-20-page writing samples, twice a year during the Writing Popular Fiction MFA program summer and winter residencies. Lead “Write-ins” for students, for 1 hour every week, during the semester to promote consistent writing schedules, foster cohort collaboration and instill good writing practices amongst budding published authors. Assist the program as needed through speeches, impromptu writing lessons and teaching experiences, weekly mentorship sessions with students outside of my cohort, graduation procedures, and more. Show less

Guided and managed a team of two direct and 15 indirect reports in building and launching digital campaign strategies for a portfolio of high-value clients. Collaborated across offices, disciplines, and issue areas and led RFPs, client plan development, and execution.• Created and launched successful digital campaigns for over 20 clients with a combined total of $36M in ad spend budgets.• Managed, approved, and oversaw the creative production (video, print media, digital media… Show more Guided and managed a team of two direct and 15 indirect reports in building and launching digital campaign strategies for a portfolio of high-value clients. Collaborated across offices, disciplines, and issue areas and led RFPs, client plan development, and execution.• Created and launched successful digital campaigns for over 20 clients with a combined total of $36M in ad spend budgets.• Managed, approved, and oversaw the creative production (video, print media, digital media, and ad assets), working directly with in house creatives and vendors to produce high quality and compelling assets.• Developed and enhanced the internal communications workflow and workload within Kivvit strategy teams.• Infused Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) into client work and the organization’s culture to effectively change how Kivvit approaches diverse clients and infuses diverse practices in their client work.• Managed & mentored 2 direct associate reports, and project managed over 15 different staff members and freelancers, including graphic designers, video editors, media buyers, and more.• Lead on client calls, deliverables, presentations, and counsel for clients to provide updates, strategic oversight, and management of client expectations, upselling content, and strategy.• Assisted on the new business process for over 6 different clients, leading to the acquisition of over 2 clients for Kivvit’s during my tenure. Show less

New York, United States

Built a multi-channel social media strategy to propel awareness, engagement, and growth for a $12.5B private foundation. Handled content development, metrics, strategy, budgeting, vendor relationships and partnered with teams to surpass KPIs and goals.• In conjunction with the Director of Program, helped to craft the digital narrative of Ford Foundations social media ecosystem.• Generated a 30% increase in engagement and 25% uptick in followers in eight months through content… Show more Built a multi-channel social media strategy to propel awareness, engagement, and growth for a $12.5B private foundation. Handled content development, metrics, strategy, budgeting, vendor relationships and partnered with teams to surpass KPIs and goals.• In conjunction with the Director of Program, helped to craft the digital narrative of Ford Foundations social media ecosystem.• Generated a 30% increase in engagement and 25% uptick in followers in eight months through content creation initiatives.• Piloted the development and launch of a #OnWhatMatters series for Ford Foundation’s Vice President.• Established a social media presence for the President, including content, scheduling, and narrative voice.• Lead a 2021 Webby award-winning social media campaign on diversity and inclusion. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Promoted to serve as the first point of contact and marketing expert to clients of a top communications firm delivering public relations (PR), digital strategy, and creative services. Led a team of four and managed a portfolio of 15 accounts, providing holistic digital strategy campaigns to improve brand presence through digital and organic advertising, text message, and email.• Led and presented social media platform audits for four nonprofits to elevate KPIs with three, six, and… Show more Promoted to serve as the first point of contact and marketing expert to clients of a top communications firm delivering public relations (PR), digital strategy, and creative services. Led a team of four and managed a portfolio of 15 accounts, providing holistic digital strategy campaigns to improve brand presence through digital and organic advertising, text message, and email.• Led and presented social media platform audits for four nonprofits to elevate KPIs with three, six, and 12-month goals.• Drafted, pitched, created, and led the end-to-end execution of media buying placements in national outlets.• Conceptualized and built websites from the ground up, including quality control, development, UX testing, and coding.• Supervised a team of 2 junior staffers and managed teams of 5 plus employees, across Press and Social Media, plus 1-2 vendors per client project (upwards of over 15 clients). Show less

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Led the development and launch of a social media and communications strategy for a private boy’s school, including creating content via Sprout Social for use across social media, email, and publications.• Authored three company spotlight stories weekly, drafted and edited emails and newsletters to constituent groups, and assisted in the production of the bi-annual magazine.• Boosted the school’s social media presence by 60% across all platforms.• Managed two vendor… Show more Led the development and launch of a social media and communications strategy for a private boy’s school, including creating content via Sprout Social for use across social media, email, and publications.• Authored three company spotlight stories weekly, drafted and edited emails and newsletters to constituent groups, and assisted in the production of the bi-annual magazine.• Boosted the school’s social media presence by 60% across all platforms.• Managed two vendor relationships and a junior staffer and an intern. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Oversaw the design and implementation of digital strategies and campaigns to grow audiences and drive engagement for a leading nonprofit advocacy group involved in voter mobilization and policy development.• Composed daily social media content distributed to 270K email subscribers and 100K social media followers.• Spearheaded a robust digital strategy with 15 digital campaigns delivered over four months.• Created and implemented email signatory campaigns, national… Show more Oversaw the design and implementation of digital strategies and campaigns to grow audiences and drive engagement for a leading nonprofit advocacy group involved in voter mobilization and policy development.• Composed daily social media content distributed to 270K email subscribers and 100K social media followers.• Spearheaded a robust digital strategy with 15 digital campaigns delivered over four months.• Created and implemented email signatory campaigns, national education campaigns, and social media campaigns, generating millions of impressions and thousands of signatures in record time.• Managed a 150K-email database using Blue State Digital and drafted campaign emails using A/B testing, data drive methods.• Managed seven vendor relationships and two junior staffers and two interns. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led a team of two interns to develop and manage social media, email, and event campaigns for a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building the political power of young people.• Composed, edited, and scheduled content for all social media platforms, totaling 280K followers.• Directed the development of an organizational system to manage distribution, creation, and approval of emails and SMS deliverables to a 24M+ member database.• Authored Rock the Vote election reminders… Show more Led a team of two interns to develop and manage social media, email, and event campaigns for a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building the political power of young people.• Composed, edited, and scheduled content for all social media platforms, totaling 280K followers.• Directed the development of an organizational system to manage distribution, creation, and approval of emails and SMS deliverables to a 24M+ member database.• Authored Rock the Vote election reminders and managed a 14M-person email database.• Generated 6M impressions across each Rock the Vote live-streaming event.• Increased Twitter followers by 9K, Facebook likes by 15K, and Instagram followers by 300%.• Managed three vendor relationships and two interns. Show less

Washington Dc

Lead original content creation for all Rock the Vote’s digital media accounts, totaling over 75K followers.Garnished over 6 million impressions in livestreaming Rock The Vote events.Managed an email and SMS database of over 4 million subscribers.

Southeast Dc

Championed the education of over 15 students, through a year long literacy program, culminating in over 80% of them reading above their grade level by the end of the one year program. Created a digital and physical organizational system of the 4K library books within the school's possession, and also streamlined the check-out and intake process of all books. Implemented after school and before school literacy programs 3 days a week with extra need students.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Fiction Writing

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Public Health, 3.7

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