Koy Grant Email & Phone Number

United States

Boldly is a premium subscription staffing company with staff members located in North America and Europe. We help founders and executives move their business forward by matching them with highly skilled professionals they can trust to represent their business and carry out responsible tasks.At Boldly, our service is personalized. We get to know you and match you with staff members that best suit your needs. Your dedicated staff can integrate into your team to interact seamlessly with your clients, suppliers, and other team members.Finding reliable, trustworthy, and competent help has always been one of the foremost challenges of running a successful business or project, and it’s even more relevant when using remote resources. Boldly’s team of experienced, reliable, and vetted staff members can provide your business with support you can bank on.(Boldly was formerly Worldwide101.)

Ramstein, Germany

• Manage the planning, development, and execution of an extensive community center program, which includes instructional classes, cultural trips, family programs, theater shows/workshops, and base-wide special events for group sizes ranging from 100 to 5000+ people. o Notable Achievement: Assisted with the successful planning and execution of several community-wide events including: Freedom Fest, the Ramstein Bazaar, Tops in Blue, and the USO Holiday Tour. • Lead a team of 42 people. Responsible for employee supervision, performance appraisals, professional development, and customer service training. • Collaborate with marketing department to develop strategic marketing programs – social media content, radio promotions, and digital marketing. Measure campaign results, survey target audience, and tailor future campaigns to maximize program and event participation.• Manage the community centers' multi-million dollar budget.

Busch Gardens - Williamsburg, Va

•Managed the Busch Gardens and Water Country USA communications team. Developed the editorial/content calendar for the parks’ communications channels - the official blog and social media presences on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. •Executed strategic, targeted results-driven communication plans. Cultivated creative, relevant pitches, and press releases. Crafted strategic messages to gain coverage by local, regional, and national media.•Proven ability to drive record-high marketing campaign response rates and execute successful product launches. oDeveloped and executed the communications plan for the launch of the company’s 2014 new attraction. The attraction received extensive traditional and new media coverage valued at more than one million dollars. The additional publicity also impacted company attendance and the park reached its third-highest attendance level in company history. •Established the Busch Gardens and Water Country USA Ambassador blogger program to leverage relationships with top regional and national bloggers. The program resulted in extensive coverage of the parks and exposure to new audiences. •Coordinated and executed social media promotions and contests, while maximizing public relations, and media opportunities. Contests resulted in an increase in the park’s social media followers across the following channels: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

-Execute successful targeted, white-hat link-building techniques, on-page keyword-based content strategies and social media marketing initiatives.-Cultivate creative, relevant blog content and actively nurture that content via pertinent social media channels.-Craft keyword rich SEO media releases and distribute via major online media release contacts.-Develop relationships with leading online influencers.

Fort Hood, Tx/Fort Lee, Va

•Built and cultivated the Venturepoint brand, out-of-school extracurricular activities, outreach programs, and experiential marketing events for youth.•Successfully publicized the Venturepoint brand through the following marketing media: community partners, print media, social media platforms, mobile campaigns, and sponsored outreach events. Results - target population’s participation in Venturepoint programs increased by 200 percent.•Developed strategic communication campaigns to create awareness of and interest in CYS Services-Youth Programs, to include the management of CYS Services- Youth Programs' social media platforms and e-media advertisements. Campaigns increased program usage by 40 percent.•Measured campaign results, tailored future campaigns and communication strategies to effectively maximize marketing efforts.•Organized community outreach events to brand Venturepoint programs - open houses, leadership camps, concerts, and social media contests. Notable events include the Month of the Military Child Fest, Fort Hood Teen Back to School Bash, and the Teen Extreme Leadership Camp. Results - community involvement increased 53 percent.

Fort Hood, Tx

•Crafted creative, strategic communication and marketing campaigns through multi-channel media for Fort Hood Family and MWR; marketing/public relations responsibilities for two divisions of Family and MWR, special events, and over 30 different multi-million dollar programs.•Worked with Fortune 500 and nationally recognized companies to develop strategically beneficial events to target military patrons. Led sponsorship and creative team to coordinate and brand events to effectively leverage and maximize sponsorship ROI. Events included trade shows, concerts, live performances, sporting events, festivals, movie screenings, and VIP receptions. Events average attendance: 2000-50000.•Increased media coverage by 50 percent through the implementation of a media relations program, served as media contact: pitched stories to local and national media, including online services; wrote press releases; provided print and broadcast interviews; and developed media materials such as fact sheets, press kits, articles, blog posts, and video packages.•Performed ongoing customer/market research and demographic profiling to identify and capitalize on unmet market needs ahead of the curve. Expanded client base by 56 percent by consistently surpassing projected campaign goals.•Hosted “Fort Hood Focus” a weekly radio segment – average listenership 50,000 people.•Led the creative and PR team as managing editor of Hood Happenings Magazine, the official magazine of Fort Hood Family and MWR- circulation 16,500+/month.•Leveraged strengths in cost-effective marketing management and vendor negotiations to end each fiscal year an average of 10 percent under-budget (without compromising business growth goals).

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

-Coordinated a marketing campaign to increase donor awareness and support of the annual United Way of Larimer County fundraising drive. -Worked closely with the Director of Marketing to gain donor support through direct mail appeals, special event coordination, and media support. -Maintained a historical record of all press coverage of the organization.

Master Of Professional Studies, Organizational And Professional Communication - Marketing And Public Relations

B.A., Technical Journalism - Public Relations

Successfully completed several internships for non-profit organizations in the Colorado State University community.