Lisa Sutliff Email & Phone Number

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

OPA is the trade association for more than 200 Oklahoma newspapers and online news organizations.• Provide member services and nurture relationships with leadership and staff at member organizations.• Responsible for all aspects of annual state convention with 300 attendees. Manage planning, marketing, sponsor and exhibitor recruitment, venue arrangements, speaker engagement, budgeting and more. Lead staff and volunteers in preparations & on site. • Coordinate other events and training seminars, including the association's Legislative Summit (day at the Capitol) and regional seminars with the Attorney General's Office.• Manage content and updates to the association's large website, as well as the online association management system and online store. Led transition to the current website and AMS in 2020.• Responsible for all contests and award recognition. Oversaw the transition to an online award entry system in 2017 for increased efficiency.• Created the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation's internship program, which has placed more than 300 college students in Oklahoma newsrooms since 2008, contributing to the growth of aspiring journalists.• Provide advice to legal newspapers on publication of public notices. Develop training materials and information resources for newspapers, attorneys and local government entities.• Lead two committees & collaborate with the association's board of directors and foundation's board of trustees to achieve organizational objectives. Assist with board governance, including communication, scheduling and preparation of meeting materials. Organize two-day board retreat and update policy manual.• Oversee social media accounts and email marketing campaigns to engage and communicate with members.• Utilize Canva to design visually appealing graphics for marketing initiatives.• Act as the editor of the Oklahoma News Media Directory, conducting frequent research to track leadership changes and maintain accurate information.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Worked in the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology department. Handled budgeting and bookkeeping for 11 grants and all department accounts totaling more than $1 million annually. Assisted two professors with their class exams & records. Redesigned & maintained the dept. website and wrote a monthly newsletter. Assisted with HR for the 100-person department, and served in OUHSC Staff Senate.

Norman, Oklahoma

Scheduled legal notices for publication and created affidavits of publication for county and law offices. Oversaw accounts receivable for legal clients and classified advertising department.

Norman, Oklahoma

Sooner yearbook positions: 1999 Editor - Managed production of 432-page yearbook and first interactive CD-ROM. Awarded 1999 Silver Crown by Columbia Scholastic Press Association; Pacemaker Finalist and Fourth place Best of Show by Associated Collegiate Press. I presented marketing and staff management seminars at ACP and CSPA national conventions.1998 Business Manager/Co-Editor - Awarded 1998 Pacemaker and Second place Best of Show by Associated Collegiate Press.1997 Individuals editor - ACP Pacemaker finalist and CSPA Silver Crown.The Oklahoma Daily (daily newspaper) position:1999 Advertising department assistant: scheduled display ads, laid out classified page, managed display accounts receivable. Designed three 8-page brochures for Independent Study Department that were distributed to all students and departments.