Marisa Watson, Ma, Ms Email & Phone Number

Clarksburg, Wv, Us

Bridgeport, West Virginia, United States

Oxford, Ohio, United States

Instructor of Record for Business 284- Professional Communication for Business- Delivered lectures on advanced strategies for oral and written communication, virtual communication, oral and online presentations, design skills for business communication, intercultural communication strategies, and collaboration. - Taught students to write and develop rhetorical and communication skills for business through writing assignments such as creating a LinkedIn Profile and robust About Me section; a professional introduction video; a consulting memo providing a company, specific recommendations to improve a public ‘bad news’ or press release message; a ‘bad news’ virtual oral presentation on AI writing; and an Intercultural Communication Written report providing employees research and recommendations on communicating and collaborating virtually with a country of their choice and an accompanying remediated oral presentation and a ‘one-page’ takeaway infographic with their findings and recommendations.- Evaluated student performance and managed class grades.- Increased student participation through interesting and engaging in-class activities. - Emphasized the importance of collaboration and communication in a business context. - Conducted conferences with students on all major papers to discuss individual goals, and progress, and provide extra support where needed.Instructor of Record for English 111- Instructed courses on composition and rhetoric.- Developed Canvas sites, syllabi, lesson plans, agendas, and classroom activities.- Taught students to write and develop writing assignments such as rhetorical analyses, topic proposals, annotated bibliographies, research papers, and multimodal research presentations through infographics.- Evaluated student performance and managed class grades and participation.- Implemented additional pedagogies such as feminist pedagogy to improve the learning experience of students and facilitate teacher ethos.

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States

- Launched employee social media engagement strategy through monthly and quarterly social media engagement contests.- Worked closely with the executive team to provide audience with accurate and efficient information through social media. - Used Canva to create and design compelling visual graphics. - Leveraged data to understand necessary changes to the current social media strategy- Researched competitors and current trends to understand what changes need to be made to current strategy.- Coordinated with the executive team to provide marketing insights and ideas. - Assisted the technical writer in interviews to produce blog content and white papers.- Owned and curated all content on each social media platform (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn), independently. - Performed quarterly social media audits to understand and leverage current data.

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States

- Launched and created various social media campaigns through Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to drive business and engagement from government entities and commercial interests.- Continually created media content, graphics, and photos for social media pages and websites through Canva and Lightroom.- Wrote and edited social media captions to reach target audiences.- Proofread and edited documents for International Organization for Standardization certifications.- Wrote corporate summaries and administrative information documents for government proposals.- Edited and reviewed documents for Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts and Requests for Information.- Wrote and edited resumes for key role positions in government contracts.- Selected and adapted excerpts from past written content to include in current projects or proposals.- Wrote emails and data calls to communicate with other large and small business connections.- Wrote, designed, and formatted employee newsletters.- Wrote, designed, and formatted marketing material such as capabilities statements, company success stories, sales sheets, and company posters for company and product marketing.- Wrote and published news articles on the company website using WordPress.- Wrote and edited job descriptions to be used on LinkedIn and various career boards. - Fluent in Facebook Insights, Twitter Analytics, LinkedIn Analytics, and Instagram Insights- Increased social media engagement significantly with engagement rates of:Facebook- 17.43%Twitter- 18.46LinkedIn- 11.36%Instagram- 55.15%

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States

Volunteer Tennis coach at Liberty High School

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

- Conducted research to determine optimal humanities topics and design strategies to help increase the engagement on website and social medias. - Content creation for social media pages specifically focusing on Instagram and Twitter using Canva, Adobe Photoshop, and Procreate. - Created over 30 graphics promoting humanities topics, classes offered at WVU, events on campus/zoom, important dates such as Women’s History Month. I increased engagement on the humanities Instagram by 15.8% in under 3 months. - Provided advice to the Humanities Center Director on creating engagement through social media and how to present written content such as informational sheets, procures, posters, etc. to students on campus.- Researched topics including general information on the humanities, and specific fields of study including health, environmental, digital, and public humanities through books, web artifacts, and blogs.- Conducted research and consulted with Subject Matter Experts/Humanities Center Directors to ensure that the information I was writing was correct and would present the humanities in the best light.- Created informational sheets on humanities topics for students, professors, and academic advisors to use on humanities information. - Pitched and helped select which content to provide on informational sheets to students.- Promoted the Campus Read book “The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches at the Border” by Francisco Cantú on campus and on social media.- Developed a reading guide of 10 questions and 2 classroom activities, including a commonplace book assignment and research essay assignment for WVU professors to use in classrooms while teaching the selected book for Campus Read.My portfolio with reflection: https://marisaportfolio.wixsite.com/marisa-capstone.

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Clarksburg, Wv

Master Of Arts - Ma, Literature

Literature student focusing on medical humanities, patient narratives, and doctor/patient communications. Focusing on medical.

Master Of Science - Ms, Integrated Marketing Communications

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English With A Concentration In Professional Writing & Editing

Activities and Societies: The National Society of Leadership and Success Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society Member The National.