Marketing and communications services to clients including:• Internal communications strategy and execution• Nonprofit marketing and communications• B2B marketing and communications• Fractional CMO• Interim marketing and communications• Content marketing strategy and execution• Ghost blogging• Feature article writing• Author and editor of non-fiction children’s books and other educational materials for students and educators• Author of book reviews and various works of creative non-fiction for print publications

Covered a maternity leave for the Director of Marketing and Communications during the lead up to the organization's annual fundraiser.

Responsible for developing and enacting digital and in person marketing plans as well as developing and supporting the company's internal communications strategy including team building and mentoring programs and serving as an HR communications and editorial consultant for clients.

Planned strategy, wrote blog posts, press releases, emails, and website copy for clients of boutique communications firm.

Developed and enacted strategic plan for non-profit's marketing communications, including digital marketing and live events. Planned and provided communications to support fundraising efforts and program logistics.

Developed the company's first-ever editorial and marketing content strategy plan for the website, including landing pages, blog posts, social media posts, ensured content was optimized for search engines and tailored to the target audience

• Editorial/Social Media Director for Groupon Merchant Blog and Resource Center.• Managed relationships with contractors including SEO experts.• Provided content for monthly newsletters.• Worked with internal teams to ensure alignment with corporate strategy. • Created nice ways of rejecting annoying merchants.

In order to develop the wedding and lifestyle verticals of a multifaceted business, developed, managed, and implemented highly effective content marketing strategies, social media initiatives, and promotional campaigns. Thanks, in part, to my work, GigMasters was bought by The Knot and is now known as The Bash.• Developed vertical content strategy, blog, and dedicated website section which directly contributed to 24% increase in wedding revenue over 2 year period.• Increased traffic in wedding areas by over 36% and increased requests for wedding services by 17%.• Built relationships with key media outlets resulting in increased name brand recognition as evidenced by a 74% increase in frequency of “GigMasters” as a search term.• Garnered national press coverage for GigMasters including Huffington Post, Forbes, Fox News, and others.• Created a targeted monthly newsletter with open rates averaging 30%.• Leveraged social media to engage with key influencers and build an active community, resulting in significant increases in followers.• Worked with Elvis impersonators to really understand how to create the perfect "thank you very much"

• Created popular wedding blog and wedding advice section, increasing page views from 0 to 120,000 monthly in less than two years.• Utilized social media and traffic building content to contribute to increase overall monthly visits from 204K to 515K, monthly page views from 1.3MM to 2.7MM and unique monthly visitors from 177K to 414K.• Secured national print and online press coverage for site. • Wrote weekly newsletters and other communications for brides and vendors.• Managed community channels, preventing multiple brides from killing each other.

• Wrote grant proposals and reports for private and corporate foundations and government programs.• Created, wrote and managed the production of a biannual newsletter about the museum’s activities and programs for contributors. • Wrote and managed production of museum’s annual report.• Wrote articles about museum programs for professional publications.

• Edited 10–15 book series (40–90 individual books) per year, ensuring that books met curriculum standards and market needs.• Oversaw development of new brand of international books for grades 2–4.• Commissioned and supervised freelance writers, editors, and consultants.• Worked with all stages of development, writing and production.• Approved photographs, artwork and design for books.• Prepared and maintained schedules, budgets and profit/loss reports for projects.• Amassed a huge amount of trivia for cocktail party conversation.

• Managed production of new quarterly magazine, The Common Review.• Developed and maintained production schedules and budgets.• Edited manuscripts and researched art for feature articles. • Commissioned original work from authors and artists, obtaining permissions as needed.• Participated in other editorial projects of the Foundation including writing study guides, leading discussion groups and serving on editorial selection committees

• Wrote all of your favorite questions from the original You Don't Know Jack game.• Wrote, edited and supervised production of multimedia quizzes for 450 young adult literary titles.• Directed and managed production of “You Don’t Know Jack the Net Show” and “That’s a Fact, Jack” projects.• Hired, edited and directed staff of writers, actors, media production and producers.• Supervised weekly production of on-line game show attracting over 260,000 active players a month.• Created editorial guidelines and rules for video and audio production and improved overall educational and entertainment quality.• Created schedules and management initiatives boosting production by 50% in the first six months of 1999 over entire previous year.• Demonstrated product leading to deal with large educational publisher.