Lecturer, Digital Marketing and Digital Strategy, Master of Professional Studies in Public Relations and Corporate Communications ProgramCapstone Advisor, Master of Professional Studies in Public Relations and Corporate Communications Program

Taught Social Media Strategy online to students in the Reed College of Media at WVU

Responsible for overseeing the entire life cycle of digital project execution; ensuring deliverables are on time, on budget, and on brand. Orchestrate the project team, review deliverables for quality, and maintain ongoing dialogue with account teams and clients to ensure mutual satisfaction with progress towards project goals. Develop and execute comprehensive project plans that include meeting delivery and budget milestones, requirements documentation, messaging/strategy, content development, information architecture, design, software development and quality assurance processes. I currently manage digital activities for a number of federal and commercial clients. Working closely with strategists, user experience specialists, graphic designers, and developers, I connect directly with clients to ensure their project is completed accurately, on time, and with in budget. I also serve as a content manager for clients and have strong knowledge of Section 508 rules. Clients have included General Mills; Takeda Pharmaceutical; Seneca Foods; Clorox; 1-800 CONTACTS; DoubleTree; the Department of Health and Human Services (ONC, OCR, CMS); and U.S. Department of Agriculture - among others.

Serve as a Website Analyst for the Deloitte Federal Healthcare Practice with the Communications & Web Portal Team on contract at a prominent division of the Department of Health & Human Services. Led the technical development and implementation of pages, content, and functionality. Designed web page graphics, tables, layouts, and buttons while serving as primary content manager. Also launched and managed social media presence for federal client, including two blogs. Served as primary Section 508 compliance resource, ensuring print and online materials followed federal law.

Served as web content producer at the Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate. Responsible for day-to-day web content operations including planning, coordination, and implementation of content for a network of websites with more than 1 million monthly visitors. Work on the WJLA website received the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Website and the Virginia Associated Press (AP) Best Local Website Award.

As newscast producer, developed stories for broadcast coverage and managed reporters, anchors, and photographers for the NBC affiliate in Steubenville, Ohio. Contributed content to the station’s website, WTOV9.com.Recognized by the West Virginia AP for Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast.