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Johnston, Iowa, United States

- Collaborate with staff to establish effective commercial success criteria.- Author, distribute and file necessary Business Solutions GTM project artifacts (GTM strategy, value propositions, target markets, GTM and commercial success criteria).- Identify necessary staff to engage in GTM detailed planning and provide them the GTM Strategy information they need to develop their own departmental GTM plans.- Work with the appropriate project manager (project plan owner) assigned to each initiative to ensure all GTM tasks and deliverables are incorporated into and tracked by overall master project plan.- Work with the appropriate staff to ensure GTM deliverables are timed appropriately to meet internal dependencies and requirements for all departments necessary to ensure commercial success.- Establish collaborative working relationships with the individuals across the company that contributes to GTM and commercial success.

Johnston, Iowa, United States

Demonstrated leadership and guidance to six other communications professionals on my team. Helped others on the team to understand communications at SHAZAM and solve problems. Assisted with training/mentoring and cross-training of new and existing staff. Offered feedback into team members’ performance at year-end and drafted yearly goals for team members.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

At SHAZAM Network, I develop and maintain the corporate communication products. My responsibilities in this role include leading the communications side of project meetings, reviewing project specifications, assessing communication needs and working with subject matter experts to develop content. I edit and review articles for staff, work with team members in the organization to frequently send detailed memos to as many as 1,400 financial institutions throughout the U.S., and co-manage/design Spotlight on Service, SHAZAM's award-winning, monthly newsletter sent to financial institutions.

Johnston, Ia

As the Writer/Public Relations Specialist at ChildServe, I would classify my position as the story teller of the organization. From writing about a child's journey through rehabilitation services or sending a press release for the organization receiving an award to media, I tell stories from all angles internally and externally.Responsibilities include:Managing one or two college interns each semester in public relations and writing.Planning, coordinating and promoting ChildServe's Golf, Run and Bubble Ball events.Contributing written content for communications materials including website, The Communicator (internal newsletter), The Partner (family newsletter), marketing materials, internal communications, and generate newsworthy ideas for newspaper articles and other media coverage.Lead ChildServe's social media sites, which includes Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. *Helped ChildServe's Facebook 'Likes' jump from 800 to 2,300 in two years.*

Spring and fall seasons.Created practice plans and implemented soccer strategies as a part-time coach.

West Des Moines, Iowa

Provided loan counseling and assistance to past college and university graduates. Answered an average of 40 calls per day, typed 80+ wpm and received a 95% quality assurance rating on inbound call servicing.

West Des Moines, Ia

The Principal Charity Classic is an exciting, family-friendly Champions Tour golf tournament that greatly contributes to the economic vitality and quality of life in central Iowa.This internship was tremendously helpful for me to learn how a small team works together to produce an extremely successful event. My main responsibilities were supervising all aspects of the tournaments Pro-Am, a three day event with over 100 teams each with a Champions Tour professional, managing pairings guide and tournament magazine and working with the sales director on all aspects of sponsor relations, including contract fulfillment.Other duties included overseeing vendor tent setup and tear down, follow up communication with pro-am teams to present awards and maintain the highest standards of professional conduct in relation to information that was confidential in nature.

West Des Moines, Ia

Same job description for March 2012 - May 2012

Des Moines, Iowa Area

The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines improves quality of life for all by promoting charitable giving, connecting donors with causes they care about and providing leadership on important community issues.The main responsibilities for this position were writing content for media and staff, creating PowerPoint presentations and managing the organizations Facebook. Through this internship, I had the opportunity to create two scholarship websites through WordPress that are still in use today.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English

Activities and Societies: Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Sigma Tau Delta member (2010-2012)

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