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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Burbank, California, United States

• Directed and oversaw the end-to-end execution of strategic recruiting, hiring, and onboarding operations, resulting in the successful integration of 90+ new hires within a single year• Pioneered the creation and management of a comprehensive talent analytics dashboard, providing real-time insights into critical employee health metrics, including diversity, turnover, and job satisfaction• Produced and managed "Packback+," an innovative bi-weekly video update program designed to engage and inform staff to bolster internal communication

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

I managed a Red to Blue race in a rural North Carolina Congressional district that outperformed the top of the ticket and raised over $3.8 million in less than a year. I oversaw our $3.8 million budget allocating resources on paid media, staff, administration, and organizing. Additionally, I managed the candidate's schedule, earned and paid media prep, and political relationships and an almost entirely remote team of fourteen people.

South Bend, Indiana Area

I played a major role on both the Investment and Digital teams that raised $100,000,000 and built a large virtual volunteer network that helped in all of the early voting states, starting with the Iowa Caucuses. This work included launching a first-of-its-kind virtual fundraising program, managing the national and state SMS peer to peer/broadcast program, and digital volunteer management.

I managed a team of 5-15 strategists. This included overseeing a content calendar and strategy for 200+ emails, $200,000+ raised, and 1 million+ email recipients per month including list segmentation and deliverability strategies to optimize both open and click rates.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for drafting, coding, and client vetting for multiple political campaigns and organizations, including Doug Jones for US Senate.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Greater Chicago Area

Being able to grow quickly in the SDR role, I was promoted to Strategy Consultant where I created our travel-based sales strategy and was able to break Packback into multiple high opportunity account Universities. I continued working on optimizing our email marketing outreach which greatly increased our reach and ability to move prospective clients through the sales ladder.

Greater Chicago Area

As the second full time person in this position, I had the opportunity to help shape the role. Most of the role revolved around calling, scheduling and following up on SaaS demonstrations. Additionally, I developed email content for cold marketing, lead nurturing and operating a variety of email and digital programs.

Greater Chicago Area

Stemming from an idea in college, I began the challenging journey of taking an idea and building a business. gutsy is an exciting way for to connect businesses and customers. Along with the help and advice from a great network of friends and family, Matthew Mullen and myself worked tirelessly to build this business. The app launched with 400+ users and 10+ Chicagoland businesses. Trust your gut.

Madison Area, Wisconsin

Based out of Madison, Wisconsin, I traveled and worked remotely to aid in projects for the governments of New Hampshire, Arkansas, and Massachusetts. My main accomplishment as an apprentice at PCG was managing a Field Team to execute a small business health insurance survey in New Hampshire that reached over 2,000 small businesses and garnered over 400 responses. I also expanded my knowledge greatly on the Affordable Care Act and helped with a grant renewal procurement process.

Champaign, Il

As one of the few regular staffers for the campaign, I acted as a student volunteer recruiter and trainer, social and traditional media manager, and in the more traditional role of Field Organizer.

Community Health Department

I was a part of a group of students who were primarily responsible for updating the curriculum and grading for a 70+ student 400 level health administration planning class. We executed an updated version of a major planning project that received positive feedback from both the professor and the students.

I was primarily responsible for creating major presentations for the Department's Director and Assistant Director, Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck and Dr. David Gill. I also was involved with a grant rewarding process that involved high level staff across Illinois state government that was vital in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the State.

University Of Illinois Urbana Champaign

I was the sole coordinator for the Obama for America campaign on Illinois' major State campus. We organized bi-weekly phonebanks and canvassing trips to the major battleground state of Iowa. As liaison to the campaign, I learned and trained volunteers to use campaign resources such as VoteBuilder and Dashboard.

As an intern, I was the first responder to many constituent needs. We were responsible for drafting constituent letters, legislation memos, and giving Capitol tours.

I learned and operated the City's Wheel Tax program to sell the wheel tax. Additionally, I was often responsible for welcoming citizens, dealing with their concerns, and executing crowd control and education.