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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Helps lead the city’s overarching communications strategies with a key focus on the priorities of the administration. Plans, directs, and participates in a wide variety of community special projects, including the municipal and strategic planning programs, city-sponsored events, reporting projects, and a variety of community involvement activities. Proactively works to build the city’s brand image as an excellent place to live, work and play through messaging campaigns, events, and key partnerships. Engages residents through effectively telling the story of the city government.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed six people across two communication teams; one focused on developing and executing office communication strategies and brand management to advance policy messaging through media engagement, social media, web, and targeted marketing; another focused on responding to tens of thousands of constituent correspondences annually. Provided strategic counsel to the senator and other senior-level staff on high-profile public policy issues. Drafted speeches, critical messages, talking points, and press releases. Worked with congressional offices, government agencies, businesses, and other stakeholders to organize support for policy and communication campaigns. Established tracking processes and metrics to measure the impact and reach of communication strategies.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Served as the primary spokesperson on behalf of the senator, with on-air and crisis communication experience. Responded to and maintained key relationships with global, national, state, and local reporters. Drafted and edited hundreds of press releases, media inquiries, op-eds, talking points, speeches, messaging documents, blog posts, newsletters, graphics, photography, and videos. Developed and executed dozens of media campaigns and press conferences, with internal and external groups, that received national attention on a host of policy issues. Grew social media engagement by redesigning and expanding the senator’s brand to new social media platforms.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Utilized creative multimedia techniques to promote the senator’s brand and create the office’s first viral posts through innovative graphic design, videos, photography, and interactive campaigns. Managed social media accounts and websites to steadily grow user engagement month-over-month. Designed and implemented a newsletter strategy, which expanded engagement from around 4,000 to over 100,000 email addresses and created a targeted campaign strategy by constituent interest.

Laramie, Wy

Lead Grocer: Local organic food with over one million in annual gross receipts. Promoted after 3 months. Membership Relations, Technology Representative, Customer Service, and Cashier.

University Of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Journalist covering local, state, and national news. Focused on the University of Wyoming administrative acts, state and local politics, and investigative journalism. Wrote 5 to 6 stories a week and published over 150 stories. Weekly opinion columnist that focused on the university, state, and local politics.

Washignton, D.C.

Provided support for the senator’s staff and visiting constituents. Acting press intern, with duties including writing and editing press releases, video, and audio, plus monitoring and posting stories to the senator’s website and Facebook page. Provided support for intensive research projects for staff and constituents. Attended congressional hearings and wrote summaries. Wrote correspondences to constituents. Addressed constituent concerns via phone. Provided tours of the US Capitol Building to large and small tour groups multiple times a week.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Privacy Times was the leading subscription-only newsletter covering privacy and freedom of information law and policy. Wrote stories reporting on privacy, credit, and the Freedom of Information Act. Attended congressional hearings and policy meetings. Wrote in-depth investigative stories.