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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Triangle, North Carolina, United States

• Facilitate, implement, and evaluate communication and marketing initiatives for an audience of 10,000+ particpants, managing and creating content for marketing materials, email communications, updates to the program website, and execution of a social media plan with a lens of reaching new audiences and communities across the Triangle area.• Led a successful rebrand of Y Guides imagery and nomenclature during the summer of 2020, removing references to Native American culture that had been prevalent in the program since 1968.• Support, develop, plan, manage, lead, and deliver programs and events, ensuring that the highest program quality expectations are exceeded.• Attend and engage in monthly Y Guides Advisory Board meetings, serving as a staff leader for the Program and Annual Campaign subcommittees to promote growth and improvement of the Y Guides program.• Maintain relationships with Y Guides vendors and community partners.• Assist in raising $125,000+ for Y Guides’ Annual Campaign by attending all events, recruiting and interacting with volunteers, and articulating case for giving.• Serve as a role model for parents, volunteers, children, and other staff members.

Raleigh, Nc

• Develop and execute strategies for association-wide marketing campaigns.• Consult and collaborate with YMCA Program Directors to help with marketing and communications needs.• Update and maintain content on the YMCA of the Triangle’s various online resources, including website and social media channels.• Send regular emails alerting YMCA members and participants of upcoming programs and events.• Maintain relationships with outside vendors for promotional materials, as needed. • Uphold the YMCA Brand in all branch communications, digital and print. • Create video content for programs and events, as needed.• Support annual fundraising campaigns that generate more than $7 million in donations annually.

Durham, Nc

• Organized Basketball and Soccer Leagues for Youth and Adults in Durham Community.• Supervised 25-30 part-time staff within the Durham YMCAs’ Sports and Youth Departments.• Participated on the YMCA of the Triangle’s Sports Innovation and Quality Team, collaborating with other Sports Directors around the Association.• Creatively communicated via email, social media, phone, and face-to-face to keep YMCA Sports families and participants up to date on all programs and activities.

New York, New York

- Created social media content for the MLB PR Twitter account (@MLB_PR), as well as the World Baseball Classic Twitter (@WBCBaseball) and Facebook pages. - Created online content for the MLB Fan Cave and the MLB Concert Series.- Monitored social media from around the league (writers, players, teams, etc.).- Assisted in planning and promoting, and provide onsite management at MLB events, including the “Going to Bat for B.A.T.” Dinner and the “Breaking Barriers” essay contest.- Wrote press releases and media advisories highlighting MLB events.- Conducted research on various topics (including MLB attendance rates, music & entertainment, international baseball, media relations, etc.) to help with several projects for the Business PR team.- Created coverage reports documenting MLB happenings.- Attended weekly Business PR team meetings.

Camp Kanata/Cary Family Ymca

As a Youth Counselor both at Camp Kanata and at the Cary Family YMCA, I was responsible for:-The safety and well-being of a group of campers between ages 5-13.-Planning and implementing fun, creative games and activities for my campers to participate in.-Modeling teaching the YMCA's core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility, and Faith in God through my actions, words, and demonstrations.

Cary Family Ymca

As a Site Coordinator at one of the Cary Family YMCA's after-school sites, my responsibilities included:-Overseeing an after-school program of more than 100 campers.-Being responsible for the safety of those campers and staff.-Planning and implementing daily activities for the campers to participate in every day.-Supervising, training, and evaluating a group of seven staff.-Planning weekly devotions to teach campers valuable life lessons stemming from the YMCA's core values of Caring, Honesty, Responsibility, Respect, and Faith in God.-Handling camper disciplinary situations.-Maintaining positive relationships with my campers, staff, and campers' families with constant two-way communication.

Wake Forest, North Carolina

As Camp Kanata's first ever Social Media Coordinator, my responsibilities included: -Serving as a member of the Camp's Administrative Staff, providing general camp leadership for Staff, Trainees, and Campers.-Managing and creating content for all of Camp's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Vine, and Bunk1), and its website (campkanata.org).-Producing/Directing/Editing over 70 videos for the Camp's YouTube channel, highlighting details about Camp traditions and culture. -Taking/Ordering weekly cabin photos so that each of our 200+ campers could go home with a photo of their counselors and cabin mates at the end of every week.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

I served as an intern for The David Glenn Show, a sports talk radio show syndicated throughout the state of North Carolina, during my senior year at Elon University. My responsibilities included:-Managing the show's twitter and blog.-Helping create discussion topics for the daily, three-hour show, as well as write discussion questions for each of the show's daily guests.-Answering and screening the phone lines for listeners to have opportunities to speak with the host.-Attending local sporting events and live-tweeting from the show's twitter page.-Editing sound bytes from local players/coaches to be played and discussed on the air.