Megan Schneider Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

I serve as a communication strategist for the Reingold team. I actively advance client goals through producing a high volume of polished work and providing organizational infrastructure to my projects. During my time at Reingold, I have worked with clients including the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Mental Health, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Prosper Africa, and Curb the Crisis.

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

I was a co-founder of Mind Above Matter, a nonprofit corporation that aggregated, updated, and offered easy access to the vast multitude of mental health resources at UNC in an accessible website that helped students find the resources best fit for their particular mental health needs, beyond individualized therapy. Our mission was to make students feel more comfortable and confident using mental health resources at UNC, and facilitate an environment where people feel supported whether it be in common or in crisis.Since starting out in 2018, our venture has- Won Best Early Stage Digital Product in the 2019 Carolina Challenge Makeathon- Presented in the 2019 Carolina Innovation Showcase- Competed in the 2019 Carolina Challenge Pitch Party- Further developed through the Campus Y’s CUBE 5.0 Cohort- Registered as a nonprofit and 501(c)(3) organization- Participated in the Launch Chapel Hill 2020 Summer Cohort- Assisted the University in creating the Heels Care Network, a permanent website for UNC students to find mental health resources and care

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

As the content strategist and visual communications specialist for Innovate Carolina, I developed visual content for Innovate Carolina's social media channels that told the story of innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives across the UNC community. This included editing videos with Adobe Premiere Pro and designing graphics with Canva. A large aspect of my internship was finding stories of innovators from the Carolina community to share on social media. I scheduled these posts via HootSuite to be put on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. I also added events to Innovate Carolina's website using WordPress.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

During my time with the SIEC, I worked to advance legislation that would provide low-income families with internet access. This included collaborating with lobbyists, lawyers, and congressional staff, as well as conducting research on stakeholders, aggregating statistics for fact sheets, and analyzing figures for data visualization. I also created the social media accounts for SIEC, used Excel to generate contact lists and mail merges, and designed graphics for the organization.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

At the beginning of the Spring 2021 semester I became the Account Executive for a public relations campaign consultation for the N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service through the Governor's Office, more commonly known as VolunteerNC. After the semester ended, I was invited to continue working with the organization to implement the campaign plan our team created as well as prepare other communication materials for the commission.During the summer, I assisted VolunteerNC in producing and implementing the Nourish Your Neighbor campaign, designed to increase the number of college student volunteers helping with foodbanks during COVID-19. I prepared social media content and created a posting schedule, set up a newsletter with iContact, wrote press releases, created infographics, aggregated campus contacts and conducted outreach, and prepared and pitched presentations.In addition to planning the campaign, I helped the commission with general communication materials as well. I created press release templates for various occasions, designed an annual report template, centralized the organization's design style into a branding guide, scheduled social media posts, and wrote copy for VolunteerNC's newsletter.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

I was a participant in Launch Chapel Hill's 2020 Summer Cohort. This program allowed me to spend the summer working full-time on my venture, Mind Above Matter. Launch Chapel Hill offered mentoring, intensive programming, networking, office space, and resources that helped our nonprofit progress into a self-sustaining enterprise.

Greater New Orleans Area

I constructed a social media strategy to raise awareness and support for Launch NOLA, an initiative of Thrive NOLA. Launch NOLA helps underserved New Orleans entrepreneurs in gaining the assistance and resources they need in order to grow their businesses. I also created an alumni directory of Launch NOLA's Business Academy graduates to make an easier and more organized way of finding and connecting to these local small businesses. Finally, I created a public relations kit guide describing the different strategies to contact the press in order to increase public awareness of the work the nonprofit does.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

I collaborated with United Nations staff from Washington, D.C. to bring the Girl Up campaign to my local community of Iowa City. I worked with the United Nations Association of Iowa to start a chapter of Girl Up at my high school in order to support the global movement of advocating for gender equity.I organized a community fundraiser for our Girl Up chapter by planning raffles, recruiting sponsors from local businesses, and selling tickets to the Iowa City community. Overall, our event fostered a large amount of public engagement as well as raised $4,000 for girls’ education. For this work, I received the Iowa City Youth Human Rights Award.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Honors Carolina, CUBE Social Innovation Cohort, Buckley Public Service Scholars, Women's Innovation Council.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Advertising And Public Relations