Megan Karklins Email & Phone Number

Missoula, Mt, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

- Oversees research deliverable publication and content strategy to deliver value to the water sector.- Promote a culture of high performance and continuous business process improvement, including assessing resource needs and gaps, managing team priorities and department budget.- Supports WRF staff with branding resources, guidelines, events, and reporting on engagement and analytics.- Oversees editorial direction/design of WRF communications, marketing, and public/media relations materials.- Oversees publication of WRF research project deliverables and content strategy for eNewsletters, website, social media, webcasts, and events.- Oversees development and execution of marketing and promotion for WRF events such as workshops and webcasts.- Serves as senior press & media officer for WRF. - Oversees development of messaging targeted to key audiences including Congress, federal and state regulators, existing and prospective subscribers, external partners and the media.- Contributes to the editing and publishing of the Foundation’s knowledge content, including research topics, to meet the needs of various levels of understanding within the water sector.- Utilizes marketing analytics to objectively track WRF progress in effectively implementing integrated marketing, communications, and promotional activities that drive subscriber value and revenue generation.- Manages third-party marketing/communication vendors, monitoring projects through all phases of production.- Leverages communications and outreach initiatives of water sector partners as appropriate, to more effectively and efficiently advance common goals and generate greater value.- Establishes and develops professional relationships with communications personnel at federal, state, partner, and subscriber organizations; identifies appropriate target audiences and strategies for communication of WRF’s research and innovation programs.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Serves as the lead content editor for the C&M Team (print and digital communications, website, press releases, collateral, subscriber letters and emails, event scripting, strategic documents, talking points, special projects)• Assists Chief Communications Officer with performing supervisory responsibilities according to WRF policies, including staff selection, orientation, training, performance review and evaluation• Communicate job expectations; plan, monitor, and evaluate work products• Manages the development and delivery of integrated strategies for distribution of research results • Engages and manages appropriate stakeholders including WRF staff, researchers, volunteers, subscribers and contractors in the development and delivery of research project communication plans and deliverables• Manages and develops alternative research deliverables such as web tools, websites, multi-media, white papers, etc. • Negotiates and manages operational aspects of publication and distribution agreements with researchers, partner organizations and vendors• Oversees publication fulfillment processes and vendors• Manages the development and delivery of project- and topic-specific webcasts, working with WRF staff, researchers and industry experts on planning and execution• Supports WRF website content development and management• Develops and manages publication-related budgets• Advance the science of water to improve the quality of life by demonstrating the WRF values of integrity, respect, collaboration, leadership, and innovation within the organization and with subscribers and other stakeholders

Denver, Co

• Lead writer and editor on the Communications & Marketing (C&M) team. • Support C&M teammates by editing and providing feedback on their written work. • Go-to writer and editor for WRF’s high-level strategy and policy pieces. • Collaborate with Research Managers to develop high-quality, customer-facing content, including webinars, case studies, magazine articles, marketing pieces, videos, and more (over 20 new topical marketing pieces and subscriber success stories produced year to date).• Serve as Managing Editor of Advances in Water Research (print circulation of over 10,000, and an even wider digital audience).• In 2018, developed content for 91 monthly and opportunistic e-communications, sent to lists with an average of 15,000 recipients.• Planned 19 topical webinars in 2018 for subscriber and public audiences, averaging 267 viewers.• Support WRF website content development and management (experience with both Drupal- and SharePoint-based websites).• Work with Digital Communications Manager to interpret analytics and adjust strategies as needed. • Key player on interdepartmental teams tasked with vital strategic planning efforts.• Support outreach efforts including public relations activities and fielding media inquiries.• Experience with project management tools, including Trello, Asana, Smartsheet, and Kapost. • Develop and manage publication- and marketing-related budgets.

Denver, Co

• Liaise with Research Services staff to plan strategic outreach around the most impactful research reports.• Copyedit and contribute content for Advances in Water Research, including utility success stories. • Guide scientific research reports through the publication process, including copyediting, citation verification, copyright permissions, formatting, conversion to PDF, and cover design.• Manage uploads and updates of digital content to the WRF website, including research reports, executive summaries, project descriptions, project updates, and scopes of work.• Manage order fulfillment for hard-copy research reports.• Manage copyright registration process for all published research reports.

Denver, Colorado

• Perform research and analysis for appraisals of various commercial property types, including multifamily, industrial, office, and vacant land.

Denver, Colorado

• Primary customer support person for 20-person office. • Manage logistics for appraisal projects by maintaining project management database (1400 bids & jobs entered yearly).• Show flexibility and initiative by constantly taking on new duties, such as billing, residential division accounting, overhauling the electronic and paper filing systems.• Successfully collaborated with Office Manager and CFO to implement a streamlined billing procedure.• Updated, corrected, and entered 1.5 years worth of missing financial data for Residential division and implemented new financial record-keeping procedures.• Proficient user of: MS Office Suite, Outlook, MS Dynamics, Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop, QuickBooks.

Jerusalem Area, Israel

• Compiled content for an Internet database on torture issues with over one hundred sources.• Drafted and revised a grant proposal under a one-week deadline. PCATI later won the $240,000 grant.

Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

• Led seven different English classes for German high school students in grades 11, 12, and 13.• Compiled topic materials, prepared lesson plans, and evaluated student exams.• Collaborated with German colleagues to support and improve the school’s accelerated English program.

Ma, International Human Rights And International Security

Activities and Societies: Founders Scholarship Recipient

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), German Literature / Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Circle K (Community Service Organization)