Miranda Taylor Email & Phone Number

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

In my time at End Slavery, I was responsible for executing our communications and event strategies. I managed the development of content for our blog, social channels, and email marketing on complex topics like race, gender, and human trafficking. I planned and executed all fundraising events, resulting in a 37% increase in funds raised year over year. I also helped execute the year-end giving campaign, including development of theme, marketing materials, social media push, eblasts, and… Show more In my time at End Slavery, I was responsible for executing our communications and event strategies. I managed the development of content for our blog, social channels, and email marketing on complex topics like race, gender, and human trafficking. I planned and executed all fundraising events, resulting in a 37% increase in funds raised year over year. I also helped execute the year-end giving campaign, including development of theme, marketing materials, social media push, eblasts, and mailings. Show less

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

In my time at Big Brothers Big Sisters, I completely reorganized and revamped our family and child enrollment process. With these changes, more families were successful in completing the enrollment process, generating a higher yield for our organization than ever before. The organizational skills I brought to this role has allowed Big Brothers Big Sisters to have one of its most successful years yet.I developed several strong relationships with community organizations and individuals as… Show more In my time at Big Brothers Big Sisters, I completely reorganized and revamped our family and child enrollment process. With these changes, more families were successful in completing the enrollment process, generating a higher yield for our organization than ever before. The organizational skills I brought to this role has allowed Big Brothers Big Sisters to have one of its most successful years yet.I developed several strong relationships with community organizations and individuals as referral partners for our program, strengthening both our work and the ties we have to the community.I also planned quarterly events for our children waiting to be matched with a mentor. Each quarter we did a new activity, so I was constantly in search of organizations and people to partner with. I planned and executed all events and details. Show less

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

As a member of the Alumni and Donor Relations Team, my job focused on engaging our audiences and keeping them connected to the college. My first step in engagement was redoing our marketing emails. I shortened the information we provided and created a more reader-friendly layout. These changes resulted in a 2% higher open rate than previous email attempts.I increased our interaction with alumni by crafting stories about amazing graduates in the community. Development of these stories… Show more As a member of the Alumni and Donor Relations Team, my job focused on engaging our audiences and keeping them connected to the college. My first step in engagement was redoing our marketing emails. I shortened the information we provided and created a more reader-friendly layout. These changes resulted in a 2% higher open rate than previous email attempts.I increased our interaction with alumni by crafting stories about amazing graduates in the community. Development of these stories started with interviewing subjects, creating outreach videos, and finally crafting a story that captures the essence of what Heartland provided to the graduate that has allowed them to be successful.Finally I assisted in planning our first ever #GivingTuesday campaign by seeking out "brand ambassadors" for the college. This campaign raised over $1,800 and created two spring scholarships for deserving students. Show less

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

As a student assistant, it was my job to oversee housing and dining projects. I monitored budgets for projects through purchase orders and invoices. I collaborated with our contractors to ensure project clarity and completion. I hired extra help applicants each summer, winter, and spring break. The deadline to fill these positions was tight, so scheduling interviews and hiring required expert organizational skills.

Greater Chicago Area

When I started at Surge Institute, the nonprofit organization was only two years old. Due to it's newness and small team size, I added valuable input to the organization's development. In the first six months of interning for Surge, I increased their online engagement by 230% and followers/likes by 73%. I helped develop a plan of the story Surge would tell through its social media outlets. Adherence to and further definition of this plan allowed the increase in followers and audience… Show more When I started at Surge Institute, the nonprofit organization was only two years old. Due to it's newness and small team size, I added valuable input to the organization's development. In the first six months of interning for Surge, I increased their online engagement by 230% and followers/likes by 73%. I helped develop a plan of the story Surge would tell through its social media outlets. Adherence to and further definition of this plan allowed the increase in followers and audience engagements to follow. I also helped redesign the Surge quarterly newsletter. This redesign included analysis of how audiences were interacting with the old template as well as research into what formatting was serving other nonprofit organizations well. After redesign, we analyzed the results of our efforts, and discovered the new layout increased engagement by 16% from the previous publication. Finally, I created our online newsletter archive platform to house past newsletters. Show less

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

When I interned for YWCA McLean County, I had the opportunity to address social justice issues in our community through internal and external forms of communication. This included spearheading our first ever "No More" campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I compiled a list of local Bloomington-Normal "celebrities" to act as the face of our campaign. I wrote several articles about social justice issues that the YWCA addresses, which can all be found at the links below. These… Show more When I interned for YWCA McLean County, I had the opportunity to address social justice issues in our community through internal and external forms of communication. This included spearheading our first ever "No More" campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I compiled a list of local Bloomington-Normal "celebrities" to act as the face of our campaign. I wrote several articles about social justice issues that the YWCA addresses, which can all be found at the links below. These articles were published in two local magazines, Pastelle and Healthy Cells.Finally, I had the privilege of starting the Equal Pay Coalition of McLean County with several other local women figures. This Coalition was formed to address the gender pay gap in our community. We hosted several informational events throughout the year to educate our community. We also secured an event for Equal Pay Day 2016, where mayors from both Bloomington and Normal made proclamations for businesses in the community to respect and move towards equal pay. Show less

The Development committee organizes fundraisers to support our chapter of the Public Relations Student Society.

During my time interning for Arc Media, I monitored and crafted weekly social media posts for 10 different organizations with varying demographics. I crafted 46 different posts per week for these clients. I analyzed audience engagements every week to determine which type of information was best for each client's audience. Overall, I increased page interactions by 2%.

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

The Public Relations team focused on planning the philanthropic events for our station to give back to the community. I also helped plan in-station events, which allowed each department to come together a few times per semester and bond as a team.

This position was highly security sensitive. I was entrusted with a lot of personal account information for our credit union, which had over 5,000 members. I provided excellent customer service while maintaining confidentiality. We also had monthly challenges to promote new products to our members. I achieved every monthly challenge by stepping out of my comfort zone and talking with members, often about products I'd never even used before. This required diligent attention to detail so that I… Show more This position was highly security sensitive. I was entrusted with a lot of personal account information for our credit union, which had over 5,000 members. I provided excellent customer service while maintaining confidentiality. We also had monthly challenges to promote new products to our members. I achieved every monthly challenge by stepping out of my comfort zone and talking with members, often about products I'd never even used before. This required diligent attention to detail so that I could promote each product properly. Show less

As a head cashier, I was in charge of training new employees on POS operations and front-end procedures. I watched over cashiers, giving them feedback as they went through the 8-week training session. I was often awarded managerial powers over the POS, allowing me to do returns and refunds for our customers. At the end of each night, I balanced cash drawers and petty cash, and made our daily deposit with supervision from the manager on duty.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Public Relations/Image Management

Activities and Societies: Public Relations Student Society of America Illinois State University is the only college in Illinois to have.

Bachelor’S Degree, International And Intercultural Communication

Studied abroad in Paris, France from May-June 2015, where I attended Novancia Business School. I completed 4 classes while I was there..

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Communication And Media Studies, 4.0/4.0 Gpa

Graduated with Highest Honors