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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Elevate top 35 CPA advisory firm's brand and pursuit strategy by crafting high-quality marketing content and persuasive proposal responses to drive business growth. Transform complex B2B value propositions into compelling narratives, leveraging storytelling, curated content, AI technology, and visuals that align with client needs and through strategic collaboration with SMEs, content, and design teams. Boost firm success by securing winning opportunities by directly addressing client pain points through targeted research and tailored proposal responses. Lead high-level project management to implement marketing and content solutions, utilizing a buyer’s journey approach and a broader communications philosophy. Streamline stakeholder collaboration processes, ensuring timely project delivery, adherence to brand guidelines, and continuous quality improvement. Support internal and external initiatives and campaigns that align with the firm's national and global business strategy, providing writing, communications, and marketing expertise.

Houston, Texas, Us

Expand HBMA’s goals of promoting B2B marketing and connecting professionals for growth and networking opportunities. Built a robust marketing-communications strategy and content calendar enhancing recruitment, awareness, and branding. Collaborate with board and alliance members on boosting the alliance's local presence by providing value messaging, leadership content, and service videos to expand reach and HBMA's position as a leading networking professional organization.

Communications Strategy and Content Writer: Created accurate, consistent templated communications, including compelling copy for email campaigns, internal communications, and external outreach to county officials, achieving a 10% increase in response rates and follow-up inquiries. Chartered a communications campaign to enhance awareness about the nonprofit's mission to advance economic development. Collaborated with leadership to author impact letters presented to board and community members that demonstrated the nonprofit's progress and support funding.Proposal-Grant Writer: Effectively research, pursue, and develop content for winning proposals and local and federal grants up to $1M+ for a nonprofit focused on equitable access to healthcare and workforce resources for underserved populations. Incorporate persuasive storytelling, technical data, and qualitative details to support narratives and organizational mission. Analyze solicitation documents, provide direction to leadership about proposal requirements, and edit and review responses, ensuring accuracy and relevance.

Houston, Tx, Us

Priorities included strengthening and executing the Gulf Coast Workforce Board’s internal-external strategy to achieve its 96% employer engagement goal through audience-specific communications and materials, including industry leaders, community-based organizations, and job candidates. Conducted research using and applying economic data to author proposals, reports, technical guides, and other content to market the services of 20+ Workforce Solutions career offices and contract service providers. Conceptualized with SMEs to develop social investment communications, align messaging with strategic workforce goals, and ensure compliance with style and brand. Recommended and worked with IT teams to initiate an organizational-wide knowledge management infrastructure with inputs and solutions for all regional offices.

Formerly full-time employee and now freelancer, implement a digital strategy for marketing-communications efforts to streamline processes and increase revenue. Research audience and business needs and technical data to draft proposal requests for radio partnerships. Lead and plan special engagements and radio segments that enhance and strengthen community relationships. Manage, produce, and write multi-lingual scripts for commercials and use Adobe Premiere for final production. Support leadership and staff by drafting talking points with CTAs to drive traffic and profitability for client partners (advertisers).

Spearheaded the complete marketing-communications and brand evolution for a pioneer South Asian bilingual radio network. Increased brand visibility within the first three months by leveraging media and community partnerships strategic push and pull PR tactics, outreach to prominent figures for interviews, and promotional events. Boosted online engagement by 40% through SEO content focused on personalized audience needs. Formulated program strategy direction through training development of a team of 10 employees and creating SOPs and nomenclature for consistency and accuracy. Created and researched content for 10 hours of radio programming as a show producer and served as a radio host for prime-time programs.

Chicago, Il, Us

Advanced top ten advisory firm’s expansion and brand by developing and delivering comprehensive communications strategies and content for campaigns in business units of higher education, public sector, IT, not-for-profit, and ESG. Collaborated with leaders to write multi-channel content, such as thought leadership, talking points and scripts, social media posts, proposals, and presentations. Led persuasive copy for successful digital ad initiatives and achieved influenced opportunities. Increased content engagement by 45% by optimizing B2B content by analyzing campaign metrics, presenting holistic reports to drive improvements, and experimenting with A/B testing and SEO. Instituted change processes and project management enhancements that reduced project times by 25%. Conceived and designed the firm's first marketing training curriculum to amplify talent and business literacy.

CLIENT: Workforce Solutions, Outreach Specialist-Copywriter (via Adroit Partners)Expanded digital communications for the Gulf Coast Workforce Board’s outreach programs and services across 13 counties especially during unprecedented crisis situations, like COVID-19. Generated $15 million in earned media through media partnerships and push-pull PR tactics, including drafting press releases, pitching stories and topics, and authoring articles with SMEs. Elevated the Board’s mission through storytelling, introducing online (website) efficiency with new service offerings, and pivoting in-person events to virtual to align with community needs.CLIENT: EDP Renewables, Communications SpecialistPromoted the company’s global positioning in the renewable energy sector by developing and executing communication plans, executive and employee messaging. Led change communications efforts supporting EDPR’s brand and strengthening workplace culture, exceeding goals of 80% employee engagement in internal channels. Partnered with the DEI Committee to build content calendar, draft compelling copy, and set benchmarks to drive employee participation in online global communities.CLIENT: U.S. Silica, Human Resources Coordinator (via Genuent) Created internal messaging for HR and change communications promoting organizational culture, “Great Places to Work” initiatives, and community and charity partnerships. Worked with leadership to identify loopholes for process improvements, standardize workflows and enhance customer service for a company of 1,700 team members. Streamlined the 45-day recruitment cycle providing high-level project coordination for the client life cycle.

Sugar Land, Texas, Us

Bridged the education advancements for more than 150 students of diverse backgrounds by developing effective strategies via a robust curriculum aligned with state education objectives. Conducted performance gap analysis to assess current state and prioritize creating curriculums based on organizational goals. Built and employed Learning Management Systems (LMS) and exceeded goals of 90% engagement, building digital literacy in an online education system. Spearheaded professional training to facilitate knowledge and best practices supporting organizational goals.

Houston, Texas, Us

Consistently attained social, academic, and school district goals for distinct learning levels by designing team strategies to implement district initiatives. Developed and instituted data-driven strategies that resulted in 10% year-over-year improvement in state assessments enabling the campus to achieve its first-ever 93% success rate in the English content area. Facilitated, mentored, and coached teams of more than 30 members in quarterly professional training. Earned distinctions of Lead Literacy Teacher, 2018-2019; Teacher of the Year nominee, 2018-2019; New Teacher of the Year, 2014-2015; Shared Decision-Making Committee, 2015-2016.

Houston, Texas, Us

Led the internal and external marketing-communications and copywriting initiatives for 18 national cities and 500 communities with communications and marketing teams. Solutions included creating SEO content for website redesign that achieved 75% increase in daily page views and a 90% increase in-session length. Collaborated with creative teams to produce content that earned a 98% satisfaction rate among key stakeholders. Pursued media inquiries, wrote press releases, and talking points for c-suite members. Served as newsletter editor, script writer, and project coordinator for special projects. Contributed award-winning content to FORTUNE®’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and “Top Workplaces”.

Houston, Texas, Us

Served as communications and media liaison for the Houston YMCA’s seven centers and 300 program locations. Advanced YMCA’s charitable mission by interviewing SME’s and shaped content for target audiences. Managed relationships with local media and composed press releases about YMCA’s community contributions. Conducted research, copywriting, and editing for YMCA’s digital newsletters and Y-Life member print magazine.

Led the full planning and execution of EGL’s inaugural sales and marketing internal global newsletter for markets spanning 100 countries. Interviewed SME's and authored original articles highlighting client success stories, mergers and acquisitions, and industry information. Produced content for c-suite members, including interview talking points and editorial columns. Drafted articles for industry magazines and journals.

Bachelor Of Journalism, Journalism

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Organizational Leadership