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Kansas City, MO, US

As the Sr. Manager of Strategy and Marketing for the High Tech B2B industry, I provide marketing expertise and thought leadership to:- Guide Adobe’s point of view and go-to-market strategy for High Tech- Engage with High Tech customers on digital transformation and marketing excellence- Develop enablement materials for the Adobe ecosystem to support sales.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Led campaigns that included team management, brand and message development, market research, strategic PR and marketing to engage target audiences, creative development, content strategy, and evaluation of KPIs and OKRs.
• Led public relations, marketing and creative services for tech clients, including Colorado’s RoadX program, Panasonic’s Smart Mobility division, Lyft, Spoke, ITS America, DeepCam and Lifeloc.
• Developed messaging documents, media materials, marketing collateral, talking points, presentations/webinars, videos, and social and other owned content.
• Prepared and managed project budgets.

Greater Denver Area

• Managed PR, marketing and brand awareness strategy for RoadX (Colorado’s program to recruit tech companies to invest innovative transportation approaches), which included leading 24 major announcements that secured a.
• Secured stories in high-value publications, including Wired, The Verge, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, USA Today, NBC News, CNBC and CBS News.
• Served as account lead for nine campaigns to engage target audiences, which included managing marketing and PR strategy, market research, message and creative development, social media, media relations, events, budgets.
• Secured 25 PR, marketing and creative industry awards for creative tactics, marketing campaigns, online and broadcast videos, social media engagement and media relations.
• Collaborated with other agencies and directed subcontractors/vendors with specialized skills to support projects, including media planning/buying, market research, app development and video production.

Greater Denver Area

• Led marketing strategy, internal employee engagement and community outreach for the launch of a connected vehicle pilot program through Colorado’s Rocky Mountains.
• Developed and implemented award-winning creative tactics to generate more than 100 unique media stories, including “educational munchies” and a “Slow-Speed Chase” for drugged driving prevention and smartphone.
• Led rebranding efforts for clients to create new logos and brand platforms; oversaw the development of new materials, including key messages, websites, videos, graphics and other digital content.

Greater Denver Area

• Spearheaded the development of CIG’s new website and rebrand, which resulted in the first new website and logo since the company was founded in 2006.
• Launched statewide winter driving initiative, a fully integrated campaign involving media relations, creative development, social media outreach, website development and events.
• Drafted all media materials and prepared monthly media reports for six projects.

Greater Denver Area

Denver, CO

• Secured advertising for “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” and worked with creative team – S360 led the Colorado effort for the national organization to promote safe and sensible gun reform
• Assisted with execution of major events for Mayors Against Illegal Guns – National Day to Demand Action
• Compiled daily news clips on clients to remain up-to-date on clients activities and their changing needs – provided a consistent analysis of the industry environment for the client
• Wrote case studies about successes to be used on the website and at pitch meetings
• Attended and contributed at staff and client meetings

Denver, CO

• Assisted with the largest event in iDE history – Design for the Other 90%
• Promoted the Design for the Other 90% exhibit and inaugural iDE Paul Polak Award for Social Innovation
• Improved iDE's social media presence by increasing followers by 45% – Extensively utilized Facebook and Twitter
• Positively interacted with a variety of people in person, over the phone, and email
• Worked as a copy editor for all distributed materials

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Strategic Communication, International Studies, Socio-Legal Studies (Minor), 3.85/4 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi Fraternitymagna cum laude Strategic Communication - Departmental Distinction

International Marketing

Semester abroad at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.