Manage all operations for high volume, 107-year-old landmark restaurant; oversee employee relations encompassing staff recruitment, training and performance evaluation Built and manage all new orchardtavern.com; currently develop customer & community interaction through posts on website and social media accounts Created and launched web and radio campaign with Clear Channel Radio; assisted with production of video content and wrote and voiced radio spots airing on WTRY and WRVE Collaborated with Clipper Magazine and GROUPON to launch successful new-media campaigns including development of QR Code and increased coupon sales, respectivelyLed media outreach for promotional appearance by Major League Baseball player Brendan Harris; received favorable media coverage from FOX23, WNYT, YNN, WOFX & WTMM

Successfully secured media opportunities for Treasurer including exclusive interview with ABC News Nightline on subprime mortgage collapseProvided communications support to Local Government Commission including written responses to members of the media and local constituentsEdited and wrote agency publications including monthly Pension Fund mailers; developed 2007 Annual Report including creation of RFQPrepared marketing efforts for Treasurer's Unclaimed Property Program at NC State Fair and other outreach events throughout NC

Served as media contact and spokesman for largest toll highway in U.S.; provided print and broadcast interviews to local and national media outlets; Wrote press releases, talking points, presentations and speeches for Executive Staff; Formulated press campaigns for environmental stewardship efforts including implementation of traffic noise reduction projects, E-85 fuel and "GreenPass" programs; Organized community outreach campaigns and public meetings for Thruway projects including Interstate 84, Tappan Zee Bridge and Interchange 23-24 Reconstruction projects; Led statewide and regional press campaigns for Thruway development projects in coordination with Thruway project managers, engineers and vendors

Served as point of contact for marketing activities; worked within own budget and with vendors to develop marketing initiatives and coordinate appearances at industry conferencesDirected the network implementation, sales and support of small to medium size enterprisesGenerated new business relationships with the Albany Chamber of Commerce and NYS Forum for IT; further developed professional relationships with Syracuse University and G.E.

Singularly implemented and managed national media campaign for Irish Accommodation Services Institutes' National Conference; oversaw design and print of all conference materialOrganized guest speakers including Lord Mayor of Dublin, Pat McCann CEO of Jury's Hotel Group and Mary Hall of Tourism IrelandWorked as part of a team on the largest account at CGI, Irish Forestry, assembling account information