Rachel Thomas Email & Phone Number

CHANNEL MANAGEMENT:I manage email, website, and social media communications channels, including planning content, reviewing and presenting data, copywriting and design, and creating editorial calendars.In a year, I've increased followers across both main social media channels by about 25%, increased engagement rate by about 5% between the two channels. Our emails to almost 9k members receive a monthly open rate of about 31% compared to the 28% when I began my job.RELATIONSHIP & BRAND MANAGEMENT:I advocate and plan for premium and consistent experiences to maintain and grow our membership. My role includes an understanding of lifestyle marketing trends, current member engagement data and ideation and execution of strategic communications campaigns. I work collaboratively with those in my department and other colleagues across the association to ensure brand consistency and support for our membership. When brought on to the role, I established brand standards and proofing systems to create brand consistency across all KASB items and experiences.

Lawrence, Kansas

-Managed all social media accounts, including paid social ads-Created content for social media, newsletters, websites, and presentations-Assisted in community and media relations-Planned various events for school district and community-Assisted in crisis communication-Wrote 5-6 stories quarterly for Lawrence newsletter-Spearheaded multichannel communications plan for our Strategic Plan.

Kansas City, Missouri

-Planned and bought TV and radio in Birmingham, AL; Colorado Springs, CO; Phoenix, AZ; and Wichita, KS. -Bought print ads in Birmingham, AL; Colorado Springs, CO; Eugene, OR; Kansas City, KS/MO; Phoenix, AZ; Riverside, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; South Bend, IN; Thousand Oaks, CA; Toledo, OH; and Wichita, KS. -Managed press releases and interviews for national broadway tours in all markets -Maintained media relations-Managed individual shows' campaigns across eleven markets while maintaining a budget

-Conceptualized Susan’s brand on her website and Facebook.-Created her Facebook business page and manage postings. -Increased online followers by 100% in her target audience of Baby Boomer women. -Planned an online blogger tour with several influencers-Arranged a promotional tour across North Eastern Kansas-Manage her marketing budget

Kansas City, Missouri Area

-Created media lists tailored to specific clients-Identified relevant influencers on blogs and social media for specific clients-Monitored clients' industry news for tailored news snapshots-Conceptualized engagement activations for national client

Lawrence, Kansas Area

-Managed a creative team of ten individuals -Created social media content and integrated marketing campaigns-Rebranded Student Union Activities -Increased social media engagement by 86% and followers by about 40% in a year-Sat on the Kansas Memorial Union Corporation board which governs the student union and related entities

University Of Kansas

-Planned events for 500+ people including Unionfest with more than 8,000 attendees. -Managed a committee of about 15+ individuals -Pitched to potential comedic acts to preform for the University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas Area

-Planned 8 events for more than 500 people overall-Managed a committee of 9 individuals-Maintained relationships between stakeholders, committee, and third-party vendors

Lawrence, Kansas Area

-Crowd management-Conceptualized a guerrilla marketing campaign

Kansas City, Missouri Area

-Experience with Business to Business marketing. -Created an email marketing campaign with Mailchimp. -UI/UX experience

Overland Park, Ks

-Managed Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook-Pitched various state fairs in Midwest Dairy’s ten state region-Coordinated an informational chocolate milk video for social media. -Pitched the Dairy Good Cookbook to various foodie magazines in Kansas City metro area -Coordinated blog posts with local farm family influencers in the ten state region.

-Experience with both print and digital media-Directed our online course catalog campaign -Managed all social media platforms -Created social media campaigns-Created digital content for social media

-Experience with both print and digital media-Directed our online course catalog campaign -Managed all social media platforms -Created social media campaigns-Created digital content for social media