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Sacramento, Ca, Us

Sacramento, California, United States

• Update bill calendar, prepare and send position letters to members of the State Legislature.• Track data and general reports for legal information requests using Abstract, Capitol Track and VoterVoice.• Editor of WMA's monthly newsletter, NewsLine and weekly Capitol Update which is distributed to over 1,000 readers.• Draft, edit and distribute Legislative Alerts, a short e-mail update that provides quick updates to WMA members on legislative topics and serves as a means of generating letter-writing campaigns.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Prepare background materials, talking points, hearing and floor statements for the legislative sessions or public events.• Research background on proposed legislation for the Assemblymember.• Manage the Assemblymembers scheduling, transportation and constituent/stakeholder meetings.• Advise the Assemblymember on bills pending in committee and on the Assembly floor.• Represent the Assemblymember in meetings with stakeholders discussing upcoming legislation when needed.

• Communications specialist for Ret. Lt. Colonel Buzz Patterson running in Sacramento CA congressional district 7• Craft media talking points in preparation for local and national interviews.• Strategize social media messaging for the candidate's Twitter account with over 50,000 followers.• Researched and crafted op-ed's that were published on blogs and social media.• Produced and edited a virtual town hall for Buzz Patterson's interview with local law enforcement regarding policies that affect the community.

Oakland, California

• Manage media relations for clients on a local and national level which has resulted in featured placements in the San Francisco Business Times, CBS Miami, KRON4 News and other media.• Crafted the angle ‘Bay Area seniors downsizing homes and upgrading lifestyles.' Coverage in Berkeleyside, East Bay Times and other Bay Area media resulted in over $10 million of revenue for client AEC Living. • Identified trends in national and local health care for Marin General Hospital, Summit Health, EDAP TMS and John Muir Health that resulted in 3 times the media coverage the previous year and over 200 media placements.• Building relationship with key media contact such as KRON4 News, ABC7 and KTVU Channel 2 which resulted in an ongoing opportunity for client Marin General Hospital to appear as the “go-to” medical expert.• Spearheaded client CSAA Insurance Group's nation wide 99% philanthropic involvement "Crayon Initiative." Media outreach across 4 states resulted in over 20 media placements and corporate philanthropic recognition.

Oakland, California

• Manage media relations for renowned Bay Area medical expert doctor Runjhun Misra that resulted in 15 media placements in a 3 month campaign.• Secured featured placements of C-Suite executives in local, national, and trade publications.• Develop client activity, media coverage reports, and pitches to media outlets that resulted in media placements for my clients.• Brainstorm and develop campaign strategies that increased clients visibility.• Assist in building client's C-Suite executives LinkedIn profiles

• Pitched and secured clients on KTVU Channel 2, KCBS Radio, KRON News and other local and national media outlets• Support in the development of Social Media strategies and initiatives• Prepare activity and media coverage reports• Media relations, including interview coordination• Create and maintain media lists • Media monitor and organize for clients

• Provide communication feedback to leaders of the world’s top corporations, organizations, and institutions such as Stanford University, Southwest Airlines, and Pandora.• Contribute insight that supplements data science and natural language processing analytics to help leaders of organizations measure, predict, and strengthen their voice across all major communication channels.• Administered actionable recommendations that enable clients to become world-class communicators.

• First intern to an emerging start-up with duties that include assisting with social media and blogs.• Assist in drafting press releases and took the lead on the launch of the new “Kudos” feature.• Coordinate speaking engagements with communication courses at Sac State that resulted in the biggest new users day of all time • Organized focused groups with Sac State fraternities to get information on user needs and circulated my findings back to the leadership team.• With no budget, found growth tactics that improved team goals including pageviews, user acquisition, and session per users.

• Founded a podcast that has reached over 60,000 listens since its inception and has garnered over 10,000 social media followers.• Book on air live interviews and prepare content for broadcasting. • Create relationships with NFL beat writers on social media which resulted in exclusive interviews.• Interview reporters from the L.A Times , California Sports Net Central, and CBS Sports NFL insiders.

Sacramento, California Area

• Served on the Brand Ambassador team that coordinated events with non profit organizations and high schools, resulting in $60,000 raised in charitable fundraising.• Created a consistent timeline for social media posts and utilized other guerilla marketing tactics with the goal of increasing restaurant earnings, which resulted in a $30,000 increase in daily revenue.• Coordinated pop up events during community events, distributed fliers for restaurant promotions that contributed to $11 million in restaurant revenue in a year.

Sacramento, California

• Research statistical information that was relevant for current game day, conducted interviews for game content, and game prep with play-by-play partner.• Gained essential knowledge of the sports broadcasting field by providing color commentary for Sacramento State's football team.

Sacramento State

Hosted my sports talk show on Sacramento States student run radio. We discussed topics that were prevalent in the common culture of sports and politics.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Public Relations Student Society of America PRSSA outreach and networking committeeCommunity outreach.

Communication, General

Education record