Provide leadership, vision, and support to senior leaders and staff. Create, plan, and implement effective communication strategies to prospective students, alumni, parents and community audiences. Develop Marketing and Communication Strategic Plan to communicate the university's message across all platforms and mediums.Administrative:Provide leadership to the department.Serve as a member of the President’s Cabinet.Review and approve information communicated by the university.Managed the university marketing budget and submit requisitions and provide invoices to accounts payable.Purchase equipment or services needed for content production.Prepare a comprehensive strategic and tactical marketing planPublic Relations:Serve as the Public Relations leader for the department, representing the university at external events as assigned by the President and/or Executive Vice President.Respond to public relations issues with the assistance of the Assistant Director of Integrated Marketing and Executive Vice President.Marketing:Oversee and manage university website, social media, communications, graphic design, photography, video, and staff.Advise departments on advertising and public relations effortsOversee filming, video, media editing, advertising

Still photography for print and online marketing of the university.Producer, videographer, and editor for all marketing, promotional, informational, and educational videos. Manager of production schedules for photography, video, and departmental requests. Coordinate interns, work-study students, and volunteers for various assignments and the BUC News. Guest Lecturer of photography and communications classes.Creator and News Director of the BUC News, a weekly newscast that is produced by CSU students. Students include interns and work studies who are Communications and Graphic Design majors, as well as student volunteers.

Business owner responsible for all aspects of business management. Video production, filming and editing for commercial clients from concept to completion. Photography for Commercial Advertising, Portraits and Weddings. Managing staff and contractors. Organization of daily schedules. Head of client relations and customer service. • Featured in 2 page advertorial for Nikon in a prominent magazine. • Credited with multiple international photography awards. • Speaker and educator at conferences and for organizations across the United States and internationally. • Consultant to photographers and industry businesses with a focus on workflow and efficiency using various techniques, theories, and programs.

Photographer and Multimedia Producer for seven newspapers and a magazine with corresponding web and social media content. ENG filming and editing of video and photography content for website and print. Coordinate schedules with and assign stories to freelance photographers. Archive and organization of media. • Developing new freelance photography standards for story submission. • Creating photo and video production instructional guides for staff use of various software and website systems. • Revitalizing use of video for news gathering and online reporting.

Communicated with regional photographers regarding CTPPA matters. Organized vendors, location, and planning of the 2012 CTPPA conference trade show. • Successfully developed new strategies and planning to revitalize a declining Trade Show. • Awarded Court of Honor for Wedding Image Of The Year.

One of eight photographers who founded and developed a retreat style conference for 250 photographers. Contributed to the planning of all aspects of the conference. Produced, filmed, and edited the conference promotional video. • Began and completed video production within 48 hours and broadcasted final video to a live audience on the last day of the conference.

Avid Media Composer Editor for special reports including investigative, consumer, and sports journalism. Creative director and editor of story editing process including video, graphics, and music for final on air package. • Four time Emmy-Award Winner.

Video editor for daily newscasts on both linear and non linear editing systems. Coordinated recording of incoming microwave and satellite feeds from ENG teams. Assigned tasks to editors to assure video for newscasts aired successfully. Maintained video archive system.