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Houston, Texas, United States

• OVERVIEW: Lead the strategy and execution of corporate cause marketing campaigns that have fundraised more than $35M for patient care, research, education and prevention.
• Oversees the strategic and tactical direction for the Corporate Alliances' department, including the overall management and coordination of all corporate alliances and relevant cause marketing activitivies and.
• Develops overarching strategy for MD Anderson's corporate alliances and cause marketing fundraising programs.
• Provides leadership and direction to the team responsible for corporate relationships to ensure strategic, coordinated and consistent cause marketing activations and the successful stewardship of corporate partners to.
• Leads strategy for growing and securing new corporate partners.
• Develops end-to-end plans (timelines, deliverables, and processes) to meet program goals and project manage corporate partners.

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, TX

Since 2008, I’ve worked behind-the-scenes building and shaping companies, and amplifying the efforts of small business owners, entrepreneurs and freelancers.Let me help you with the following:✔ Creating diversified business strategy that will provide measurable ROI✔ Benchmarking key metrics to drive performance improvement, gain strategic advantages and.

Houston, Texas Area

• BSX Athletics is a seed-stage sports technology company that combines real-life coaching and wearable technologies to help athletes train smarter, not harder.
• Managed an integrated marketing and PR effort that included brand DNA/messaging, strategic sponsorships, partnerships, print collateral, a word-of-mouth blueprint and a digital content strategy that included a balanced.
• Led holistic marketing and PR strategy and execution for a Kickstarter campaign that raised just shy of $122,000, which was 243% of the funding goal and represented the top 1% of all Kickstarter campaigns at the time.
• Led small content team in charge of comprehensive content strategy including, but not limited to: educational blog posts, multi-part expert interview series, and social media strategy and execution.
• Mentored colleagues on the best practices of business writing, lead generation and sales funnels.

Houston, Texas Area

• I led the Proton Therapy Center's digital efforts which included showcasing clinical expertise, highlighting patient and survivor stories, and raising local and national awareness about proton therapy as a viable.
• Project managed multi-million dollar paid search budget, which included interfacing with multiple internal departments, working on billing and budgeting issues, managing agency partners and serving as a liaison between.
• Project managed the Center’s first mobile site from the ideation phase all the way through the institutions’ elaborate risk assessment process, which required collaboration across departments: IT, security, legal and.
• Started a bi-weekly e-newsletter highlighting innovations, trends, news and best practices to keep the institution informed of the rapidly changing, ever evolving digital media space.
• Shot and edited over 40 videos for social media content creation and dissemination.
• Developed and executed PR stories highlighting technological advancements and compelling survivor stories.

Houston, Texas Area

* Led marketing research* Led strategic marketing initiatives from ideation phase through execution (including one of the first Groupon's for a furniture store)* Member of strategic team that implemented Magento CMS to launch Gallery Furniture online store* Trained sales staff to leverage the iPad as tool in their sales aresenal

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

As the company's first Community Manager, I led the activation of the Sports Media Challenge brand online through our corporate blog, and participating in industry-wide conversations. I also played an integral role in developing and activating intricate web 2.0 strategies for sports, entertainment and lifestyle brands. Two of the brands I worked with most.

Weaving intricate webs, facilitating conversation, and utilizing other strategic marketing initiatives to increase the exposure and usage of the Squidoo platform.

Masters Of Science, Marketing

• #2-ranked MS Marketing Program in the U.S. • Curriculum includes: Marketing Metrics & Accountability, Marketing Research, Marketing.

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication Studies, English

Activities and Societies: Texas Lutheran Baseball Team, Alpha Chi Honor Society• PACE Scholarship Recipient • Summa Cum Laude Graduate.