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Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

- Built a communication and public relations strategy from the ground up that resulted in front page regional newspaper coverage- Fostered communication between the firm and government officials and agents to ensure timely and effective response to those in need during disaster response.

• Developed campaign and media strategy, messaging and branding to target and penetrate specific demographics for local campaigns; identified and optimized marketing and advertising venues. • Collaborated with communications director to determine media strategy including identifying top press opportunities to pursue; developed and prioritized discussion topics for gaining the most leverage. • Assisted with data collection and interpretation for a successful mayoral campaign focusing on voter turnout rates, economic trends, and demographics; pulled database queries using SQL to produce statistics valuable to campaign.• Developed content for press releases, blog, videos, radio advertisements, television, speeches, and social media; wrote copy and edited copy. • Planned press conferences and fielded media requests.• Created coalitions through talking with church leaders and liberal groups in the community and keeping them up to date on legislation.• Recruited and oversaw 75+ volunteers that supported campaigns through community outreach, phone calls, marketing, knocking on doors, and building organic growth via social media campaigns. • Coached candidates on public speaking skills ensuring they stayed on course with the delivery of speech and response to questions. • Recorded candid video of candidates as they interacted with constituents.• Identified potential sources of funds, managed scheduling and messaging for fundraising, and ensured timely FEC filing.• Led a circuit clerk candidate to a first-place finish in the Republican primary. • Contributed data analysis and message content to mayoral campaign that defeated incumbent candidate by 20 points.• Composed copy delivering candidate's core values and message to voters through radio promotions reaching 40K+ listeners and television advertisements reaching 70K+ viewers.• Grew social media following by 8K% reaching hundreds of thousands of people.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area

• Supervised print shop with $500K in sales and up to 15 employees including printers, screen techs, artists, and sales representatives ensuring that customer orders were filled accurately and on schedule. • Managed multiple customer orders simultaneously to ensure the most efficient use of resources while retaining flexibility and meeting multi-tiered deadlines.• Oversaw all aspects of production including customer service, art creation, ordering, quality control, post-sale, proofreading, and editing from inception to completion. • Increased productivity by 20% through training employees on new production methods and reconfiguring workflow.• Increased revenue by 50% through community outreach, marketing campaigns, public relations, cold calling, and social media.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area

• Assisted with research including collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data on the economic impact of entertainment statutes in New Orleans, Louisiana, and their influence on local economics and Senate races. • Researched laws, socio-economic impact, and likely impact of proposed legislation, and predicted how it would impact industry or citizens to help promote or defeat laws. • Created class outlines, lectured, and conducted classes. • Advised students on research methods and data sources as related to their research papers and class projects.• Represented University of Mississippi at the Southern Political Science Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.• Awarded “Best Research Abstract” in the Liberal Arts Department.My research focused on the variability of policy positions in legislative races, specifically in states dominated by a single political party. Immigration policy, social policy, and taxation were the primary areas under examination.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Political Science And Government, 3.93

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha, SPSAPrimary Field of Study: American Politics Subfields: International Law and Organizations.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science

Major in Politics, Minor in Latin