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St Louis, Missouri, United States

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Providing day-to-day publicity support for clients such as actors/comedians David Koechner, Pauly Shore, Ben Bailey and Michael Yo, including:
• Leading local and national media outreach efforts and securing interview opportunities.
• Coordinating incoming press inquiries.
• Managing clients’ websites to ensure tour dates, ticket links, etc. are up to date.
• Advancing with venues and clubs for clients' upcoming tour dates.
• Media relations support for special events such as Big Slick Celebrity Weekend, Nelly's Black & White Ball, Music at the Intersection and Frosted: A Holiday Cocktail Experience.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Developing and executing an integrated communications plan while providing strategic counsel to St. Louis based advertising and creative agency around their senior leadership changes and expansion.
• Leading media outreach efforts around multiple pulse points, including promotion of agency’s new President and hiring of new Executive Creative Director.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Developed, managed and implemented an integrated media strategy for a financial service company’s sports sponsorship.
• Conducted local and national media outreach for financial service company’s sports sponsorship announcement.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Developed, managed and implemented strategic external communications plans for PepsiCo Energy (Rockstar Energy and Mountain Dew Energy) and PepsiCo’s West division.
• Served as primary day-to-day client contact for PepsiCo Energy and helped lead efforts around Rockstar Energy’s “Fuel What’s Next” campaign.
• Co-led executive visibility efforts for PepsiCo’s West division executives.
• Led internal communications efforts for BSH.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Led communication efforts around the club’s major milestones, including the expansion team announcement, team name and crest announcement, first club sponsors, high-profile front office hirings and first player signings.
• Led all media preparation for the club’s c-suite executives.
• Created, owned and managed relationships with local and national media, resulting in high-profile media placements.
• Oversaw creation of St. Louis CITY academy and CITY2 pre-game and post-game reports.
• Managed direct reports on day-to-day activities such as the creation of media materials, media outreach and coverage tracking and reporting.

Greater St. Louis Area

- Co-led strategic communication efforts for the MLS4TheLou ownership group- Managed program strategy and development, oversaw creation of media materials, supervised junior staff members across multiple offices, managed client budgets and oversaw team progress against KPIs to report results to clients - Planned, promoted and executed multiple activations.

Greater St. Louis Area

- Co-led strategic communication efforts for the MLS4TheLou ownership group- Served as day-to-day client contact for ExxonMobil and Riot Games Esports, with time spent on Bud Light, FedEx NFL and FedEx Racing accounts- Managed program strategy and development, oversaw creation of media materials, supervised junior staff members across multiple offices.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Serve as day-to-day client contact for FedEx NFL and FedEx Racing accounts
• Provide day-to-day client support for ExxonMobil and various Anheuser-Busch accounts
• Responsibilities include drafting press materials, media outreach, social media content creation and overseeing the analysis and measurement of client program metrics
• Serve as intern mentor

Greater St. Louis Area

• PR support for companies such as Anheuser-Busch, ExxonMobil, FedEx and FIFA

Greater St. Louis Area

• PR support for companies such as Hardee's, Anheuser-Busch and ExxonMobil
• Monitor and track clients' press coverage, organic and proactive, in traditional and social media
• Tracked social media chatter concerning specific topics and prepared client ready daily reports
• Conduct research for clients to gain a better understanding of their consumer market
• Use my understanding of client's demographics to effectively put together media lists
• Create content for client's social media platforms that appropriately represent the brand's identity

Saint Louis, MO

• Intern -- Anheuser-Busch, Hardee's, FedEx, Gemalto and The Coalition to Advance the Protection of Sports Logos (CAPS)
• Monitor and track clients' press coverage, organic and proactive, in traditional and social media
• Tracked social media chatter concerning specific topics and prepared client ready daily reports
• Conduct research for clients to gain a better understanding of their consumer market
• Use my understanding of client's demographics to effectively put together media lists
• Create content for client's social media platforms that appropriately represent the brand's identity

Saint Louis, MO

• Satellite Intern for Sony Pictures
• Performed research to effectively promote client's films by showing a proficient grasp of the specific films demographics
• Created local buzz for client's future films
• Coordinated events and managed on-site to promote client's films
• Pitched local businesses on promotions for future films and/or events

• Created social media content for agents Facebook page
• Researched and pitched appropriate businesses for new client opportunities
• Conducted cold calls for new client opportunities
• Assisted insurance agent on home/auto quotes

Saint Louis, MO

• Assisted the public relations coordinator
• Monitored and tracked traditional media coverage
• Drafted press releases on various topics
• Updated events on online and social media platforms