- Collaborate with the leadership team to develop and implement strategic communication plans across all organizational activities.- Design and execute comprehensive marketing and communications strategies to advance research, policy, advocacy, statewide initiatives, community engagement, and for the annual Talent Strong Florida Summit.- Track and report on the performance of all communication channels, video productions, and messaging campaigns, providing actionable insights to optimize engagement and effectiveness.- Act as the primary contact for all media-related inquiries, including drafting and distributing press releases and managing paid advertisements.- Oversee the maintenance and update of the organization’s website, ensuring the integration of compelling visual content.- Develop in-house creative materials to enhance organic reach and earned media opportunities.- Offer strategic communications expertise to local college access network partners - Generate, report, and produce multimedia stories for dissemination across FCAN’s digital platforms, showcasing the student experiences and best practices for improving college access.

Service work- Associate Editor of Media & Book Reviews for Feminist Pedagogy- - Generate a source list of books and films for reviews.- Facilitate calls for book and media reviews.- Assist with publisher requests.Edit 2-5 page book reviews.

Instructor of record for Public Speaking course (Asynchronous).Lead weekly course learnings, facilitate assignments, assist students with speech presentations, and grade assignments.

- Advanced the university brand, mission, and goals by collaboratively developing multifaceted strategic communications plans, including executive and internal communications, media relations, web content, and social media. - Served as brand ambassador for the university by engaging with diverse communities in the Tampa Bay area. - Produced time-sensitive multimedia content and news releases for mainstream media outlets.- Developed and implemented strategic communication initiatives to elevate USF’s fast-growing national reputation – targeting talented faculty, students, peer institutions, and community partners. - Created and implemented clear communications metrics and goals, aligned to the university’s mission using authentic storytelling to connect with key stakeholders. Provided messaging support across the organization for the Office of the President, including communication-related to COVID-19, university system consolidation campaigns, and internal culture messaging. - Provided communications counsel to key partners and collaboratively developed strategies to advance the university’s mission.- Implemented new communication tools and trained university partners on new media platforms to engage larger audiences, such as digital management, podcasting, social media, and community presentations.- Fully produced written and video narratives to promote research, community partnerships, and institutional initiatives.- Oversaw the annual production of the national institutional TV spot.- Mediate university projects with outside producers to ensure consistent use of USF’s brand.- Fully developed and maintained digital workflows leading to the university’s first digital asset management system.- Established the university’s first team of multimedia producers, leading to the university’s only dedicated Multi-media News team, which focused on strategic storytelling.

Produce, edit and write stories to support USF Health’s strategic mission.

Course Instructor for digital arts course.

Produce online discussions about photography to promote visual literacy. Edit highlight videos from discussions.

• Photographer: Reportage, editorial and portraits.• Blogger/ Producer: Produce and edit editorial content for BagNewsNotes.com, news photo analysis.• Digital production: Presentations for documentary work across platforms: web, print, broadcast.• Graphic Design: Print, logo, branding, websites, and media campaigns.• Field Assistant/ Videographer/ Translator: National Geographic, Western Sahara, 2006.• Digital Media Workshop Instructor: Indigenous Media Project, Colombia, 2005-2007.

• Webmaster and Multimedia; Create websites, social media fundraiser campaigns and digital archives.• Photographer/ Videographer for use in promotional media.• Stage Manager on Tour; Coordinate freight, stage schedules, costumes, merchandise and artists logistics.

• Course Instructor; Continuing education and community outreach programs.• Weekend Lab Manager; Tech support for scanning, color management and multimedia production.

• Producer of three minute news bulletins and pre-recorded news stories for commercial radio station. • Writer, Interviewer, Researcher and Presenter of news scripts for top-of-the-hour broadcasts.

• Assistant in all aspects of video production: camera, research, writing and editing.• Produce “Video Vows” segments for the Sunday Style section.• LENS Blog; Producer of multimedia blog posts about prominent photojournalists.