Managing client's marketing, communication, and growth strategy needs.Offering web design and marketing consulting to small businesses.Learn more at sarahgracestudio.com

- Connector: Secured supplier acknowledgement in Stephen & Evie Colbert's 2024 cookbook "Does This Taste Funny?", boosting brand visibility through a high-profile publication-Planner: Plan and execute all company events (~10/year) including marketing events, educational events, and our flagship Winter Seafood Jubilee which draws hundreds of guests and sells out each year-Networker: Travel to conferences and expos to network with like-minded folks in the industry, resulting in a new market, powerful new partners and new clients-Storyteller: Manage company wide marketing efforts, including social media, email newsletters, e-commerce, web content, signage, printed materials, advertising, press engagement and more-Manager: Oversee the Hiring & Training Manager, Private Catering Manager, Restaurant Manager

-Updated 2010 website to represent a large and growing company, re-writing, re-designing and converting over 200 pages of content-Led team through brand and name selection for new restaurant-Oversaw all company marketing materials including events, social media, email, signage, and more-Accepted restaurant management role with little experience, successfully managed restaurant through COVID shutdown, layoffs, reopening, and all the pivots in between

-Served as the primary point of contact for new software clients-Facilitated communication between software clients and development teams to enhance functionality-Project managed a team of 5 software developers and ensuring timely delivery of projects-Oversaw all digital marketing and branding initiatives including web content, social media, email newsletters, advertising, e-commerce

After roughly 9 months at Move Loot I was promoted to Marketing Associate. My area of responsibility was to oversee the brand's social media accounts. I managed the editorial calendar for social which included regular posts about our products and services, giveaways, creative partnerships, influencer campaigns, and more.As part of the larger marketing team I began to learn about marketing analytics and how to determine return on investment for digital and social media campaigns.

I helped open the Durham headquarters of this SFO based startup in 2014. My role as a Product & Merchandise associate was to document all angles of consignment product for our online store. This included photography, copywriting, and creative styling.