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• Successfully advance organizational objectives and shifting priorities through effective implementation, management, and on-time delivery of marketing and communications projects• Raise national awareness of grant opportunities, partnerships, and funding outcomes through earned news coverage, exhibiting at conferences, and serving as public and media relations point person• Collaborate with senior leadership on thoughtful, strategically aligned initiatives in support of scaling philanthropic impact and growing multiple national partnerships• Regularly write, edit, and advise on executive, business, and internal communications (i.e.formal letters, team e-news, proposals, speeches, talking points, presentations, etc.)• Manage aspects of operations function, including vendor assignments, coordinatingsponsorship deliverables, creating procedural documents, calendaring for events, etc.• Perform quality control to the highest level of accuracy through final review and authorization to manufacture public-facing historical markers (i.e. 775+ total since 2021)• Maintain and cultivate relationships with nonprofit sector leadership for the benefit of national and regional grant programs and public-facing community outcomes • Work in collaboration with digital team on website redesign and ongoing updates, including content creation, user experience, and metadata input

• Strategized and wrote thoughtfully crafted, on-message content for all areas of institutional communications, including Office of the President and Advancement• Regularly interviewed high-profile alums, student leaders, faculty, and other constituents for range of award-winning publications showcasing their accomplishments• Wrote publicity articles and conducted media relations for campus news, partnerships and major announcements• Worked with leadership to prepare internal and external communications materials associated to all facets of campus life and community relations• Assisted in overseeing office operations, including budget management, student payroll, coordinating with facilities, hiring student workers, and purchase orders• Prepared comprehensive submissions for national rankings and industry awards (e.g. AASHE, U.S. News & World Report); identified opportunities to enhance profile and points of distinction

Reporter, copy editor and page designer at the Portsmouth Herald and York County Coast Star.• Wrote hundreds of articles on topics ranging from municipal government and economic development to politics and high-profile court cases• Conceptualized, designed, and proofread pages for both daily and weekly print newspapers, including front page• Earned Maine Press Association's Bob Drake young writer of the year award for excellence in journalism, including investigative stories