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Asheville, Nc, Us

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

• Supports the CEO and other leaders to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate enterprise-wide internal communications strategies and cadence structure• Manage the CEO’s internal engagement efforts, including monthly Senior Leadership Team meetings, quarterly all hands town halls, ad hoc site visits, and other engagement efforts • Partners with and serves as strategic communications advisor to executive leaders overseeing Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, Legal & Compliance, and Sales & Operations to identify business/communications objectives and opportunities, and translate those objectives into effective, strategic yearly communications plans• Works with other business partners within those business lines to plan, develop, and implement strategic internal communications plans on a wide range of topics and initiatives.• Develops and implements senior and mid-level leadership communication effectiveness programs to drive accountability and empower leaders to more effectively communicate and engage with their teams• Manages day-to-day small and large scale crisis communications, including technology outages and issues, reputational concerns, and natural disasters affecting team members• Supervises team, managing team priorities and ensuring timely, quality delivery of multiple communication initiatives• Partners with External Communications to ensure consistent messaging within and outside the company • Leads Future of Work taskforce to define the vision for our culture, processes, and employee experience in a hybrid environment and helping bring that vision to life• Launched new intranet platform of company news, information, collaboration, and connection, increasing viewership of news to 84% in the first year

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

• Created internal communications strategies, tactics, and activities to build employee awareness, engagement, and affinity about Change Healthcare’s business, culture, and capabilities. • Partnered with and served as a communications subject matter expert and adviser to executive and senior leaders in IT, legal and compliance, and HR to help them engage their teams and all employees in their work. • Created and distributed communications across digital platforms – including the company intranet, videos, and audio podcasts – to reach employees in new and meaningful ways.• Supported CEO-sponsored communications and events to drive stronger awareness of and engagement with the company’s vision and strategy for growth among senior leadership, as well as all employees.• Lead an enterprise Change Team – a small, agile, multidisciplinary team tasked with confronting the company’s internal communications challenges and developing innovative solutions through research, measurement, rapid-fire prototyping and testing, and tight feedback loops.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Lead internal communications and marketing efforts to promote technology services and support technology infrastructure transformation efforts, working with subject matter experts to understand technology offerings to effectively communicate value to the bank’s desired business outcomes.• Regularly developed and delivered communications to more than 40,000 employees across the enterprise through internal channels, including email, intranet articles, manager toolkits, and employee town halls.• Developed leadership and executive communications to increase employee engagement and awareness of organizational strategy and desired outcomes. • Collaborated with partners in Corporate Communications and subject matter experts across lines of business to identify opportunities for messaging integration across the technology organization.• Supported employee engagement events such as live and virtual town halls and WebEx-based learning hours, planning content, messaging and logistics.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

•Led a team of full-time writer/editors as well as managing relationships with freelance writers, editors, and proofreaders that work collaboratively with communications and marketing staff and client partners to develop a wide variety of high-quality, branded, and consistent communications materials. • Worked with stakeholders to develop and provide strategic editorial counsel to communications and marketing staff and client partners.• Worked with communications and marketing staff and client partners to develop and provide original writing in support of a variety of communications strategies, exploring ideas and concepts for written elements.• Maintained the Society’s official editorial style guidelines, regularly consulting with communicators in other Society disciplines to facilitate updates as necessary. • Built editorial services team from scratch as a result of a departmental restructure, hiring and training five writer/editors who were completely new to their roles.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Lead the communications strategy for the Relay For Life program, including providing communications guidance and strategy and developing collateral and messaging that supports fundraising events that raise nearly $400 million annually.• Plan and execute the communications strategy for brand awareness campaigns, including developing messaging, collateral, promotional materials, income strategies, and event activation strategies. • Implement the communications strategy for ACS fundraising programs; develop messaging and collateral, promotional elements, messaging tools, e-communications; provide Web and social media support; collaborate with stakeholders to identify and develop income opportunities; and build brand awareness • Develop and provide counsel on cause marketing promotions to optimize the ACS brand in partner materials. • Serve as the lead and intake for the promo review process for the Corporate Communications department and providing messaging guidance and direction for our cause partners.• Additional day-to-day responsibilities include managing operational aspects of communications projects and scope; ensuring project documents are complete, current, and made available to staff nationwide appropriately; and working collaboratively with and managing work of outside agency partners when necessary.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Created messaging strategies, implementation plans and promotional tactics that span all areas of Society communication competencies, including fundraising events, health promotions, the Society’s “More Birthdays” brand campaign, the launch of a new American Cancer Society Web site and 2010 breast cancer strategies.• Oversaw the production, publication, and promotion of “Powerful Choices,” a monthly informational podcast series focusing on ways to prevent cancer by staying healthy and getting screened.• Developed internal and external communication materials, such as written collateral, media materials, PSA scripts, Web site copy and internal staff informational releases.

Columbia, Sc, Us

• Developed sales leads; created advertising fulfillment packets; cold called prospective advertisers; and catalogued, monitored and tracked advertising revenue with the sales team.• Created, marketed and sold Good Day Getaways packages, a vacation promotional program that fostered trade relationships between¬ WACH FOX 57 and hotels, restaurants and attractions in South Carolina cities South Carolina, resulting in over $2,000 in station revenue. • Scripted, storyboarded and co-directed commercial spots for trade partner advertisers for television and Web publication.

Columbia, Sc, Us

Assisted three professors with managing their undergraduate classes and various research projects.

• Oversaw and maintained Web site updates and developments as part of an Association-wide rebranding initiative.• Designed graphics and logos for programs, publications, and student affiliate groups. • Assisted the Membership, Marketing & Communications team in member outreach, communication and retention.

Columbia, Sc, Us

• Facilitated sexual health seminars to over 3,000 students as part of the University 101 freshmen experience and transition program.• Managed day-to-day office maintenance; purchased supplies and equipment; tracked and recorded all budgetary and financial information; and served as the main receptionist of the department.• Designed and rebranded office publications to clearly and accurately align with the established brand and Department values.• Developed, marketed and staffed campus-wide awareness events which saw record attendance for department campaigns.

• Edited raw digital video footage into broadcast quality news packages, voice-overs and sound bytes for five to six newscasts a week.• Assisted news reporters and anchors with writings stories and teases to match the appropriate video footage and streamline every broadcast.

Master; Of Arts And Sciences Bachelor Of Arts, Mass Communication Candidate; Media Arts

School, Journalism And Mass Communications