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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Solve problems for municipal, county, and state governmental and quasi-governmental organizations throughout the Southeastern United States.• Simultaneously managed the two largest single-year projects in firm history, ensuring satisfactory and on-time project delivery for high-profile clients• Managed delivery of 49 simultaneous special district reviews, including five sets of deliverables per review, as conducted by 11 staff members and four subcontractors• Served as onboarding mentor for new governmental advisory staff, ensuring completion of initial training, familiarization, and acclimation to the firm's culture• Prepared and led CPE courses for government finance officers and governmental accounting professionals in various subject matter areas, including project management, staff onboarding, staff development, and business process improvement

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Transformed government operations and performance to improve processes with the goal of enhancing effectiveness, efficiency, and customer service future state goals• Ensured compliance with federal, state, and local regulations• Performed budget analysis, manage grants, and prepared grant recipients for single audit• Facilitated mediation sessions between internal stakeholders and operational divisions • Interviewed client staff, job shadowed, and collected data to analyze staffing models, performance, and budget utilization• Responded to 10 RFPs, resulting in two master service agreements and three direct engagements awarded to the governmental advisory practice

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Set policies regarding marketing and communications division’s systems, procedures, workflow, budgeting, and work processes, ensuring each is efficient, effective, and customer-friendly• Served as lead on competitive RFPs for marketing and communications contractors for both the agency and the state through partnership with the Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) and representatives from a half dozen state agencies, including development of requirements, responding to bidder questions, and evaluating bids to determine awarded entity• Worked closely with outside agencies of record and vendors to manage outsourced project workflow and develop integrated marketing strategies• Reviewed all scopes of work and estimates by contractors, agencies of record, and vendors, recommending approval of any budget expenditures• Managed multiple divisions’ marketing budgets, including budget development, tracking, invoicing, and reconciliation• Ensured internal and external partners adhered to Office of Personnel and Budget (OPB) and State Accounting Office (SAO) processes and regulations for contracts and billing• Developed and maintained a consultative relationship with internal customers in all divisions to balance workload, manage expectations, advocate for appropriate timelines, and ensure customer management exceptions were met

Greater Atlanta Area

• Crafted competitive RFPs for marketing and communications contractors for both the agency and the state as a whole, and reviewed all scopes of work submitted by said contractors• Managed multiple divisions' marketing budgets, including budget development, tracking, invoicing and reconciliation• Set policies regarding the division's systems, procedures, workflow, budgeting and work processes• Assessed and managed the marketing and communications division's workflow, assigning teams, timelines and tasks for all projects• Served as a critical liaison between internal clients and the creative services, digital marketing and communications teams, ensuring that all team members received timely and appropriate project information• Supported and drove brand and creative activities, including building and championing a strong brand identity throughout all possible customer and stakeholder touch points• Worked closely with outside agencies of record and vendors to manage outsourced project workflow and develop integrated marketing strategies

Atlanta, Georgia

• Assisted planning of $3.8 million annual budget; approved application of projects to dedicated line items; and supplied divisional budget officers with accepted invoices.• Served as lead on competitive RFQ and RFP processes for trade show services, including development of requirements, responding to bidder questions, and evaluating bids to determine awarded entity.• Liaised between Tourism division and Marketing & Communications division; served as project manager for tourism marketing projects by opening creative projects, tracking progress and ensuring on-time completion.• Liaised between International Relations division and Marketing & Communications division; served as project manager for projects directed to the office of the Governor, the Georgia Consular Corps and the international community in Georgia.• Handled international protocol, including flag arrangement, seating charts and gifts, for visits by foreign heads of state, Consular Corps breakfasts and other international VIP visits and tours.• Supported international missions; managed the production of briefing books, event organization and the design of creative needs.• Supported familiarization tours for international VIPs, media and travel trade during the planning process, on the ground and during follow-up.• Supported trade and consumer shows, including collateral and booth development.• Developed market-specific collateral for global market development team.• Wrote copy for and copy edited five annual and biannual custom publications.• Handled day-to-day interaction with advertising and interactive agencies for specific projects, ranging from website microsites to print, digital and broadcast ads.• Organized status meetings and set internal priorities for the redesign of client website; created andupdated content on site; and made updates to content and site structure in CMS (Drupal, previously Laravel).

Greater Atlanta Area

• Managed blog and 6 social media platforms for a top DMO• Forged relationships with promotional partners

Alpharetta, Georgia

• Developed company-wide product development and product sale schedule • Developed company's marketing strategic plan• Published weekly electronic newsletter; managed company and store websites and social media accounts• Received 2014 Constant Contact All Star Award• Developed and updated brochures, manuals and graphics for products and displays• Provided customer service; analyzed purchasing patterns• Oversaw warehousing and distribution logistics and inventory• Managed intern program

Greater Atlanta Area

• Coordinated and executed the 2014 Regional Leaders Summit in Atlanta, featuring 6 international political and business delegations • Coordinated delegate, dining, itinerary and diplomatic protocol logistics• Produced collateral materials for summit including, but not limited to, the Governor’s briefing book and summit directory• Managed $60,000 budget for the state of Georgia

Greater Atlanta Area

Assisted the marketing, account management, communications and protocol teams:• Populated five social media platforms, prepared news aggregates, drafted press releases and official documents• Provided preparation and follow-up for Governor’s Southeast Asia trade mission and various trade shows• Organized VIP tours, FAM tours, conference presentations, dignitary receptions (e.g., state breakfast for the President of Ghana)

Atlanta, Georgia

• Managed reception desk and copy room• Organized and distributed electronic newsletter starting with initial issue

Greater Atlanta Area

• Managed housing and guest logistics• Provided crisis management • Conducted campus tours• Managed office functions

Atlanta, Georgia

-- Research Project --Russian Nanodaddy in Arms Race with Assassin Mosquitos: Nanotechnology and International Security in the Russian Federation-- Research Advisor --Prof. Margaret E Kosal, PhD-- Description --• Performed administrative duties, organized guest lectures, managed center’s office• Researched nanotechnology program in the Russian Federation• Paper distributed at Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET) 2011 conference

Bachelor'S Degree, International Affairs And Modern Language

Activities and Societies: Honors Program, International Plan, DramaTech Theatre, Model United Nations

Study Abroad, Politics

Activities and Societies: University of Sheffield Light Entertainment Society (USLES)