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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Lead Stakeholder Communications function within External Communications, which oversees the development and implementation of integrated communications plans to support our family of regional health plans. Responsible for creating and managing effective external communications strategies and tactics. Manage activities of cross-functional communications.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Lead content strategy and development for the Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 response. Manage a team of seven temporary and permanent employees responsible for a daily newsletter, social media, blog posts, videos, and the state’s COVID-19 websites. Serve as a member of the COVID Communications Unit leadership team. Regularly monitor and report on.

Portland, Oregon

Lead integrated communications strategies in support of business objectives. Lead cross-functional teams to align communications strategies, tactics and messaging. Surface issues that could influence brand reputation and develop mitigation plans. Advise senior executives and mentor junior staff on communications strategies. - Co-lead for COVID-19.

Portland, Oregon

Senior internal communications manager supporting Regence’s 2,300-member operations group. Primary communications counsel to Sr. VP of Operations and leadership staff. Responsibilities included extensive change communications and leadership communications planning and execution.

Portland, Oregon

Strategic Communications: Created and executed dozens of communications plans, from small, one-issue plans to comprehensive, firm-wide communications plans involving all major company business units and the executive office. Plans included situational analysis, strategy and tactics, and measurement. Executive communications: Advised senior leadership team.

Coordinated, wrote, edited, and designed project proposals in response to RFPs. Provided graphic design services for projects such as display boards, project sheets, and trade show brochures.

Led redesign of biweekly employee print newspaper with a distribution of more than 70,000 employees and retirees. Served on editorial committee. Served on cross-functional communications team within public and government affairs group. Assisted in the redesign of Amoco Chemical Company's quarterly print magazine. Received cash award for redesign of.

Provided graphic design services in support of employee and client communications. Served on public information team.