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Washington, Dc, Us

• Lead and support accounts for corporate and policy communications clients.• Craft Q&As to prepare clients for high-profile print, broadcast, and podcast interviews.• Advise clients and colleagues on media strategy and pitch formation for broadcast media, podcasts, and print targets as well as domestic and international announcements and initiatives.• Launched and oversee internal media database and best practices Slack channel.• Manage and mentor junior staff ad hoc and via the company mentorship program, "GPS."• Attend and participate in parent companies' (WPP/FGS) panels and informational sessions.• Plan and execute company-sponsored DEI events and initiatives.• Participate in company-sponsored book club.* Secured interviews with CNBC and Bloomberg.

Washington, D.C, Us

• Led accounts for crisis, litigation, and corporate communications clients.• Analyzed legal, investor, and medical documents in order to craft talking points, messaging, and media statements. • Ghostwrote board memos and op-eds.• Prepared clients for high-profile meetings and conferences, including Davos, Cannes, and Sun Valley. • Fostered and sustained relationships with national, regional, and local journalists.• Fielded media inquiries and pursued corrections to articles, on-air interviews, and podcast episodes.• Trained client spokespeople for print and on-camera interviews.• Interviewed prospective candidates for firm.• Planned and executed events for clients and firm.• Managed and mentored junior staff.* Secured interviews with PBS and CBS.* Represented client at two film festivals.* Represented firm at two career fairs.* Oversaw office composting program and sustainability efforts.

Washington, D.C, Us

• Led and supported accounts for crisis, litigation, and corporate communications clients. • Wrote an affidavit, op-eds, press releases, blog posts, and (social) media statements.• Prepared clients for interviews with TODAY, Good Morning America, Dateline, and Netflix.• Provided post-production edits to a documentary that ultimately won 10 film festival awards.• Produced videos for high-profile court proceedings.* Launched and oversaw office composting program and sustainability efforts.

New York, Us

• Booked guests for dayside program and in response to breaking news, press conferences, and live events throughout the afternoon.• Pitched guest and segment ideas to managing editor, executive producers, and line producers.• Produced reporter, lawmaker, and high-profile guest live shots, including for the 2021 March on Washington, a 2021 CBS News Originals documentary on Puerto Rico statehood, the 2021 Joint Session of Congress, the 2020 State of the Union, and the 2020 South Carolina primary.* Covered the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate, the 2020 State of the Union, the 2020 U.S. presidential election, primaries, and caucuses, the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, the attack on the Al Asad airbase, George Floyd’s killing and the resurgence of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the nomination and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, the 2021 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, the Derek Chauvin trial, the 2021 Joint Session of Congress, Bill Cosby's prison release, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the death of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, the 2021 New York City mayoral race, the 2021 Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

New York, New York, Us

• Produced guested segments and readers (researched content, wrote scripts, constructed elements page, pitched and dropped in banners, cut SOTs and VO, etc.).• Pitched segment and guest ideas to anchor, executive producer, senior producers, segment producers, and associate producers daily.

New York, New York, Us

• Oversaw graphics production before and during live broadcasts, including designing, constructing, and copy editing 60+ graphic elements for air daily.• Pitched segment, guest, and graphic ideas to anchor, executive producer, senior producers, segment producers, and associate producers daily.• Designed and rolled out new franchise, “Opening Arguments with Neal Katyal.”• Designed and rolled out new graphics look for the show that is still in use today.* "Outstanding Live Interview" 41st Annual News Emmy Award nomination for segment with four Mueller witnesses (Carter Page, Michael Caputo, Sam Nunberg, and Jerome Corsi) in January 2019.* Covered the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections, the death of former President George H. W. Bush, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, the Jeffrey Epstein case, and the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives.

New York, New York, Us

• Logged, transcribed, and summarized live interviews, press conferences, “man on the streets,” and Capitol Hill stakeouts, which were then sent to all MSNBC production teams in the New York and the Washington, D.C., bureaus. • Closely monitored Twitter, compiled news for frequent network-wide email updates, and pitched breaking news stories to senior producer and associate producers.* Covered the first summer of the Trump administration.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Drafted op-eds, policy briefings, and talking points for the Africa Program director.• Helped organize and execute events with high-profile guests and speakers at the Wilson Center.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

• One of a select few interns to receive a return offer upon completion of an end-of-summer presentation to portfolio managers, involving extensive research and financial modeling/analysis, on a multi-channel luxury retail company.

Us

• Wrote letters on behalf of the Congressman to address constituents' concerns.• Answered phones and collected data on constituent concerns and priorities.• Delivered documents to the Congressman on the House of Representatives floor.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, School Of Public & International Affairs, Certificate In African American Studies

Visiting Student, Afro American Studies

Visiting Student, French

High School Diploma