Tess Dennison Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

• Recruited and trained volunteers to contact voters across 17 precincts in Polk County, Iowa’s most populous county, resulting in over 980 completed action shifts and 178,376 calls to voters in my turf
• Trained and managed a team of eight volunteer leaders and one paid intern to successfully execute a virtual Get Out the Vote program; in three weeks we trained 1,874 volunteers to complete voter contact shifts
• Ran a campus program at Drake University focused on driving students to vote early; created a textbanking effort that was replicated at universities across the state and a campus Instagram with student-specific voting.
• Contributed to the larger organizing team responsible for +25,000 increase in Democratic voter turnout in Polk County and clinched Congresswoman Cindy Axne’s re-election by a <1.5% margin

Greater New York City Area

• Built brands from scratch for Fortune 500 companies including visual identity, logo, website design, and illustration style
• Created multi-channel growth marketing strategies including optimization of ad performance, email and texting programs, and compilation of analytics reporting to engage and retain thousands of new followers for my.
• Responsible for full visual design of a mobile app, information architecture, split testing, user experience and interface design
• Coached startup teams within large enterprises to identify consumer problems and design solutions in order to drive behavioral impact

San Francisco Bay Area

• Acted as a facilitator and designer on teams of upper-level management during Innovation Labs we ran
• Tested designs with end-users, iterated, and created a working prototype for internal use
• Designed web, mobile, and machine interfaces using Sketch, Invision, and Adobe Creative Suite

San Francisco Bay Area

• Acted as a lead designer creating wireframes for my team
• Presented original concepts to management for implementation

San Francisco Bay Area

• Wrote copy for the website
• Helped with design projects in Photoshop
• Brainstormed ideas and photographed for social media campaigns

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked with a large software company to turn brainstorm ideas into higher fidelity designs
• Rapidly prototyped novel concepts as the designer for my team
• Introduced the designs to management for possible execution

Greater Boston Area

• Helped run social media platforms and wrote for the Trill blog. Generated content to drive users to the website.
• Increased user engagement and growth.
• Analyzed data using HubSpot. Compiled reports on trends and strategies to proceed with.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Helped run Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and created Social Media Strategy Guide
• Reorganized Dropbox Filing system
• Conducted research for teams going into the field
• Helped organize and set up a fundraising event for 150 people

San Francisco Bay Area

• Played guitar and sang during dinner hours at Cafe Verde restaurant
• Created a lively ambiance and improved customer experience

Berkeley, California

• Answered customer emails and phone calls and addressed customer concerns in person
• Created and maintainted a new website on Squarespace
• Set up and ran Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages
• Improved SEO through Google Adwords, blogging, and website content

Bachelor'S Degree, Engineering Psychology

Activities and Societies: Co-Founder of Design Thinking Club, Lead Artist Tufts Observer, Illustrator Tufts Language Publication

High School