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San Francisco Bay Area

Use social media listening and digital analytics to support a variety of evaluation and research needs for RTI International clients. Main topics of research include tobacco and e-cigarette prevention and cessation campaigns at the state and federal level, as well as project related to the opioid epidemic, addition, infectious diseases, and more. Additionally, use training in content strategy and information architecture to support the rewriting of website content for federal government public health websites. Last, use data storytelling techniques to visualize complex evaluation data in real-time dashboards, including Looker Data Studio, and long-form reports developed in data visualization tools such as Visme, Infogram and Tableau.

Itasca, Il

• Manage content and digital analytics for an advocacy campaign website on traffic safety, while concurrently managing a social media outreach effort. • Track all applicable web and social metrics to monitor content engagement. Develop messaging and evaluation strategies to determine campaign effectiveness, and use insights to inform future content.• Communicate campaign effectiveness to a variety of stakeholders.• Support campaign messaging using social media listening tools and web intercept surveys to track changes in audience sentiment toward campaign.

Greater Chicago Area

• Track regulations and legislation affecting the work of safety and health professionals as well as occupational transportation safety specialists.• Weekly, write between three and five news briefs highlighting transportation safety topics. Monthly, develop and write one feature article discussing or analyzing trends in occupational safety compliance and regulations. Every three months, develop and write two to three features relating to home and community safety.• Conduct interviews with subject matter experts on variety of technical topics relating to worker occupational safety, transportation safety and the role of safety and health professionals in the workplace.• Develop, write and design visual and written communications for National Safety Council employees as part of the Safety Communications Committee.• Provide leadership role on staff and in the community as a transportation safety advocate.

Elgin, Il

Write blog posts, update website pages and manage social media editorial calendars for a variety of clients in a variety of industries.

• Copy edit scholarly theses and dissertations for grammar, word usage, structure, logic flow and American Psychological Association publishing guidelines. • Format and restructure document to comply with Northern Illinois University thesis and dissertation formatting guidelines.• During summer 2011 worked on multiple long-term projects simultaneously including an advanced chapter-by-chapter thesis contract involving advanced language usage copy editing.

Springfield, Illinois Area

• Developed graphical format and provided 50 articles of content for two informational campaigns advertising agency research program.• Conducted original research and wrote all content for agency internal technical report on implementation practices of United States state transportation agencies.• Created and formatted electronic forms for use by research division administrators ranging from one to 20 pages in length.• Independently constructed, populated and coded an Access database encompassing all Illinois Center for Transportation research projects (more than 150 unique records) including financial and personnel information.

Dekalb, Illinois

• Developed Web-based advising portal with preliminary guidance from assistantship advisor. • Interviewed Northern Illinois University Communication Department professors and staff for ease-of-use recommendations for advising portal. • Developed all Web content using PHP database language and advanced HTML techniques.

Dekalb, Illinois

• Monitored and established relationships with students on two separate residence hall floor totaling 32 or more students.• Coordinated academic and professional-skills programs, an average of 12 per semester, individually or with other staff members.• Received academic achievement award for maintaining a high GPA while accomplishing all duties of position.• Provided peer leadership during three month absence of supervisor by taking on additional tasks and responsibilities.

Dekalb, Illinois

• Independently instructed a communication core education course on public speaking and listening skills.• Developed measures to evaluate student understanding of course content.• Provided counseling referral and academic planning support for students during university crisis situations.

Des Plaines, Illinois

• Wrote feature articles based off interviews and Internet research.• Edited feature stories for content, style, grammar and usage.• Attended national NeoCon 2008 event and interviewed top office furniture executives on green workplace practices for feature article.• Compiled news packages based off press releases and marketing materials.• Provided copy editing and proofreading support for editors.

Crystal Lake, Illinois

• Copy edited staff and wire stories to comply with Associated Press style and paper’s in-house style.• Structured and designed sports pages based off available images and content.• Planned and created design packages for key feature stories such as major national racing and football events.• Wrote headlines and image captions for staff and wire stories and photos.• Completed four full-size sports pages or six or more news pages per shift.• Returned intermittently during subsequent fall and winter 2007 for weekend and holiday work.

Dekalb, Il

• Assistant Design Editor: Assisted in training, hiring, and supervision of design staff; designed news pages and graphical feature spreads including front page designs.• Editor: Copy edited staff stories for tone, style, clarity and grammar.• As a designer and copy editor, wrote headlines and captions for stories. Checked facts and ensured compliance with media law guidelines.• Reporter: Wrote 44 stories on university life and politics in four months.• Received training in synthesis of writing, graphics and multimedia content.

Dekalb, Illinois

• Write feature articles on community events in DeKalb, Illinois and issues pertaining to Northern Illinois University students.• Take photos to accompany news stories when needed.• Suggest and research story ideas with editors.

Public Administration, Certificate In Management Of Non-Profit Organizations

Activities and Societies: Member, American Society for Public Administrators Student attendee, Midwest Transportation Air Quality Summit.

Master Of Arts, Graduate Certificate, Communication, Management Of Local Government Agencies

Activities and Societies: • Successful completed Teaching Assistant advanced certification through Northern Illinois University Graduate.

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism, Linguistics

Activities and Societies: • Member, Society for Technical Communication, Northern Illinois University Chapter, fall 2006 and spring 2007 •.