Advises and consults individuals, corporate and non-profit organization on strategic plans for marketing and events. Offering leadership and execution of special events ranging kids birthday parties to large business conferences.• Planned and executed major event elements for the Grand Opening of the Discover's Shine Bright® Community Center in Whitehall, OH. • Project Manager for Indelible Event Management.• Freelanced for Macy’s events in New Jersey markets including the lead for the 3 Kings event. • Consultant for the creation of the annual Key HR’s Women’s History Brunch for 3 years.

• Created a Health Equity initiative that made Top Sales by 25% in May.• Listed as #4 of 38 Health Service Coordinator’s in year to dates sales after 15 months. • Researched/scheduled 31-42 sites each month that meet the specifications in assigned zip codes. • Used Salesforce to track leads and C-star to book sites. • Maintained 95-100% territory maintenance per month while making deadlines in both territories. • Collaborated with community partners who can help promote the event.

• Planned annual 300-person dinner under $50,000, including 11 grant awards in 5 weeks. • Guided 8 Community Specialists with outreach event efforts including Molina Cares grants. • Tracked and reported volunteer hours weekly to the State for Covid vaccine initiatives. • Partnered with Marketing and Communications to produce collateral & promotional pieces.• Oversaw $100,000 of PPE allocation of masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer during the pandemic.• Allocated 100 hand sanitizer kiosks while saving more than $13,000 in discounts & make goods.• Managed a $375,000 budget while ordering, tracking, and shipping each delivery. • Honored to be the Volunteer Time Off Chair for 2 years consecutively in 2021 and 2022.

Responsibilities Inculde: Creating, planning and executing events throughout the North Central Region. Managing all event needs including marketing/advertising, partnering with the store teams, merchants and vendors to help maximize events and ensuring event layer are brand right and drive sales. Executing each event under budget.

Served as primary contact for 33 newspaper representatives in the Macy’s Central Region. Negotiated $10.3 million in contracts and obtained the proper approvals from legal and senior management. Confirmed weekly newspaper and preprint insertion orders and deliveries.

Planned the expense and timely delivery of media including magazines, billboards and other printed collateral for the Midwest region. Awarded jobs to print vendors based on cost and the ability to meet deadlines. Managed the Visitor Services program for the Midwest region. Supported Manager with radio and TV production and buys.

Managed the day-to-day progress of newspaper and special projects jobs to ensure timely release. Negotiated $3 million in annual newspaper contracts. Reviewed advertising planning wall and packets with direct reports weekly to ensure accurate content.

Wrote and proof read direct mail copy. Partnered with fellow copywriters to balance workload. Worked with merchants to verify pricing and clarify inconsistent pricing.

Created and supported initiatives that increased public awareness and membership of the Urban League including newsletters, brochures, advertising, special events, direct mail appeals and media contacts.

Marketed loan products and homebuyer education services to realtors, community groups, and potential customers. Also, fully processed loan applications for submission directly to the underwriter.