As a physician communications coordinator, I was responsible for managing electronic communication tools to support engagement with the Children's medical staff (2,000+ physicians) and advanced practitioners. This involved overseeing editorial strategy, content development, and user experience enhancements for a biweekly e-newsletter and an intranet site. Other projects included providing change management support and tactic execution for the System's long-term master facilities plan.Major projects and accomplishments included:*Increasing e-newsletter open rate by 11 percent in 2016 through A/B testing, personalization*Creating presentations for physician leaders and supporting physician change communications*Leading team's pilot of marketing automation tool to enhance physician engagement with Children's communications*Managing intranet improvement projects, including mobile optimization and resource addition

As communication coordinator, I worked to provide accurate and timely information to Cobb County DOT stakeholders. Using the Adobe Creative Suite, I created engaging visual communication pieces for outreach and events. I was also responsible for monitoring and updating the department's social media presence and generating media coverage through effective press releases and editorials. Additionally, I coordinated both private and public groundbreaking and ribbon-cutting events.Significant projects and accomplishments:*Project manager for a $300,000+ rebranding effort*Planned and executed ribbon-cutting for launch of innovative new bus service*Created quarterly employee newsletter to engage internal stakeholders*Designed visual displays and collateral for annual dinner

As a graduate associate, I worked with CSSL staff to provide research and assessment support to the units within The Ohio State University's Office of Student Life. Duties included writing reports and briefs, running analyses of data using SPSS, and conducting reviews of relevant literature. Additionally, I developed and executed communication plans for survey recruitment and assisted with special projects such as social media, strategic planning and accreditation.

As a graduate teaching associate for the School of Communication, I worked with Ohio State professors to enhance the learning of undergraduate students. The responsibilities varied from semester to semester, but included independently teaching small course sections, assisting with large lecture sections, answering student inquires, developing exam and quiz questions, and overall communicating effectively.

As a public relations intern, I aided the communication team in serving the 22,000 CPAs across the state of Ohio. My duties included writing press releases, developing reports and drafting articles for both the Voice and Young CPAs newsletters. I also developed a 10-segment video series and created accompanying promotional material for the Financial Fitness Ohio website.

I assisted the communications department with activities leading up to the London Olympic Games. These projects included assisting with the production of the 2012 London media guide, serving as on-site staff at the 2012 Media Summit, coordinating media requests, drafting press releases, researching athletes, assembling media lists and assisting with social media feeds.In addition, I performed regular duties of assembling media clips, coordinating the Athlete of the Month program, creating the weekly e-letter "Olympic Sports Scene" and staffing media visits.

Using game results and statistics, I was responsible for writing post-game press releases immediately after Blugold sporting events. I also created program inserts for Blugold home games using InDesign.The Blugold Athletic Department is a NCAA Division III program of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The media department covers the 20 men's and women's varsity sports.

During my time with the Eau Claire Crush, I was responsible for duties that contributed to the success of the organization on and off the field. On game days, I supervised other interns in pre-game preparations, spotted for game statistics, interviewed coaches and players and wrote articles for the team website. Outside of the stadium, I assisted with upkeep on the team Facebook page, updated the team and league websites, ensured necessary league forms were submitted in a timely manner, attended team promotional events, and assisted with the intern hiring process. The Eau Claire Crush is a semi-pro football team with strong community ties. As a non-profit organization, the Crush strives to be a championship caliber team in the game and in the community. The team is one of 12 members of the Northern Elite Football League and plays eight regular season games between April and July.

Through a Blugold Fellowship research grant, I teamed up with two marketing professors and another student to extensively study Super Bowl ads. This team analyzed over 20 years of ads from America's biggest game and examined ad likeability measures and stock price indications. I assisted with data compilation, background research and wrote significant portions of two articles published in academic journals. I was also the team's lead presenter for our project at the 2010 Marketing Management Association conference in Chicago.

While I was hired as a fall intern, I actually started my work at Country Jam, a three-day music festival sponsored by one of Maverick Media's country radio stations. At Jam, I snapped photos of performances for the website and greeted fans inquiring about the station. During the fall, I continued to assist at various station events in the community, created content for the "Green Living" segment of the websites and assisted with prize distribution. In the news room, I wrote and recorded weekly news articles using CoolEdit.Maverick Media is a six-station radio broadcasting company serving the west central Wisconsin region. Based in Eau Claire, Maverick owns some of the top stations in the area, including WAXX 104.5, I-94 and News Talk 790.

During two semesters with The Spectator, I served as both sports editor and copy editor. As sports editor, I was responsible for writing a minimum of two articles each week, budgeting content of the sports section, creating fresh and appealing layouts, and using AP style to edit articles for clarity, accuracy and flow. I also learned techniques for interviewing and writing different types of articles as well as the inner workings of a newsroom.The Spectator is UW-Eau Claire's award-winning campus newspaper that publishes a weekly print issue and other online content.