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Professional Experience.

A writer with over 15 years of professional experience, including marketing, communications, journalism, editing, copywriting, proposal writing, script writing, executive communications and more.

September 2022 - Present

COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT & DESIGNER
Upstream Watch

  • Redesign and restructure website from the ground up for nonprofit 501(c)(3) conservation organization

  • Write copy for website, including rewriting existing materials and creating net-new pages

  • Author, edit and layout all newsletter content and email marketing

  • Develop press releases and pitch stories to local, regional and statewide press

  • Advise board on best practices for recruiting the organization’s first executive director

  • Collaborate with board members and board president to improve messaging and outreach efforts

August 2019 - June 2023

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
CastleBranch

  • Developed and executed marketing and communications strategies for complex SaaS solutions to engage leaders and decision makers in higher education, healthcare and human resources

  • Lead a multidisciplinary team of creative and technical professionals, including writers, graphic designers, videographers, developers, social media experts and project managers

  • Created B2B and B2C campaigns and materials, including websites, landing pages, videos, mass marketing emails, social media ads, brochures, cut sheets, press releases, direct mailers, talk tracks, slide decks, webinars, white papers, proposals, blog posts and more

  • Worked directly with executive leadership to create all internal and external communications, including emails, videos, proposals, media responses, etc.

  • Acted as media liaison to proactively and reactively seed stories across broad media markets and specific trade publications

  • Nurtured, developed, and scaled high-performing team members through mentorship, performance and change management, resulting in seven promotions

  • Helped organize conference and trade show engagements

  • Guided RFP team and develop proposal and bid strategy

  • Created and launched first annual impact report in company’s history

  • Contributed to launch of a new company and product (while continuing to promote established brand) with executive team and created a completely new library of supporting materials

January 2014 - August 2019

RFP MANAGER
CastleBranch

  • Led a team of writers tasked with responding to over 115 RFPs annually for nursing and allied health solutions

  • Sourced and vetted opportunities, as well as developed unique response strategies per bid

  • Wrote, edited and oversaw bid process

  • Conducted competitor research to create and update large content library designed to target competitors’ weaknesses and highlight company strengths

  • Tracked trends to learn, adapt and ensure high success rate

  • Increased team’s annual revenue by 443% during tenure

February - December 2013

Columnist &
Design Consultant

Oakland Lakefront Magazine

  • Wrote regular column recommending books, movies, music, local entertainment and restaurants for monthly magazine publication

  • Wrote business features and lakeside-living articles

  • Assisted with design layout and building content calendar

December 2012 - November 2013

Marketing Assistant
Miss Dig

  • Used Adobe InDesign to create and layout marketing materials

  • Proofed and edited copy

October 2008 - October 2012

Managing Editor
Saratoga Publishing

  • Led newsroom staff and freelance writers for weekly newspaper and monthly high-quality magazine publications

  • Ran weekly pitch meetings to source, vet and assign news stories and feature pieces

  • Coordinated with photographers to capture art for newspaper and magazine

  • Wrote articles in news, education, business, arts and sports section of the paper, as well as edited all pieces

  • Collaborated with graphics department to lay out newspaper and magazine spreads

  • Developed key community sources and partners

Additional Projects

RFP Consultant

New Hope Midcoast

Helped New Hope Midcoast develop an RFP document and advised organization on typical RFP process in their search for a financial services firm.

Marketing Consultant

Nurse-1-1

Developed new website copy, design and layout for Nurse-1-1 homepage to help drive engagement and sales.

Copywriter
Saratoga War Horse

Wrote website copy for Saratoga War Horse, a program designed to help veterans re-assimilate into civilian life.

Media Specialist
Wilton Food Pantry

Wrote press releases and media materials for opening of Wilton Food Pantry.

Education.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY; Montreal, Québec
  • B.A. in Creative Writing

  • Minor in Western Culture & Society

Proficiencies.

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Adobe Clould

InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop

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Google Analytics

Creating, monitoring and measuring custom reports, user behavior, etc.

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Leadership Training

Human Synergistics

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Microsoft Office

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, etc.

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Campaign Monitor

Creating, sending, monitoring, measuring and adapting mass marketing email campaigns

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Project Management

BaseCamp, Confluence,

Jira, Alfresco

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WordPress

Adding, editing and updating blog content (text & photos)

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PR Newswire

Selecting audience & publications, publishing nationwide news releases

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LinkedIn

Social media ad campaigns, monitoring, measuring and adapting

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