
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.
July 2023 - Present
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Full Plates Full Potential
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Supports Full Plates Full Potential’s mission to end childhood hunger in Maine by helping individuals tell their personal, unique stories to motivate systemic change
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Worked in tandem with Development Director to oversee organizational rebrand
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Redesigned and restructured website using Squarespace
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Updates and maintains website content including programing information, partnerships and blog posts
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Creates and executes all social media strategy, including content creation
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Relaunched and rebranded all email communications, including one weekly and two monthly newsletters for various audiences.
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Shots, edits, animates and produces video content
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Designed all organizational collateral, including one sheets, event material, annual impact reports, brochures, posters and more.
September 2022 - Present
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT & DESIGNER
Upstream Watch
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Redesigned and restructured website from the ground up for nonprofit 501(c)(3) conservation organization
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Writes copy for website, including rewriting existing materials and creating net-new pages
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Authors, edits and layouts newsletter content and email marketing
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Develops press releases and pitches stories to local, regional and statewide press
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Advised board on best practices for recruiting the organization’s first executive director
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Collaborates with board members and board president to improve messaging and outreach efforts
August 2019 - June 2023
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
CastleBranch
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Developed and executed marketing and communications strategies for complex SaaS solutions to engage leaders and decision makers in higher education, healthcare and human resources
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Lead a multidisciplinary team of creative and technical professionals, including writers, graphic designers, videographers, developers, social media experts and project managers
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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
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Worked directly with executive leadership to create all internal and external communications, including emails, videos, proposals, media responses, etc.
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Acted as media liaison to proactively and reactively seed stories across broad media markets and specific trade publications
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Nurtured, developed, and scaled high-performing team members through mentorship, performance and change management, resulting in seven promotions
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Helped organize conference and trade show engagements
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Guided RFP team and develop proposal and bid strategy
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Created and launched first annual impact report in company’s history
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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
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Led a team of writers tasked with responding to over 115 RFPs annually for nursing and allied health solutions
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Sourced and vetted opportunities, as well as developed unique response strategies per bid
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Wrote, edited and oversaw bid process
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Conducted competitor research to create and update large content library designed to target competitors’ weaknesses and highlight company strengths
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Tracked trends to learn, adapt and ensure high success rate
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Increased team’s annual revenue by 443% during tenure
February - December 2013
Columnist &
Design Consultant
Oakland Lakefront Magazine
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Wrote regular column recommending books, movies, music, local entertainment and restaurants for monthly magazine publication
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Wrote business features and lakeside-living articles
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Assisted with design layout and building content calendar
December 2012 - November 2013
Marketing Assistant
Miss Dig
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Used Adobe InDesign to create and layout marketing materials
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Proofed and edited copy
October 2008 - October 2012
Managing Editor
Saratoga Publishing
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Led newsroom staff and freelance writers for weekly newspaper and monthly high-quality magazine publications
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Ran weekly pitch meetings to source, vet and assign news stories and feature pieces
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Coordinated with photographers to capture art for newspaper and magazine
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Wrote articles in news, education, business, arts and sports section of the paper, as well as edited all pieces
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Collaborated with graphics department to lay out newspaper and magazine spreads
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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
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B.A. in Creative Writing
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Minor in Western Culture & Society
Proficiencies.

Adobe Clould
InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop

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

Leadership Training
Human Synergistics
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Microsoft Office
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, etc.

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

Project Management
BaseCamp, Confluence,
Jira, Alfresco

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

PR Newswire
Selecting audience & publications, publishing nationwide news releases

Social media ad campaigns, monitoring, measuring and adapting