A person who gets things done.
Marketing and Communications Leader
CV
Skills
Content Strategy Project Management Campaign Management Branding SEO Graphic Design Website Design and Management
Social Media Marketing & Marketing Strategy Program Development Adobe Creative Cloud Meeting Leadership User Engagement Data Collection
Work Experience
November 2023-March 2024 (Contract)
Director of Marketing / Ukraine Aid International
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Advanced end of year fundraising tactics enabling 160k raised in 1 month through organic email marketing.
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Adapted processes for transitioning storytelling from operations to content engaging funders and communities more swiftly and authentically.
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Built templated materials for email, social media, and website content enabling successful engagement.
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Supported localized community organizing events with marketing materials and event pages.
2021-Present
Director of Communications / Worldwide Climage & Justice Education Week
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Successfully initiated and executed a brand and website redesign, resulting in improved visual appeal, stronger messaging, and a more user-friendly experience.
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Championed linguistic diversity and content accessibility for a global audience, contributing to the organizations mission for extended geographic engagement.
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Led the entire organization through strategic planning sessions, shaping a clear Mission, Vision, and Goals.
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Orchestrated a remarkable audience growth, expanding our contacts to 5000+ in just two years, exclusively through organic marketing efforts, with a 40% open rate and 5% CTR.
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Seamlessly transitioned the team to a new CRM system, programming new tags, filters, and historical analytics to enhance data management.
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Trained staff on the new database and its features, ensuring a smooth work transition.
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Implemented standardized data collection and analytics reviews, enabling data-driven strategy adjustments.
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Delegated work across 4 graduate interns, a team coordinator, and amongst the executive team.
Instrumental in achieving a successful 2023 Season reaching 60,000 stakeholders at 285 events across 61 countries.
2022-2023
Manager of Digital Communications and Streetlight Chicago / Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
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Established an interdepartmental content management process, streamlining team delegation and collaboration.
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Orchestrated the team’s transition to Asana and developed automations in support of team projects.
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Fostered organizational collaboration by creating an editorial calendar to guide communications strategy.
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Managed advocacy marketing efforts on Meta and Google, achieving a 4.3% CTR, 2.7% Conversion Rate, and adding 120,000 new audience members per quarter strengthening public opinion in polls supporting the organizing department’s yearly goals.
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Devised yearly department budget through excel.
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Compiled monthly regular spending and estimated one-time costs.
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Structured marketing budget and planned quarterly advertising spend for 3 departments.
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Compared vendor contracts and market rates to advice executive team on project budget decisions.
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Directed 3 websites and 1 app with weekly content creation on WordPress and monthly analytics review through Google Analytics.
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Oversaw a full RFP, vendor selection, and project development for Streetlight Chicago App, including:
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Organizing and leading discovery sessions with 50+ stakeholders
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Originating development steps to align vendor and stakeholders on the product launch.
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Cataloguing progress in monthly status reports for executive leadership and board review.
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Designing a new brand and coordinated spending, marketing, and event planning for launch.
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Maintained 3 vendor support contracts with developers and designers to help reach team goals.
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Accelerated the redevelopment of the main brand website by providing internal stakeholders expertise on UX design and web capabilities, enabling informed decision makers.
2020-2021
Senior Communications Manager / Common Energy
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Coached a team of 15 people to become successful advocates to educate communities on our product.
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Coordinated and executed events and communications between internal and external departments and co-brands, resulting in a 20% increase in sales through innovative lead generation strategies.
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Designed, managed, and oversaw the distribution of various content, including blogs, informational flyers, PowerPoints, speeches, workshops, newsletters, and webinars.
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Generated valuable feedback on brand voice and representation to support start-up needs.
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Collaborated in building comprehensive training and onboarding processes for team members to become educated in company product.
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Including presentations, activities, 1:1 programming, and community building events.
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Executed program development and communications strategy, ensuring consistent language about state programs and accurate representations of offerings while upholding brand’s story.
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Managed Meta ads for our channel increasing job applicants to 200 a month.