Director of Marketing and Communications

• Sep 2019 - Present

Marketing and Branding Coach

• Jan 2017 - Aug 2019

Communications and Branding Manager

• Jul 2014 - Nov 2016

Main press contact and marketing coordinator for a large nonprofit focused on preventing child abuse in Elkhart County. Main press contact and marketing coordinator for a large nonprofit focused on preventing child abuse in Elkhart County.

Desktop Support Technician

• Nov 2013 - Jul 2014

Interning/training to become an IT specialist at Prime Networking/Michiana PC in Elkhart, Ind. Interning/training to become an IT specialist at Prime Networking/Michiana PC in Elkhart, Ind.

Editor/designer

• May 2004 - Aug 2013

* Design the front page of the newspaper five days a week, coordinating photographs andstories, writing headlines, creating graphics, editing copy and creating eye-catching (andaward-winning) layouts on a deadline.* Attend daily news budget meetings, where I help craft the news coverage priorities andthen put those priorities in practice through communication across the newsroom and intothe advertising and marketing departments. * Administer the Web component of the newspaper, processing our print stories for Webdisplay and adding photos, videos and graphical accompaniment.

Digital content administrator

• Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

* Send and format printed stories to the eTruth.com website and associated social mediasites as needed (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)* Make news judgment decisions about placement and coverage for late-breaking newsevents.

Retail auditor

• Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

* Execute retail audits -- check for accurate signage, pricing, stocking; ensure expired product is disposed of properly, etc. -- at CVS Pharmacy locations.* Perform merchandising tasks including the construction of advertising displays, displaying POP materials, restocking, new product cut-ins and adjusting planograms.* Work with CVS store staff and management to complete the merchandising and auditing tasks. * Execute retail audits -- check for accurate signage, pricing, stocking; ensure expired product is disposed of properly, etc. -- at CVS Pharmacy locations.* Perform merchandising tasks including the construction of advertising displays, displaying POP materials, restocking, new product cut-ins and adjusting planograms.* Work with CVS store staff and management to complete the merchandising and auditing tasks.

Live goods merchandiser

• Mar 2010 - Nov 2011

* Merchandised annual flower product at Home Depot garden centers.* Created displays for flower products complete with handmade signage to promote products and pricing changes.* Stocked and maintained (watering, fertilizing, pruning and disposal of dead product) flowerpots, plant packs, hanging baskets and other products. * Merchandised annual flower product at Home Depot garden centers.* Created displays for flower products complete with handmade signage to promote products and pricing changes.* Stocked and maintained (watering, fertilizing, pruning and disposal of dead product) flowerpots, plant packs, hanging baskets and other products.

Night supervisor/assistant sports editor/summer editor/copy editor

• Jan 2002 - May 2004

Got involved in nearly every aspect of producing the daily Purdue student newspaper, from helping reporters write effective leads to editing stories, from processing and editing photographs to designing pages, from monitoring the news wire for breaking news to helping prepare the press for a night's printing. Got involved in nearly every aspect of producing the daily Purdue student newspaper, from helping reporters write effective leads to editing stories, from processing and editing photographs to designing pages, from monitoring the news wire for breaking news to helping prepare the press for a night's printing.