Experience

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  Spitfire

  • United States
  • Public Relations and Communications Services
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Director

    • Apr 2023 - Present

  • Senior Account Manager

    • Jun 2021 - Jan 2024

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  The Early Learning Lab

  • United States
  • Program Development
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Communications & Program Manager

    • Feb 2019 - May 2021

    • Plan and implement communications for new capacity building products and programs, supporting communities of users and potential users through informing, onboarding, ongoing engagement, and outreach• Create engaging content for traditional and digital communications, including web pages, blogs, emails, reports, case studies, infographics and partner deliverables• Provide hands-on support to partners for events and research projects• Support design sessions and secondary research to generate and share insights• Provide on-time and on-budget project management for team, contractors, and clients

  • Strategic Communications Officer

    • Oct 2017 - Feb 2019

    • Developed and implemented integrated communications plans across mediums including blog, report, video, web, print, email, and paid social for organization and initiatives in human-centered design and technology• Expanded thought leadership efforts in speaking engagements and online events, tripling email subscribers• Conducted end-to-end content management from creative briefing, concepting, creating, publishing, and promoting to reporting, which set new organizational storytelling and creative standards• Managed vendors including photographers, videographers, print and web designers, and developers

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  Early Edge California

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Communications Director

    • May 2016 - Oct 2017

    • Led advocacy, event, brand, and rapid response communications• Created engaging content and maintained strong, consistent brand identity and assets• Activated partners and crafted messaging that intersects with range of socio-political issues• Collaborated with executive leadership and content experts to transform complex ideas into clear and compelling content to support non-profit, mission-driven initiatives• Managed public relations and secured timely media coverage and story placement• Oversaw and optimized WordPress website, MailChimp, social media

  • Communications and Digital Media Manager

    • Nov 2014 - May 2016

    • Supported planning and implemented advocacy campaigns, galvanizing coalition partners and constituents to reach state policymakers, as a sponsor of bills that led to multi-year early childhood investments• Engaged media through pitches, press releases, opinion pieces, advisories, staff interviews and inquiry responses, securing earned media placement across the state and positioning organization as a go-to source• Wrote fact sheets, talking points, newsletters, letters to the editor, op-eds, constituent stories• Synthesized research and monitored policy and investment updates

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  Preschool California

  • Oakland, CA

  • Communications and Online Advocacy Associate

    • Aug 2011 - Nov 2014
    • Oakland, CA

    • Executed winning advocacy campaigns, helping secure access to pre-k for 125,000 children• Spearheaded digital strategy to grow robust audience and engagement, tripling social media followers and targeted email list subscribers in three years• Drove marketing for White House town hall and annual...

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  United Way California Capital Region

  • Sacramento, CA

  • Marketing and Events Intern

    • Feb 2011 - Jun 2011
    • Sacramento, CA

    • Promoted and assisted in coordinating annual fundraising events • Created web, blog, and social media updates as well as tracked analytics• Composed event presentations, donation requests, and thank you letters

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  Extended Day Child Care Inc.

  • Assistant Teacher, Summer Day Camp

    • Jun 2008 - Sep 2008