Communications Manager

• Sep 2022 - Present

Communications Manager

• Jul 2019 - Jul 2022

Leads agencywide communications efforts.Policy and strategy: Creates and maintains policies and processes on the execution of successful communications efforts. Develops strategies to promote agency initiatives and coordinates program-level communications plans. Consults agency staff and leadership team on best practices for effective and engaging communications strategies.Accessibility: Provides agency training on the principles of user-centered design and plain language. Ensures all communication products are accessible to all audiences and exceed ADA compliance and guidelines.Branding: Creates and maintains style guides and templates to ensure consistent and cohesive agency brand, and identifies opportunities to elevate the agency’s visual identity.Legislative: Creates fact sheets, talking points, and presentations to support the agency’s legislative priorities. Advises Executive Director on external communications strategies, including framing, positioning, and research.Media relations: Writes press releases, coordinates interviews, identifies media story opportunities, and maintains consistent and positive press relationships. Writes and publishes newsletters.Executive director support: Researches stakeholder engagement and networking opportunities, identifies strategies for strengthening relationships, provides messaging toolkits and presentation support for external activities. Show less

Communications Coordinator

• Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

Writing and design: Design, write, and edit content for major publications, one pagers, press kits, reports, FAQs, presentations, and other materials in order to convey information effectively to a variety of audiencesEvent coordination: Provide media and outreach guidance for agency meetings and conferences, create social media campaigns and toolkits, materials creation, and promotional strategies to increase visibility and registrationStorytelling: Identity story opportunities related to agency initiatives, coordinate interviews, which may include the use of photo, audio or video equipment. Editing and producing story packages and materialsSocial media: Manage agency social media accounts. Track analytics to identify opportunities for improvement, and research and implement strategies for effective audience engagement.Website: Manage content, provide staff direction on best practices for accessibility and plain talk, and ensure agency compliance with ADA guidelinesMedia relations: Write press releases, coordinate interviews, identify media story opportunities, and maintain consistent and positive press relationships. Write and publish monthly newsletters Show less

Communications Consultant

• Dec 2015 - Apr 2018

- Determined the need and created communication materials in collaboration with Healthier Washington project teams. This included newsletters, external email blasts, PowerPoint slides, website content, fact sheets, and other communication tools. - Supported writing, editing and distribution of Healthier Washington team newsletter and other agency internal and external communication. - Proofread and edited documents for external distribution created by Healthier Washington project teams for readability, style, tone, technical consistency, and typographical errors. - Created social media strategies around the various Healthier Washington investment areas, including social media tool kits for external stakeholders, as well as maintained a social media editorial calendar. - Photographed internal and external events and determined the most appropriate methods for promotion. - Served as primary web content writer, ensuring that all Healthier Washington pages were current, consistent, and readable to their specific audiences. - Created storytelling strategies, including recommendations on story ideas, interview techniques, and photo/audio/video production Show less

Communications Specialist

• Dec 2013 - May 2015

Communications and Media Specialist

• Jan 2014 - Oct 2014

Marketing Coordinator

• Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

Newspaper Editor-In-Chief

• 2008 - 2010