Experience

CollegeNET

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Corporate Communications

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  Oversee all external communications, including marketing, media relations, brand management, web content, proposals, technical writing, and video production. Direct a diverse team of in-house writers and media producers.

• Communications Manager

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2016

  Portland, Oregon Area Created all customer communications including newsletters and product announcements. Delivered interviews and story submissions to online and print publications and national news media. Managed and wrote content for multiple company websites. Wrote and edited institutional and marketing collateral, video scripts, presentations and speeches.



Oregon Health & Science University

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Specialist

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2009

  Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area Wrote and edited annual reports, brochures, physician profiles, and patient case studies. Conducted in-depth interviews with medical practitioners and patients, and gathered related data. Managed and wrote print advertising campaigns. Managed roll-out of internal communications campaign that led to staff smoking cessation. Launched internal communications plan for new electronic patient record-keeping system.



Jackson & Perkins

• Executive Copy Director

  • Apr 2000 - Sep 2007

  Medford, Oregon, United States Directed all print and online marketing content. Managed national advertising campaigns. Developed and managed new brands and led product naming. Wrote and editing cross-channel marketing and advertising copy. Directed a staff of in-house and freelance writers, and collaborated with merchandisers and graphic designers.



Guest Informant Publications

• Editor

  • May 1987 - Apr 1993

  Los Angeles, California, United States Managed budgets and editorial content for national visitors guide publisher. Researched, wrote and edited feature articles for annual publications. Oversaw each phase of publication, from creative concept through print. Hired and managed freelance writers and collaborated with designers and photographers.