Experience

The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Marketing & Events

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  The Director of Marketing & Events is responsible for elevating and promoting the museum’s mission through marketing, communications, and event planning. This role provides the strategic leadership, drives the vision, and leads the planning efforts for a broad scope of marketing initiatives and live, digital, and hybrid events. Responsibilities include:• Developing an annual marketing and events plan in addition to supporting marketing efforts for the development and education teams • Leading, creating, and executing a portfolio of public programming and major marketing events including the Upstander Awards and Upstander 5K • Managing and working in partnership with the Programs & Events Coordinator• Working with the Programs & Event Coordinator to drive all aspects of event logistics, including site and venue selection, agenda guidance, collateral development, production support, catering, sponsorships, and budget management • Managing a team of event and marketing professionals • Serving as the day-to-day contact with media outlets, as well as the primary liaison with communications personnel at fellow organizations and strategic partners• Proactively pitching and securing placement of media coverage for the organization within mainstream outlets, in addition to handling incoming media requests• Developing communications and institutional messaging; and crafting press releases and organizing press conferences/media functions to support announcements Show less

• Communications & Marketing Manager

  • Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

  As the Marketing and Communications Manager for the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, she is responsible for elevating and promoting the museum’s mission of ensuring the lessons of the Holocaust inspire action today. Her job duties include: press relations, website and SEO management, event planning, driving museum attendance, social media management, marketing, among various other duties.



Cox Media Group

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• All-Media Journalist

  • May 2016 - Mar 2019

  Kara worked as an all-media journalist, reporting on military affairs and business topics. Kara was responsible for writing about complex topics and investigating important issues. She also appeared live on WHIO Radio and WHIO TV. She managed social media accounts for the company’s business team. In this role, she won a First Place Associated Press Explanatory Journalism Award for coverage of water quality issues. Kara was a top digital traffic generator for Cox Media Group Ohio websites in 2017 and 2018. Show less



Axel Springer SE

• Germany
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Arthur F. Burns Reporting Fellow

  • Jul 2018 - Oct 2018

  Arthur F. Burns Fellowship gives 10 promising journalists from North America the chance to gain professional and personal experience in Germany. The fellows work for two months in a host media organization of their choice, learning about news operations in a foreign setting and, in effect, serving as foreign correspondents. The fellowship allows for an intense impression of the politics, business world, culture and social fiber of the country while being fully integrated into the day-to-day business of the host newsroom. Show less