Experience

Dulles Area Association of REALTORS®

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Director

  • Dec 2022 - Present

• Communications Specialist

  • Nov 2021 - Dec 2022



Columbia University in the City of New York

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Director, Athletics Communications

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2021

  • Primary media contact for Columbia women's soccer, lacrosse, men's tennis, swimming & diving and archery. • Maintain the official department Instagram account. • Primary media contact for Columbia women's soccer, lacrosse, men's tennis, swimming & diving and archery. • Maintain the official department Instagram account.



University of Kentucky

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Athletics Media Relations Assistant

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2018

  • Serve as primary contact for swimming & diving and women's tennis programs, as well as secondary contact for women's basketball. • Handle game notes, interview requests, social media, game programs, press conferences and more. • Build teams’ social media presences by conceptualizing innovative plans for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat. • Create and manage team content on UKathletics.com. • Build and foster positive relationships with coaches, student-athletes, media members and senior administrators through clear and cosistent communication.



Pacers Sports & Entertainment

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Media Relations Intern, Indiana Fever

  • May 2016 - Sep 2016

  • Work on deadline to write weekly articles to be published on FeverBasketball.com including feature stories and game recaps. • Help coordinate and conduct interviews with players, coaches and front office staff on a daily basis. • Assist in all game day media operations. • Compile daily news clippings and distribute to media and coaching staffs. • Maintain statistical records. • Work on deadline to write weekly articles to be published on FeverBasketball.com including feature stories and game recaps. • Help coordinate and conduct interviews with players, coaches and front office staff on a daily basis. • Assist in all game day media operations. • Compile daily news clippings and distribute to media and coaching staffs. • Maintain statistical records.



USA Football

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Communications Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  • Draft news releases, media alerts and other materials to promote the USA Football brand and initiatives on a national scale. • Help to identify and pitch potential news story ideas relevant to USA Football initiatives and membership. • Compile and distribute weekly news clippings to over 100 people surrounding organization. • Work to maintain and foster positive relationships with sponsors and partners. • Contribute to the overall communication effort surrounding USA Football strategies and events. • Issue over 100 pre-event media advisories to national news media outlets, garnering national television and print stories. • Monitor media coverage concerning the changing landscape of football to maintain thorough understanding of the sport's impact and organization's role. • Collaborate with all departments to ensure consistency and accuracy in communications efforts of the organization.



Iowa State Athletics Department

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Communications Student Assistant

  • Feb 2014 - Dec 2015

  • Edited and organized game programs for the 2014 and 2015 football seasons while developing excellent time management skills and working extensively with Adobe CreativeSuite. • Demonstrated and refined strong writing skills through writing press releases, feature stories, and other various writing pieces while working to promote the accomplishments of student-athletes and coaches. • Able to work with website content management systems as I published numerous articles on Cyclones.com. • Provide in-game social media updates for various events. • Collaborated with directors and other students on various projects to strengthen communication, leadership and creative skills. • Helped with various research projects and independently contacted outside sources for information. • Maintained official statistical records for multiple sports. • Assisted at various sporting events, media days and press conferences performing a variety of tasks including copy coordinating, player interviews, taking photographs and working closely with the media.



West Towne Pub

• United States
• Restaurants

• Wait Staff

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2015

  • Developed and improved strong customer relations and communication skills. • Worked closely with employees to provide excellent service and to ensure an exceptional consumer experience. • Strong understanding and practice of customer service etiquette. • Exhibited problem solving skills when dealing with situations that arise. • Developed and improved strong customer relations and communication skills. • Worked closely with employees to provide excellent service and to ensure an exceptional consumer experience. • Strong understanding and practice of customer service etiquette. • Exhibited problem solving skills when dealing with situations that arise.