Experience

Family & Children's Agency

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Communications & Marketing

  • Jul 2019 - Present

• Communications Manager

  • Mar 2018 - Present



United Neighborhood Houses

• New York, NY

• Senior Communications Associate

  • Mar 2015 - Mar 2018

  Senior Communications Associate for UNH, the member organization of 38 settlement houses in New York City serving more than 750,000 New Yorkers annually. Write press releases and manage media outreach. Maintain and update the organization’s website, social media accounts, and email marketing. Design printed pieces, including event programs, political one-pagers, publications, and reports. Use photography skills to document UNH’s impact. Responsible for the content of the annual report and spring appeal. Manage external vendors and negotiate contracts. Integral in planning all UNH events, including scholarship presentations and the annual benefit gala. Manage the board communications committee, staff communications workgroup, and UNH Junior Board. Work with every member of every department to be sure UNH’s work is properly represented and promoted.



Hearst Connecticut Media Group

• Bridgeport and Stamford, Connecticut

• Photojournalist

  • May 2010 - Mar 2015

  Full-time staff member at the Connecticut Post and then the Stamford Advocate. Fulfilled daily assignments for all sections of the paper and created photo galleries while also generating content independently on a tight deadline. Developed community relations to be given access and story ideas. Worked on long-term self-generated projects including a year-long photo essay on organ donation. Created, edited, and produced short videos for online use. Used social media and wrote blogs regularly. Full-time staff member at the Connecticut Post and then the Stamford Advocate. Fulfilled daily assignments for all sections of the paper and created photo galleries while also generating content independently on a tight deadline. Developed community relations to be given access and story ideas. Worked on long-term self-generated projects including a year-long photo essay on organ donation. Created, edited, and produced short videos for online use. Used social media and wrote blogs regularly.



Gannett

• Chillicothe and Lancaster, Ohio

• Photojournalist

  • Oct 2007 - May 2010

  At the Chillicothe Gazette and then the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, photographed and edited daily assignments, uploaded photo galleries, and regularly shot and edited videos. Created a regularly published, self-generated, “Day in the Life” photo and written feature. At the Chillicothe Gazette and then the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, photographed and edited daily assignments, uploaded photo galleries, and regularly shot and edited videos. Created a regularly published, self-generated, “Day in the Life” photo and written feature.



Portsmouth Daily Times

• Portsmouth, Ohio

• Photojournalist

  • Jul 2006 - Oct 2007

  The sole photographer for the 14,000 daily circulation paper. Responsible for scheduling, shooting, and editing all the photos for print, web, and sale. Hired and managed freelancers. Also responsible for photo stories, writing articles, page layout, and special issue covers. The sole photographer for the 14,000 daily circulation paper. Responsible for scheduling, shooting, and editing all the photos for print, web, and sale. Hired and managed freelancers. Also responsible for photo stories, writing articles, page layout, and special issue covers.



Worcester Telegram & Gazette

• Worcester, Massachusetts

• Photography Intern

  • Jan 2005 - Aug 2005

  Photographed, edited, and input daily assignments for newspaper in the second largest city in New England, daily circulation 107,000. Worked on a strict deadline while accurately and efficiently telling stories. Photographed, edited, and input daily assignments for newspaper in the second largest city in New England, daily circulation 107,000. Worked on a strict deadline while accurately and efficiently telling stories.



Northeastern News

• Boston MA

• Photography Editor

  • 2001 - 2005

  Ran a staff of up to 15 volunteer student photographers to publish the student newspaper on campus. Used organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and outside resources to staff, manage, and teach photographers. Used contacts within and outside the school to create workshops and seminars on various topics in which staff members could participate. Ran a staff of up to 15 volunteer student photographers to publish the student newspaper on campus. Used organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and outside resources to staff, manage, and teach photographers. Used contacts within and outside the school to create workshops and seminars on various topics in which staff members could participate.



Rick Friedman Photography

• Boston, MA

• Assistant

  • Jan 2004 - Jul 2004

  Assisted freelance photographer to organize and edit stock photos, used multiple types of equipment to light locations and work with subjects, clients, and editors. Worked on diverse jobs including portraits and commercial assignments for publications varying from The Chronicle of Higher Education to People Magazine. Assisted freelance photographer to organize and edit stock photos, used multiple types of equipment to light locations and work with subjects, clients, and editors. Worked on diverse jobs including portraits and commercial assignments for publications varying from The Chronicle of Higher Education to People Magazine.