Experience

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  HighQuest Partners

  • Danvers, Mass.

  • Senior Public Relations/Media Manager & Managing Editor

    • Oct 2011 - Present
    • Danvers, Mass.

    1. Build and maintain media partnerships for GAI (4 conferences), Women in Ag and Soy & Grain Trade Summit, which includes managing deliverables of graphics and email blasts. 2. Build and maintain relationships with relevant press representatives for our different conference markets.3. Work c...

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  HighQuest Partners, LLC

  • Danvers, Mass.

  • Managing Editor & Senior PR/Media Manager

    • Oct 2011 - Present
    • Danvers, Mass.

    In addition to PR/Media position, manage content production and editing for the company's GAI Gazette, a global magazine covering ag investing topics and delivered quarterly in print to the audiences of Global AgInvesting and digitally to nearly 40,000 in the sector.

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  The Daily News of Newburyport

  • Newburyport, Mass.

  • Correspondent/Reporter (concurrent work from 2001-2020)

    • Mar 2001 - Mar 2020
    • Newburyport, Mass.

    In this part-time position, progressed from reporting on school news to working on deadline to produce regular features and quick-hitting news stories for the town of Rowley, a town that previously had little coverage, as well writing special feature profile stories for weekend happenings section...

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  OSRAM SYLVANIA

  • Danvers, Mass.

  • Corporate communications manager

    • May 1992 - Mar 2001
    • Danvers, Mass.

    External communications responsibilities for OSRAM SYLVANIA included developing communications plans, press kit contents and managing special PR events, including handling media inquiries. Also was responsible for supervising interns. Selected to serve in several high-profile temporary positions,...

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  RE/MAX Advantage Real Estate

  • Beverly, Mass.

  • Marketing assistant

    • Aug 1991 - May 1992
    • Beverly, Mass.

    Compiled and created marketing materials for 15 real estate agents.

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  McDougall Advertising

  • Peabody, Mass.

  • PR associate

    • May 1989 - May 1990
    • Peabody, Mass.

    Worked in the PR department of a busy full-service ad agency. Duties included writing press releases, planning and attending press events, and media list compilation and outreach.