Experience

Hope United Methodist Church, Voorhees, NJ

• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communication Director

  • Mar 2005 - Present

  I help coordinate marketing strategies, projects and activities for church-related programs and community outreach initiatives.I also helped develop HOPE's website and continually generate content and design for the website as well as create weekly e-mail blasts and newsletters.I am responsible for creating printed materials such as brochures, programs, mailings, postcards, fundraising and development materials. And, I helppromote events and programs by creating news releases, public servicce announcements, direct mailings and signage.



People With Disabilities and Families magazines

• Freelance Writer

  • 2000 - 2005

  While working as a freelance writer for New Jersey Developmental Disabilities, I regularly attended editorial meetings for their two magazines and helped generate a variety of investigative and human interest articles.I also attended state legislative meetings and covered legislature regarding people with disabilities on both a state and federal level. While working as a freelance writer for New Jersey Developmental Disabilities, I regularly attended editorial meetings for their two magazines and helped generate a variety of investigative and human interest articles.I also attended state legislative meetings and covered legislature regarding people with disabilities on both a state and federal level.



Cherbo Publishing Group, Inc.

• Freelance Writer

  • 2000 - 2005

  Working from home, I wrote copy for promotional books covering various cities and topics throughout the United States. Working from home, I wrote copy for promotional books covering various cities and topics throughout the United States.



Burlington County Times

• Reporter

  • 1989 - 1996

  I covered monthly school board meetings, township committee and council meetings as well as planning and zoning board meetings throughout Burlington County. I developed special interest stories and coordinated photo assignments and I produced various feature articles on a variety of topics.I also worked on special supplemental publications in which I helped with writing, layout and design.I wrote a weekly small business articles and also wrote for the real estate section of the paper. I was part of a launch team for the paper's magazine, South Jersey House and Home, developing editorial content, coordinating photo assignments and working in the layout and design of the magazine.