Experience

Upsher-Smith

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director of Corporate Communications

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States Set the communications strategy for the company and manage the creation of internal and external communications, including public relations. Serve as head creative and technical copywriter and content creator/developer. Review and execute on charitable financial donation requests and corporate sponsorship requests.

• Associate Director of Corporate Communications

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2022

  Maple Grove Assisted in the strategy and management of the corporate communications department. Conceptualized, wrote and managed creative content, including websites, corporate art, brochures, ads, bios, videos, and social media (Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter). Built and maintained strong relationships with internal clients, by meeting with them regularly and applying a proactive approach to fulfilling their wide-ranging content needs. Updated company style guide. Worked closely with executive leadership… Show more Assisted in the strategy and management of the corporate communications department. Conceptualized, wrote and managed creative content, including websites, corporate art, brochures, ads, bios, videos, and social media (Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter). Built and maintained strong relationships with internal clients, by meeting with them regularly and applying a proactive approach to fulfilling their wide-ranging content needs. Updated company style guide. Worked closely with executive leadership team to develop their own communications, as needed. Wrote company-wide internal announcements. Managed graphic designer, reviewed and oversaw creative outputs and other vendors/contractors.



Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Copywriter/Client Contact Manager

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2015

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Managed on-site Production Studio: provided copywriting services for brochures, sell sheets, websites, and social media and seminars. Member of team that earned Ameriprise its Social Media "All-Star" rating (only firm to receive 5 stars) by DALBAR in its first-ever social media rankings of financial services firms in 2014.

• Copywriter

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2012



Medtronic

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Writer, Copy Editor

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2011

  Wrote, copy edited and proofread internally designed, physician- and customer-focused marketing materials, including print and Web brochures, ads and pamphlets. Serviced and maintained internal client relationships. Managed and edited the sector's online style guide, which provided consistency standards on tone, grammar, and product/therapy language for marketing materials.



Upsize Minnesota, The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Finance and Commerce, Creatis Inc.

• Freelance Business Reporter, Writer, Proofreader

  • Apr 2004 - Aug 2009

  Pitched, reported, and wrote news and feature stories about Minnesota businesses and market trends. Created and edited content for the "Toolkit" section of Upsize Minnesota business magazine, including feature stories and a resource directory geared for small businesses. Provided contract proofreading services.



The Sage Group

• Communications Specialist

  • May 2007 - Feb 2008

  Wrote and edited marketing brochures, case studies, press releases, and Web content for corporate clients. Ghostwrote guest columns for client executives. Pitched story ideas to local and national media outlets, including daily newspapers, television stations, and trade publications. Managed media relations for clients.



Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

• Researcher/Reporter

  • 2000 - 2004

  Wrote semi-monthly feature stories about Twin Cities businesses and market trends. Researched, compiled and proofread database entries for sister publication The Fact Book, an online and hardbound company resource directory, managing information on more than 2,700 Minnesota companies, 10,000 contacts at those companies, and biographies of 550 local business leaders.