July 2013–Present
National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL)
Washington, D.C.
Serve as the coordinator of member communications, marketing projects, social media and web content management for national non-profit membership organization serving the field of public finance.
- Manage NABL’s social media activities, increasing engagement in less than three months.
- Manage NABL’s e-blast channel, including writing, copyediting, layout, design, deployment, and analysis.
- Mange NABL’s website content, including artwork and content updates.
- Coordinate NABL’s member communications from renewal communications, recruitment brochures, newsletters, and educational marketing pieces.
Communications Manager,
January 2012–May 2013
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Arlington, Va.
Served as manager of robust communications project agenda for nonprofit membership organization serving the field of special and gifted education.
Managed CEC’s social media activities, including increasing Facebook likes by more than 2,000 followers; growing Twitter following by 33%; created posts that resonated with CEC membership to increase engagement.
- Managed CEC’s e-blast channel, including writing, copyediting, layout and design, scheduling and deployment.
- Managed CEC’s website content, including artwork and news content; played an instrumental role in the redesign, creation and launch of the CEC website, including managing large segments of the content migration and the launch of a brand new CEC members-only community.
- Managed CEC’s blog Reality 101, including coordinating the blogger application process, managing the blog schedule throughout the year, editing and posting content.
- Wrote, copyedited and proofread press materials, blog and promotional copy and other materials with adherence to Associated Press style guidelines.
- Coordinated marketing, branding and monitoring of the CECommunity, CEC’s members-only online networking tool; was community manager for several committee-level communities and CEC’s internal staff community.
- Managed the CEC Awards programs, including collaborating with staff, vendors and award recipients to plan special events at the CEC Annual Convention & Expo, as well as managing the nominations process.
February 2008–January 2012
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Reston, Va.
Assisted and helped coordinate public affairs and communications efforts for nonprofit membership organization serving the field of mathematics education.
- Assisted with the planning of the Research Presession conference, a conference for 600-800 mathematics researchers; acted as the leader of the Research Presession for the 2011 conference.
- Assisted with on-site daily newspaper for annual meeting; wrote for the conference blog and homepage.
- Managed the schedule, formatting, review and distribution for biweekly e-newsletter, as well as tracked statistics; formatted other NCTM e-blasts as needed.
- Wrote and distributed news releases about NCTM Board of Directors, award recipients and new publications; wrote monthly articles for Teaching Children Mathematics, NCTM’s elementary journal.
- Launched and managed social media websites growing to more than 10,000 Facebook followers; updated NCTM homepage and department web pages.
- Tracked NCTM in the media; created and updated media lists and spreadsheets.
- Managed relationships with outside public affairs vendors, including Meltwater, Vocus and CapWiz.
Media Relations Intern,
October 2007–January 2008
Edelman Public Relations
Washington,
D.C.
- Pitched stories to the media on behalf of clients.
- Attended events and conferences relevant to and on behalf of clients.
- Worked at a daily newspaper reporting and writing for the business section.
- Worked with editors to meet deadlines and get photos.
Writer & News Clipper,
August 2005–May 2007
University of Mary Washington, University Relations
Fredericksburg, Va.
- Wrote press releases and other publicity documents for the University.
- Read newspapers and clipped articles with references to UMW or higher education.
