SKILLS

  • Outstanding writer and content generator

  •  Excels in visual and verbal storytelling

  • Capably curates and develops content for fundraising narratives

  • Effectively merges communications and development

  • Skilled in interviewing donors and stakeholders to support powerful narratives

  • Proficient with Google AdWords, Facebook Ads Manager, Facebook Insights, Google Analytics and other web analytics platforms

  • Proficient with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

  • Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite

  • Comfortable with a variety of social media platforms — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit

  • Comfortable with Blogger, Weebly, WordPress, Squarespace for website construction and maintenance

  • Understanding of SEO and content distribution

  • DSLR photographer

  • Innovative, driven self-starter

  • Analytical, creative mindset with attention to detail

  • Strong commitment to high-quality work

  • Passionate reader, scientist, blogger, and crafter

AWARDS

  • Oregon Newspaper Publisher’s Best Review Award recipient for restaurant reviews in the Willamette Collegian

PROJECTS

GrowKitchen

Writing and Content Consultant

FEBRUARY 2017 - PRESENT

  • Responsible for editing, managing and curating website content and social media

SenseiScout

Communications and Marketing

DECEMBER 2015 - PRESENT

  • Helped take a startup from a paper-napkin concept to a growing community by establishing its voice via online content and promotional materials and assisting in brand development and site design
  • Designs promotional and educational fliers (B2B, B2C), print advertisements and banners, as well as Facebook ads and online marketing collateral

Mountains + Molehills 

Blogmaster and Blogger

AUGUST 2015 - PRESENT

  • Built and now manage Sonoma Land Trust's Mountains + Molehills blog, a collaborative effort with the stewardship team to provide engaging, rich stories for our community

CCLT Conservation Horizons Program

APRIL 2016 - PRESENT

  • Participated in diversity & inclusion training that led to Sonoma Land Trust’s first day camp for bilingual children and diversity training for all staff

     

    EXPERIENCE

    Content and Brand Voice Strategist

    ArtPup — Seattle, WA

    DECEMBER 2015 - PRESENT

    •  Creates short- and long-form content from interviews, research, and other forms of information gathering
    • Leverages and posts content on a variety of platforms to increase exposure
    • Edits and publish information provided by community members, partners, staff members, and other sources.
    • Co-owns social media management and engages with peers in the online space.
    • Gathers, produces, and curates image content through photography, members, and directories.
    • Helps make design and style decisions.
    • Actively focuses on content and market strategy.

    Communications & Marketing Coordinator

    Seattle Audubon — Seattle, WA

    JUNE 2017 - PRESENT

    • Develops an organization-wide marketing and communications plan including strategy, goals, budget, and tactics
    • Develops, implements, and evaluates a media relations strategy, seeking high-level placements in print, broadcast, and online media
    • Oversees social media messaging
    • Designs marketing and promotions

    • Coordinates website, eNewsletter, blogs, and quarterly newsletter

    Communications Consultant

    Sonoma Land Trust — Seattle, WA

    JUNE 2017 - PRESENT

    Continues duties at Sonoma Land Trust, including producing eNews, managing blog and social media presence, and writing

    Communications Coordinator

    Sonoma Land Trust — Santa Rosa, CA

    JUNE 2015 - JUNE 2017

    • Writes stories for SLT print publications
    • Builds online presence via website, social media, and other online communications, while supporting publication production, media relations and community outreach
    • Coordinates production of monthly eNews
    • Edits outgoing communications to ensure adhesion to organizational voice and brand
    • Delivers content via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and other online channels
    • Designs and implements marketing and promotional campaigns
    • Generates publicity for the land trust by writing press releases as well as designing ads, brochures, and print collateral
    • Cultivates relationships with media, partners, and stakeholders • Established an Instagram presence and blog
    • Produces communications materials for internal use — presentations, style guides, etc.
    • Collaborates with diverse departments, including operations, stewardship, acquisitions and development

    Laboratory Technician

    Fred Hutch — Seattle, WA

    OCTOBER 2014 - JUNE 2015

    • Designed and performed immunological experiments with murine models
    • Responsible for lab upkeep — restocking, ordering lab equipment
    • Designed and wrote protocols and procedures

    Staff Writer

    Willamette Collegian — Salem, OR

      AUGUST 2013 - MAY 2014

    • Generated press and publicity for local eateries
    • Composed articles and edited front-page features and format
    • Responsible for scouting and reviewing local restaurants
    • Worked with editors and stakeholders to produce the best possible timely publication
    • Served as own photographer and designed own graphic elements
    • Ran a personal food blog concurrently with article

    EDUCATION

    Willamette University

    B.A., Biology, Minor in Environmental Science

    AUGUST 2010 - MAY 2014