PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHIER AMERICA (Non-profit working towards food equity)                                               Remote

Senior Communications Consultant | February 2023 - Present

• Stepped in to support the Communications and Development functions when Communications Director left.
• Led media pitching for an event in partnership with the City of Indianapolis and Instacart, which was attended and covered by all 5 major local TV networks.
• Lead content creation of blogs, emails, one-pagers, pitch decks and talking points.
• Project manage a new brand development initiative, scheduling meetings and coordinating feedback collection on content across internal teams and external vendor.

SHARE OUR STRENGTH | NO KID HUNGRY CAMPAIGN (Non-profit fighting hunger)                                 Washington, D.C.

Manager, Corporate Partnership Communications | November 2018 – November 2022

• Built marketing strategy for two large-scale, multi-channel campaigns a year to raise awareness of No Kid Hungry’s work and showcase corporate partnerships with brands including Citi, Arby’s and Williams Sonoma. Latest campaign engaged over 55 brand partners, garnered over 1.3M video views, 146M social media impressions, and raised over $6.5 million.
• Project managed these campaigns; responsible for supervising the timeline and budget and coordinating across multiple internal and external teams to ensure campaign objectives and deliverables are achieved.
• Wrote and edited messaging for emails, talking points, presentations, and PR materials.
• Supervised one direct report and managed day-to-day relationship with influencer marketing agency.

Associate | February 2017 – November 2018

• Planned and executed an experiential marketing campaign for Dine for No Kid Hungry, the organization’s year-round restaurant fundraiser. Campaign won the 2018 Halo Award for Best Experiential Marketing Campaign.
• Awarded 2017 Golden Apple Award for Creativity, Innovation & Fun.

MISFIT FOODS (Now Phil’s Finest, food & beverage company)                                                                             Washington, D.C.

Marketing & Communications Lead | September 2015 - May 2016

• Produced all content for Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and was responsible for community management.
• Increased Twitter followers from 291 to 622, Facebook page likes from 679 to 1,107, and Instagram followers from 669 to 1,549 in just 9 months.

EDELMAN (Global communications agency)                                                                                                              Washington, D.C.

Financial Analyst | April 2013 - August 2015

• Served as Business Manager for two departments, responsible for budgeting and client invoicing.
• Analyzed, monitored and reported monthly revenues and trends to senior management.

GMG MANAGEMENT CONSULTING (Woman and minority-owned consulting firm)                                             Arlington, VA

Senior Analyst | July 2011 - April 2013

• Led Engagement Team of three people in the Transportation Security Administration’s Financial Management Division. Team was awarded the 2011 DHS CFO Service Award for Superior Mission Achievement.
• Enabled TSA to experience best-ever year of performance, closing fiscal year 2012 with a record high of 99.1% of invoices paid on time and the lowest recorded amount of interest penalties paid.

SKILLS

Bilingual in English and Spanish, MS Office, MS Teams, Google Suite, Asana, Mailchimp, Meltwater

EDUCATION

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                                 Washington, D.C.

Master of Professional Studies, Integrated Marketing Communications | September 2015 - May 2017

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, ROBERT H. SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS                                                   College Park, MD

Bachelor of Science (Honors), Marketing | August 2007 – May 2011

Banneker-Key Scholar, University Honors College