résumé
work experience
Marketing and Communications Specialist, Leidos
November 2016 – present
Reston, VA
- Provide communication and marketing support for Federal projects.
- Lead portfolio's Section 508 remediation efforts through HTML, accessible PDFs, or by providing long descriptions for figures.
- Draft and edit deliverables for publication, ensuring compliance with Federal style guides.
- Develop communications and marketing strategies for technical teams.
- Facilitate webinars of up to 500 participants using Adobe Connect for internal and external audiences.
- Support conference and event planning and execution for Federal customers.
- Support engineering and communication teams on ad hoc basis.
Communications and Production Coordinator, John Snow, Inc.
June 2014 – November 2016
Arlington, VA
Coordniator on the SPRING project.
- Oversee production of all project deliverables, ensuring deliverables meet SPRING, Feed the Future, and USAID branding guidelines and style guides.
- Track deliverable timelines to ensure on-time delivery in compliance with project and country work plans.
- Meet contractual agreements with USAID and USAID country missions.
- Coordinate with four global initiative teams, two cross-cutting project teams, and seven country teams, both domestic and international-based.
- Coordinate selection of and business with editing, layout, printing, and translation vendors.
- Manage social media networks, including live-tweets during webinar events, and the project's Instagram account.
- Create content on project website using HTML.
education
Masters of Art, Mass Communication
Web Design
University of Florida
January 2021 – present
Bachelors of Art, Communication
Electronic and Print Journalism, minors in Professional Writing, Marketing Communications, and Popular Culture
Virginia Tech
August 2008 – May 2013