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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