Nov 2015 – Jan 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Supported Great Big Story's communications goals, collaborating cross-departmentally to promote programming and initiatives. Fostered brand-community relationships. Contributed to the business's recognition, including Emmy nominations, Webby Awards, and film festival selections. Assisted the leadership team with proactive pitching, securing speaking opportunities, and developing internal communications for 500+ employees.
• During my time here, the business won or was nominated for multiple awards, including three Emmy nominations, Digiday's Best New Publisher (2016), multiple Webby Awards, Shorty Awards and more. It's also received "official selections" at multiple film festivals, both in the U.S. and abroad.
• I also supported the company's leadership team through media relations, speaking opportunities at industry conferences and events and development of regular internal communications materials, which were distributed to more than 500 employees throughout the extended network (including parent company CNN).

Apr 2013 – Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · New York, NY

• Member of Influencer Marketing (Digital Word of Mouth) practice
• Clientele: Canon, CNBC, Scotts lawncare, Enterprise Holdings, Oscar Mayer
• Utilize 360i's Influencer Relationship Management System (database housing more than 10,000 digital influencers) to efficiently identify the right people whose editorial content, social reach and influence matches clients' strategic marketing needs
• Leverage social media influencers to build brand awareness/solve business problems/identify new opportunities/create content

Mar 2010 – Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo · New York, NY

• Clientele: Samsung (Home Electronics), Amazon.com, Verisign, EMN8
• Product reviews, executive thought leadership, events/speaking opportunities, crisis communications, creative digital/traditional PR campaign development experience, content generation (traditional and new media channels), extensive knowledge of media landscape (tech, consumer, business, trade, etc), product launches, media and analyst relations program development, new business pitch experience and RFP development.
• Notable campaigns supported: Amazon Cloud Drive/Cloud Player, MasterCard PayPass Wallet Services

Nov 2009 – Mar 2010 · 4 mos

• Assist finance director with general administrative tasks
• Log company freelancers' hours into database for payroll
• Maintain and update reports for freelancers' hours throughout fiscal periods

Jun 2009 – Oct 2009 · 4 mos

• Worked under firm’s Sears, Vitamin Water and Prince's Rainforest Project accounts - assisted Account team by compiling media clips, searching for print, online, and broadcast placements, pitching stories/events to media, liaising with product vendors to fulfill media requests and supporting/staffing area-based events to generate awareness.

Jan 2009 – May 2009 · 4 mos

• Prepared game notes, assisted with program and yearbook production, maintained team website, updated player bios, statistics, coordinated home game on-field activities with fans.

Aug 2008 – Dec 2008 · 4 mos

• Compiled and produced programs, media guides, game notes and stories for various University teams (Football, women's field hockey and women's basketball; served as a spotter to internal PA announcer for all home football games during 2008 season; served as a liaison to the media via stat running, facilitating interview requests with student-athletes, helped stat crews gather information from games, produced press releases

Jun 2007 – Aug 2007 · 2 mos

• Logged film, cut tapes, researched archives, filed past footage, conducted searches through Newspath Story Database, monitored Associated Press wires, worked with editors to package player highlights for distribution to CBS affiliates nationally