Nov 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

• Develop and drive enterprise-wide communications strategies that connect employees to company priorities, culture, and performance.
• Oversee the creation of high-impact communications and event resources that ensure clarity, alignment, and consistency across audiences and channels.
• Lead the strategic vision, development, and execution of corporate events including Town Halls and The Way Forward.
• Develop agendas, narratives, and presentation resources that connect employees to business priorities, strategy, and culture.
• Partner with senior leaders and stakeholders to ensure event messaging drives awareness, understanding, and pride.
• Oversee production, logistics, and creative support for all major corporate events.
• Create campaigns that highlight employee ideas, innovation sprints, and measurable business impact.
• Partner with program leaders and senior stakeholders to ensure consistent messaging and alignment with enterprise priorities.
• Manage and coach the Communications Development Manager, ensuring effective oversight of creative content operations and agency/vendor partnerships.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and accountability to drive high performance and career development.
• Partner with Sr. Managers of Communications & Business Partnering (Ops/SR&D; HR, Trade & Marketing) to ensure alignment of functional communications with enterprise priorities.
• Influence peers through collaboration, best practice sharing, and coordinated planning.
• Act as a central resource ensuring all functions are progressing against their communications goals.
• Establish metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of enterprise events and communications.
• Apply insights to refine strategies and continuously improve engagement.

Oct 2023 – Jan 2026 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

• Lead development and execution of strategic internal communication plans to support enterprise objectives and stakeholder alignment.
• Produce high-quality deliverables including newsletters, executive emails, intranet content, press releases, presentations, and event collateral.
• Manage executive and employee communications around organizational change, transformation initiatives, and milestone campaigns.
• Partner with executive leadership, HR, IT, Operations, and Corporate/External Comms to ensure integrated messaging and engagement.
• Strategize and execute enterprise-wide employee events (audiences up to 8,000), including content, run-of-show, and onsite logistics.
• Uphold brand standards across communication materials; create executive briefings, scripts, speeches, and talking points.
• Manage enterprise digital platforms (SharePoint, email, social); oversee content governance and digital asset use.
• Track and analyze campaign performance to optimize strategies and report on engagement.
• Facilitate efficient meetings and project workstreams with clear agendas, direction, and deliverables.
• Develop and manage departmental budget with focus on cost efficiency and ROI.
• Select Achievements:
• Directed communications strategy for the company’s 150th anniversary, engaging 5,000+ employees through digital, live, and experiential platforms.
• Drove triple-digit growth in intranet engagement (views, comments, likes).
• Strengthened executive visibility and employee trust through targeted messaging and thought leadership.

Feb 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

• Strategized, implemented, and analyzed the success of both internal and external communications supporting various CPG brands in a highly regulated space.
• Supported cross-functional operations, spanning 12+ functions and 4,000 employees in the U.S.
• Executed major corporate events including planning, marketing, graphic design, vendor management, itinerary planning, and day-of coordination.
• Maintained and improved the corporate intranet (SharePoint) - writing, designing, and publishing an average of 30 articles per month.
• Lead and managed all operations and requests for the corporate communications team as a whole, establishing processes, improving existing procedures, and delegating tasks.
• Served as Creative Director for major, company-wide communications campaigns spanning multiple months - coordinating with multiple locations throughout the United States and overseas.
• Introduced a new, advanced email platform to establish analytic reporting and success tracking for all company-wide and function-specific email communications.
• Designed both physical and digital signage for all major internal campaigns, initiatives, and events.
• Highly proficient in PowerPoint, having built decks for all members of our executive board throughout my tenure.