Career

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Communications Coordinator

Shiawassee RESD

Employed July 17, 2022

Owosso, Michigan

Raise awareness of Shiawassee RESD programs through community outreach, social media, and traditional media.

Publications Manager

Carriage Association of America

Employed Jan 2017 – July 15, 2022

Lexington, Kentucky

Promote the preservation of carriages and traditional carriage driving by producing The Carriage Journal five times a year. Additionally a weekly e-newsletter is produce, The Spokesperson. Maintain and provide content for website and social media, work to bring the Brewster & Co. records to the digital world.

Social Media Consultant / Content Manager

The Virtual Writer

Employed Sep 2012 – Present

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Provide personalized solutions for small businesses including content management, website development and online training.

Clients include a chamber of commerce, authors and specialty market businesses. Project manager/editor for The Standardbred Connection.

Trained via the Google Analytics Academy in Digital Analytics Fundamentals and Google Analytics Platform Principles

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Senior Coordinator

Dorrance Publishing Company, Inc.

Employed Dec 2005 – Aug 2012

Created and implemented a communications system to educate writers on how to be authors. Improving communication using traditional and social media allowed us to better market the company as well as the authors and their books, leading to higher sales and improved client relations.

Maintained daily posts to three blogs, supported multiple sales websites, created monthly newsletters and webinars. Wrote “The Next Chapter: How to Be an Effective Partner in the Merchandising of Your Book.”