PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Communications Manager
​(University of California - Los Angeles) 
  • ​Environmental Health & Safety:  Provide the department with internal and external messaging, web content, social media, branding, editing and writing and many content deliverables, as well as communications coaching.
  • ​Student Affairs: Support Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs with multi-platform communication.

Part-time Administrative Assistant, The Family Violence Institute 
​(Northern Arizona University )              
Travel coordination and administrative and communications support to the institute under the direction of the Associate Director.

Public Information Officer
(Coconino County - Government Relations )  
​Provided comprehensive communications services to county leadership and managed internal and external communication. 

Marketing Specialist, College of Arts and Letters
(Northern Arizona University )
Shaped marketing/advertising/media relations/public relations  for the College and its 400+ events throughout the academic year. 

Media Relations/Communications Specialist  
(Macomb County Board of Commissioners)                  
Provided the 13-member Macomb County Board of Commissioners with social media, media relations, media coaching, public relations, and external communication/outreach services. Macomb County is the third most populous county in Michigan, with 871,000 constituents. 

Freelance writing, editing and content creation services   (Approximately 2001 to 2012)               
Consulted and supplied clients with a wide array of writing/editing/marketing services through website copy, press releases, white papers, business letters, brochure copy, event materials, guidebooks, E-books, and more. 

 Marketing Coordinator & Writer/Editor
(Ghafari Associates, LLC)           
Drove a variety of content-related services for a global architecture/engineering/consulting firm. B2B deliverables included:
 a monthly internal newsletter which I redesigned, wrote, and edited; upkeep of the company website; project case study sheets (white papers); manuals and brochures; updates on employee resumes; created the company's first corporate magazine

 Reporter 
(The Detroit News - weekday circ.: 142,000)
Evening metro desk reporter covering breaking news and weekly “Neighborhood News” reporter
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EARLY CAREER

  • Contributing Writer (Ican.com)
  • Associate Content Producer (www. Detroit.Citysearch.com (arts/music, shopping pages) Ticketmaster Online/Citysearch)
  • Publicity Director (The Magic Bag Theater)
  • Staff Writer & Interim Features Editor (Detroit MetroTimes) 
  • Staff Writer & Religion Editor (The Daily Telegram, Adrian, MI)
  • Retail experience (approx. six years) 
  • Administrative experience (approx. 1.5 years)  

RECENT TRAINING/EDUCATION 

2018
Project Management Certification, (course) Completed, (Udemy)
Practical Project Management, Completed, (Udemy)
PR: Media Crisis Communication, Completed, (Udemy)

Upcoming
Wordpress: Beginner thru advanced, (Udemy)
I will be Google Analytics Certified by August 2018 and will pursue AdWords certification at that time!