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Minnesota Public RadioGeneration Listen Board Member
May. 2016 - Jan. 2018Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area• Member of board designed to ignite Millennial interest with MPR • Event planner
Strike TheaterDirector of Storytelling and Spoken Word
Mar. 2016Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area*Co-Founder of a non-profit Sketch, Storytelling, and Spoken Word Theater
*Successful Kickstarter campaign raising $45k *Teaches storytelling and spoken word classes
*Artistic Director of Storytelling and Spoken Word Series
General MillsSr. Social Media and Digital Specialist (Contractor)
Oct. 2014Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area*Partner with cross functional teams to create and execute digital and social strategy for brands including: Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Hello Cereal Lovers, Betty Crocker, Gold Medal Flour and Bisquick
Own and implement all elements of social strategy, including test-and-learn opportunities, long-range planning, major campaigns, and day-to-day social engagement on all relevant social channels (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Giphy, Pinterest, Tumblr) *Manage editorial calendars to accommodate partners, web team priorities, and brand priorities
Copywriting for CPG websites (Wheaties, FiberOne, Nature Valley, Lucky Charms), consumer emails, and collaborating with agency and partner scripts including Hulu, Roku, Pandora, and TV *Strong analytical skills to mine for consumer insights *Manages social budget and executing targeted paid social campaigns *Manages workflow with design team
Globe UniversityExecutive Chair of the Business Program
Oct. 2012 - Oct. 2014Woodbury, MN*Manages not only local campus Business Department, but 14 other campuses as well
*Leads Project Management to drive successful program outcomes
*On development team for Internet Marketing Degree
*Works on building common curriculum and Learning Outcome Objectives
*In charge of providing clear trainings and leadership to Chairs at other Campuses
*Teaches Business Courses
*Manages Department Adjuncts
*Assists with Advising and Registration
Story Arts of MinnesotaBoard of Directors
Dec. 2011 - Jan. 2014Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area*Attends monthly Board meeting
*Works on this working Board
*Sat on Committees to Plan the annual Tellebration! and other Story Telling Festivals.
*Assists with grant writing
Globe UniversityBusiness Program Chair
Oct. 2011 - Oct. 2014Woodbury, MN*Teaches business courses
*Manages adjuncts
*Assists with advising and registration
Hamline UniversitySlam Poetry Coach
Oct. 2011 - May. 2012St. Paul, MNCoaching students on writing, performance, and competitive aspects of poetry.
Poetry Slam, Inc.Host City Chair
Sep. 2011 - Mar. 2013Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaWas chosen at the Host City chair of the Women of the World Poetry Slam, a traveling international 4 day tournament and festival that happens during March of each year. I oversaw all aspects of tournament planning:
*Managed host city team of Volunteer Coordinators, Street Team, Side Event Coordinator, PR, Marketing and over 60 volunteers
*Managed all budgeting and fundraising
*Oversaw social media campaign *Worked with venue contracts for our multi-site tournament
*Did all logo design, graphic design, and media design
*Worked with PSI, the host organization to bring 72 women from all over the world to our City
Word Sprout LLCDirector
Sep. 2006 - May. 2022Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area*Creates all advertising and marketing for events, and manages the street team
*Maintains social media, social media calendars, and website maintenance *Maintains the largest poetry slam in Minnesota *Hospitality Coordinator and Event Planner for the 2010 National Poetry Slam that hosted over 600 poets from around the country *Featured as one of the Visionary Artists in the Twin Cities by the City Page
Globe Education NetworkStudent Services/Instructor
Oct. 2004 - Oct. 2011*Teaches primarily business courses including Small Business Management, Intro to Business, Business Writing, Business Communications and more *Runs student programming *Manages student workers and the tutoring center
Edina High School and Benilde St. Margaret's High SchoolHead Speech Coach
Oct. 2003 - Apr. 2010*Coaching competitive speech teams to success at State and National levels. *Specialization in motivation and sports psychology as applied to competitive *Nominated District Speech Coach of the Year in 2007
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