Resume
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Communications & Marketing Consultant
September 2017 - Present
Collaborate with clients to develop their presence in a variety of markets with a focus on online communication.
Write, edit and manage newsletter and email content.
Social media content creation and planning.
Create and maintain editorial calendars.
Develop and implement marketing strategy.
Hands-on work with multiple website and email platforms.
Clients include online retailers, boutique store fronts, and large community organizations.
Mammoth Marketing Group
Director of Marketing and Public Affairs
July 2014 - September 2017
Mammoth Marketing Group is a full service political consulting and public affairs firm. Mammoth is a team of seasoned political operatives experienced in every aspect of political and issue-oriented campaigns.
Manage public affairs campaigns for local and statewide issues including federal immigration reform, tax reform, and education reform. This includes statewide coalition building, earned media, grassroots and grasstops correspondence with elected leaders.
Social media strategy and content development for clients across multiple platforms - Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.
Digital advertising strategy including strategic audience promotion for Facebook and LinkedIn advertising.
Develop new client relationships to create business opportunities.
Manage all aspects of media and public relations for corporate clients including writing and distributing press releases, coordinating interviews and distributing earned media reports.
Successfully execute large and small-scale special events including securing sponsorships and keynote speakers. Ran onsite event production for fundraising dinner with over 1100 attendees and high-profile political guests and speakers including statewide elected officials and Presidential candidates.
Girl Around Town (GirlAroundTown.net)
Co-Founder/ Editor-In-Chief
August 2009 - August 2017
Girl Around Town is a multi-media lifestyle resource for what to do, where to go, and what to wear in Houston, New York Austin and more.
Create, edit, and promote content for site and integrate brand messaging across social media platforms.
Create and implement sponsorships with a variety of companies including Own Skin Health, Luxury Rebel Shoes, ATX Television Festival, The Cellar Music Management at SXSW, Worth It, and Stylewhile.
Event creation and production with companies including Entertainment Weekly, USA, Hulu, ABC, Four Seasons Houston, Cle de Peau at Neiman Marcus, Whole Foods, KIND, Sam and lilli, Cakewalk Style Shop, Settlement Goods and more.
Managed team of 11 editors.
Communications & Marketing Consultant
January 2011 - July 2014
Collaborated with clients to develop their presence in a variety of markets with a focus on online communication.
Projects included: development of digital media strategy; website development and management; social media strategy, growth plans and integration of brand messaging across platforms; online and print marketing campaigns; editorial content creation; press release creation and distribution; event creation and promotion.
Clients included: beyond complexion, skincare line; Adopt Alert, adoption website; Stone Construction, commercial construction; Antique Bar, Houston bar and night club; Worth It, online shopping start up and Evtex Companies, commercial real estate.
Doha Film Institute (DFI)/ Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF)
Special Projects Producer
Doha, Qatar, July 2010 - December 2010
Doha Film Institute is the umbrella organization for all of Qatar’s film initiatives. One of those initiatives, the annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, showcases the best of Arab and international cinema.
Reported directly to the Managing Director and Executive Director of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and managed budgets in excess of $2 million.
Oversaw all non-screening events, including:
Photography Exhibit for world-renowned photographer Brigitte Lacombe and documentarian Marian Lacombe.
Comedy Show for Ahmed Ahmed and the Just Like Us Comedians.
Open Mic Comedy Night for TEDxDoha.
Musical performance and outdoor screening with Nitin Sawhney who composed music for the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra to accompany the 1929 silent film A Throw of Dice.
Managed team of two coordinators and two production assistants.
Tribeca Productions & Tribeca Film Festival
Executive Assistant to Co-Founder, Jane Rosenthal
New York, NY, October 2006 - February 2009
A Film and TV production company co-founded in 1989 by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, Films include Analyze This, Analyze That, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, About a Boy and many more.
Event Coordination: led fundraising and handled all event coordination including, briefings, invitations, transportation, staff coordination, and catering for:
Political Events: Secretary Hillary Clinton +$150k raised, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Mark Udall and Senator Al Franken +$50k raised, President Barack Obama, Speaker Christine Quinn +$25k raised
Parties/Fundraisers: Make it Right hosted by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie $1 million raised, Notes of Hope Dinner hosted by Mayor Bloomberg +$50k raised, Private Dinner Party for President Kagame of Rwanda
Movie Premieres and Press Junkets: In concert with communication director, handled remarks and briefings for:
The Good Shepherd, James Bond: Quantum of Solace, Baby Mama, Speed Racer, Lucky You
Film Development: Coordinated with directors, producers, studios and actors on all projects and development in:
The Good Shepherd (2007), What Just Happened? (2008), Public Enemies (2009), Little Fockers (2010), Undomestic Goddess, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Everybody’s Fine (2010)
Tribeca Film Festival Founded in 2001 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff following the attacks on the World Trade Center to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan.
Wrote and edited remarks for all speaking events and arranged all public appearances for co-founder.
Red Wagon Entertainment
Assistant to Doug Wick- Head of Red Wagon Entertainment
Los Angeles, CA, December 2005 - August 2006
Red Wagon Entertainment was founded by Academy Award-winner Douglas Wick and has produced Memoirs of a Geisha, Jarhead, Gladiator, Girl Interrupted, and Working Girl among others.
Creative Artists Agency
Assistant to Head of Alternative/Reality Television
Los Angeles, CA, September 2004 - December 2005
Founded in 1975, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is one of the top talent agencies in Los Angeles.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
ATX Television Festival Foundation, Board Member
Kappa Alpha Theta Alumni
Texas Exes
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin, May 2003
Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies, Corporate Communication Major