Education

• Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Design for Sustainability

Savannah College of Art and Design | 2016-2018

• bachelors of Fine Arts (bFA) graphic design

The University at Buffalo | 2012-2016

Awards & Honors

• 2018 International Design Awards (IDA) Silver, Sustainable Living/Environmental Preservation-Recycling Equipment for Design Your Dream Funeral App

• 2017 Cradle to Cradle Product Design Competition Finalist for PurePod

Work Experience

• sr. Community engagement coordinator – Cincinnati Animal CARE

  March 2024 – Present, Cincinnati, OH

  • Lead integrated marketing and communications campaigns promoting adoption, foster, volunteer, and fundraising initiatives across digital, print, email, and social media channels.

  • Develop and manage multimedia content, including graphic design, video, photography, website content, blogs, newsletters, and social media assets.

  • Develop workflows and processes to support collaboration between departments

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to tell compelling stories that focus on lifesaving outcomes and increase community engagement.

  • Manage and optimize WordPress website content serving more than 378,000 annual users.

  • Create and distribute email marketing campaigns and newsletters to 22,000+ subscribers, achieving an average open rate of nearly 30%.

  • Produce and maintain marketing collateral, educational resources, SOPs, and public information materials in digital and print formats.

  • Co-lead social media strategy, content creation, and campaign execution to increase visibility, engagement, and support for organizational programs.

  • Analyze campaign performance and audience engagement data to inform communications strategy and maximize impact.

  • Maintain brand consistency and organizational voice across all public-facing communications and marketing materials.

• Marketing Operations Manager – Green Badger, LLC

  May 2017 – December 2022, Savannah, GA

  • Creating and implementing a content marketing strategy to create domain authority and position Green Badger as a thought leader in green construction

  • Managing a CRM with 7,000+ contacts to ensure that marketing and sales have accurate data to have meaningful conversations with prospects and customers

  • Implementing, managing, and analyzing marketing campaigns to reach multiple audiences within the green building arena

  • Executing best practices for inbound marketing within a B2B sales space

  • Developing and designing educational resources like ebooks, webinars, and infographics to provide value to our contacts throughout their journey from leads to customers

  • Strategizing about the future of Green Badger with company leadership so that we can continue making #SustainabilitySimplified for those in the green building industry

• Sustainability Intern – Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

  Jun 2018 – December 2018
  Savannah, GA

• Digital Content Manager – South Magazine

  Nov 2016 – Sep 2017
  Savannah, GA

• Advertising Art Director – South Magazine

  May 2016 – Sep 2016
  Savannah, GA

• Marketing Coordinator, UBReUSE

  The Student-run Waste Diversion Program at the University at Buffalo
  Feb 2016 – Jun 2016
  University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

• Graphic Design Student Assistant – University at Buffalo Office of Sustainability

  Aug 2015 – May 2016
  University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

• Creative Director of Marketing – Sub-Board I, Inc.

  May 2015 – Dec 2015
  University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

• Graphic Design Intern, Book cover design

  SOS Creative, LLC
  May 2015 – Jul 2015
  Buffalo, NY

• Creative Director

  The Spectrum Newspaper, University at Buffalo
  May 2014 – May 2015
  University at Buffalo

• Assistant Creative Director

  The Spectrum Newspaper, University at Buffalo
  Mar 2014 – May 2014
  University at Buffalo

• Advertising Designer

  The Spectrum Newspaper, University at Buffalo
  Jan 2014 – Mar 2014
  University at Buffalo

Civic Action

• co-founder & community outreach coordinator – Savannah Trash Warriors

  August 2018 – January 2020 | Savannah, Georgia Area

  • Managing 6-20 volunteers on a weekly/monthly basis by providing tools, education and cleanup protocols before and during litter pickup events

  • Organizing future cleanups by working with neighborhood associations and other civic/nonprofit groups in Savannah

  • Collecting data on litter pickup collections that the city of Savannah and local businesses can utilize when making policy changes and creating more sustainable business practices

  • Sharing our story with the community and inspiring others to get involved by sharing before/after photos of our cleanups and highlighting our volunteers

  • In 2019, the Savannah Trash Warriors:

    • Organized over 50 cleanups throughout Savannah

    • Picked up over 1,000 buckets of trash

    • Picked up over 500 buckets of recycling

    • Volunteered over 400 hours

    • & saved the city an estimated $9,635.00 (The monetary value of hours worked comes from a statistic from United Way of the Coastal Empire that one volunteer hour in Georgia is valued at $25.)

• Board Member – Keep Savannah Beautiful

  January 2019 – January 2022 | Savannah, Georgia Area

  • Website Committee

    • Creating a web presence for KSB to communicate our mission and inspire action towards litter reduction in city of Savannah

    • Copy editing and creative writing to share our story in a meaningful way to potential volunteers

  • Adopt-A-Spot Program

    • Documenting and visualizing adopted clean-up locations throughout Savannah via Google Maps to highlight volunteers and educate potential volunteers on locations that still need to be adopted

  • Annual Events

    1. Collaborated with a team of board members to organize KSB's annual Great Savannah Cleanup for 2 consecutive years, activating dozens of Savannah neighborhoods

    2. Attending, organizing, and documenting annual and monthly litter pickup events throughout the city