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Experience

E-media Specialist
City of Greeley | www.greeleygov.com
May 2012 to Present
  • Manage editorial calendars with social media posts intended to engage community members
  • Schedule interviews and videography sessions to produce city feature videos
  • Assist in content development for the city mobile application, Greeley2Go
  • Use Photoshop to edit and optimize photos for online albums
  • Make edits to website using SharePoint content management system
  • Coordinate with departments to update website to integrate with monthly e-newsletter
Website Marketing Coordinator
San Juan Regional Medical Center | www.sanjuanregional.com
August 2010 to April 2012
  • Develop e-marketing campaigns and strategies to build awareness of new medical services
  • Manage social media accounts to communicate free and low-cost health events
  • Use analytics and insight tools to measure website traffic and engagement
  • Shoot and edit videos for the website video library, YouTube, and other social media
  • Create and manage health e-newsletter to maintain customer relationships
  • Code using HTML and CSS to adjust hospital website layout
Staff Reporter and Features Editor 
AsiaXpress | www.asiaxpress.com 
January 2007 to May 2010
  • Wrote feature stories about Asian culture and misconceptions
  • Used Webmaster tools to research keywords for search engine optimization (SEO)
  • Communicated with a wide-range of scholars and individuals to write credible articles
  • Received user access to Google Analytics to measure article popularity and make recommendations to editor-in-chief for website improvement

Student Communications 
CU Boulder Media Relations | www.colorado.edu/news 
February 2009 to May 2010

  • Wrote press releases about high student achievement and campus events
  • Promoted greater understanding of college life by writing student perspective pieces
  • Managed social media websites to increase awareness about current university news

Public Relations Project Member 
My Baby Angel Foundation| www.mybabyangelfoundation.com
January 2010 to May 2010

  • Created and managed website design and content development as a part of a small team building a fully functioning public relations campaign
  • Analyzed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to build awareness of the organization in women and families who have experienced pregnancy loss
  • Created collateral for the organization including posters and a keyword document for SEO

General News Intern
KCNC CBS4 News | www.cbs4denver.com
May 2009 to August 2009

  • Shot and edited video with reporters on breaking news stories around the Denver-metro area
  • Communicated ideas and issues from viewers to appropriate reporters and producers
  • Composed news articles and edited mistakes on www.cbs4denver.com with the website team

Education

University of Colorado at Boulder

  • Bachelor of Science in News Journalism
  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
  • Certificate in Digital Media
  • GPA 3.67

Technical Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Content Management Systems
  • Constant Contact (email marketing)
  • StreamSend (email marketing)
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • FinalCut Pro (video editing)
  • iMovie
  • HTML and CSS
  • Google Analytics

Awards and Leadership

  • McNeill Scholars Program
  • Baker Residential Academic Program
  • Journalism Diversity Scholar
  • Ralph Allen Memorial Scholarship
  • Dominic Manzanares Memorial Scholarship
  • Colorado Broadcaster's Association Scholarship
  • Buffalo Awakening Leadership Staff
  • Stearns East Resident Advisor
  • Alpha Delta Chi Christian Sorority Member
  • Saint Mary's 6th Grade Religious Education Teacher (Farmington, NM)
  • Saint Mary's Youth Ministry Communications Director (Greeley, CO)
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