EXPERIENCE
2015 - 2020
Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning
South San Francisco. Marketing/business development + project support
2014 - 2020
Design and communications consulting
Oakland. Assisting startups and nonprofits with communications strategy, messaging, outreach, and collateral.
2014
Communications Specialist, Anderson for Insurance Commissioner
Overland Park, KS. E-newsletters; website management (Wordpress); social media coordination; press coordination; campaign graphics; print collateral; event organization; photography; network outreach
Communications Specialist, Taylor for U.S. Senate
Topeka, KS. Social media and website management (Wordpress); press outreach and coordination; e-newsletters; media tracking; print collateral; event organization; photography; constituent outreach
Manager of Marketing and Communications, BALLE
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies - Oakland. Social media and website management (Drupal); blog and newsletter copy and layout; graphics development; media and news tracking; conference message planning; mission promotion and advocacy; partner promotion and engagement; toolkit document layout and development
2012 - 2013
Communications Associate, Architecture for Humanity
San Francisco. Social media and website management (Drupal); monthly newsletter; annual report assembly and release; press releases and press kits; inquiries and interviews; network outreach and contact management (Salesforce); online platform development; fundraising campaign development; project and program reporting; partner coordination; internal and external presentations, advocacy, and written work. Twitter following of 200K
2010 - 2011
Design Fellow - Haiti and Students Rebuild, Architecture for Humanity
San Francisco. Coordination and content generation, management of partner program; field reporting; field office resource coordination; newsletter composition; French translation; partnership development
Volunteer, Architecture for Humanity
San Francisco. Volunteer coordination; content, layout, graphics, peer review, translation management of rebuilding manual specific to Haiti
2009 - 2010
Web and Branding Design
EDUCATION
2018
Masters of Arts, Interdisciplinary Design Strategies, Institute of Art, Design, and Technology
Dun Laoghaire. Final project and design charrette - communications concepts, platforms, and strategies for expanding access to Oakland Public Library.
2007-2008
Certificate in Interdisciplinary Design, Institute Without Boundaries
Toronto. Graduate program applying principles of interdisciplinary design to theoretical and practical projects - in particular, a multi-tiered rural renewal proposal for the Government of Costa Rica
2001-2007
Bachelor of Architecture, Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo. Including: one year study abroad in Paris; Design Village lightweight structure competition; College of Architecture & Environmental Design (CAED) student council president; CAED Ambassadors program founder; accreditation board (NAAB) selected designed & built furniture
SKILLS
Copy writing: newsletters, blogs, webpages, toolkits, articles & interviews, press releases, annual reports, editing; Social media management; Website administration: Wordpress, Drupal, HTML; CRM & marketing: Salesforce, Marketo, NGP VAN, Mailchimp; Adobe: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver; Design: layout and graphic design, visualization (pencil, pen, watercolor), SketchUp, AutoCAD; MS Office: Excel, Powerpoint, Word; Photography & video; French
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION
“Top 10 Tweeters on Economic Transformation,” UK Guardian, 09/14; Learning from Architecture for Humanity, Kansas State University, 01/14; “Engaging Haiti: How Designers Facilitate Long Term Recovery,” Oz Journal 35, 2013; Humanitarian Design Workshop, Contemporary Jewish Museum, 10/13; “Place and Public Health: the impact of architecture on well being,” Guardian UK, 06/13; “Avoiding the Next Disaster,” Huffington Post Impact, 05/13; “Magic in Social Design,” BIOCITY No. 53, 12/12; Lecture, Cal Poly ARCH 101, 10/10; “Rebuilding Haiti,” a+u, 05/10
