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Lawton, OK - Regional Digital Managing Editor - July 2022-Present

Managed content contributors for stations in Lawton, Oklahoma, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Victoria, Texas; maintained the websites and social media platforms for each station; assisted content contributors with daily story ideas; edited content contributors' stories for grammar and layout and design; designed graphics and sourced photos for content contributors' stories; assisted with station event promotion; managed station contests; assisted sales associates with client radio commercials, video production and website contests

Lawton, OK - Communications and Marketing Manager - March 2020-June 2022

Designed and developed graphics daily for the City’s social media platforms; consistently maintained the City’s website by keeping information up to date; filmed and edited videos daily for various monthly video series; drafted social media and traditional media strategies for City events, programs, updates and services; wrote and edited City press releases and public service announcements; coordinated with local television, radio and print media; assisted all departments with media inquiries from traditional to social media; assisted with emergency communications; monitored the City’s social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube; deciphered analytics for City and authorities’ social media platforms; crafted online surveys for the City and its various departments; curated the City’s monthly employee newsletter and the City’s yearly State of the City publication

Lawton, OK - Graduate Admissions Counselor - August 2018-April 2020

Recruiter for the university's graduate programs in Business, Education and Psychology; attended graduate fairs and career fairs to reach prospective students; designed and developed content for view books, posters, fliers and brochures for the university's graduate programs; planned recruitment events; developed communication plans for prospective graduate students; served on the university's social media task force and website committee

Lawton, OK - Communications Manager - August 2017-July 2018

Designed and developed content for the chamber's weekly newsletter; wrote media advisories and press releases; designed brochures, posters and handouts for various chamber events; oversaw production and kept inventory of multiple chamber publications; took photos and/or videos at/for chamber events; manned social media accounts for the chamber, the Lawton Fort Sill Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Lawton Proud movement; maintained and updated the chamber's website; assisted with office duties and greeted/helped guests

Lawton, OK - Staff Writer - March 2015-August 2017

Lead reporter for the Styles and Religion sections, which required generating story ideas for each section, keeping calendars of events and reviewing topics with the City Editor once a week; maintained relationships with nonprofits, artistic organizations, local clubs and churches in the community and Southwest Oklahoma; wrote daily and weekly stories, reviewed theater productions and orchestra concerts, edited press releases to AP Style, took/edited photos, shared stories via social media; assisted with office duties and greeted/helped guests