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Committee to Elect James Tate for Detroit City Council
Detroit, MI
Communications Director
Coordinated communication activities for campaign staff. Created communication materials, press releases and video and audio advertisements. Created staff key messages and candidate speeches and talking points.
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Westat, Inc. •••••
Rockville, MD
Assessment Coordinator
Coordinated Region III National Assessment of Educational Progress testing. Supervised and assigned assessment coordinators. Duties included testing logistics, quality control and maintaining data integrity.
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St. John Health
Media Manager
Responsible for publicity of programs, services and physicians for five (5) hospitals: St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. John Riverview Hospital, St. John Macomb Hospital, St. John River District Hospital, St. John North Shores Hospital. Duties included media pitching and placement in alignment with strategic direction and marketing goals; media liaison and crisis communications. Developed media training materials and provided crisis media protocol training to hospital administrative and medical executives. Other duties included press conference logistics and coordination; Press release creation and dissemination; Speech and key message creation.
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Detroit Department of Health & Wellness Promotion
Detroit, MI
Senior Publicist, Office of Public Information and Media Relations
Duties included staff media protocol training; Speech writing. City-wide public health emergency media response coordination; Crisis communications management. Responsible for: Marketing and publicity of ••••• programs and services including budget development, design, production and dissemination of public health, safety, health promotion and educational collateral; Developed, coordinated and implemented community awareness programs; Designed and conducted educational media campaigns; Media buying; Advertising copy and script writing; Media liaison; Press conference logistics and coordination.
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The Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI
Communications Specialist
Responsible for media and marketing planning of monthly programs, special exhibitions and annual events. Duties included advertisement and press release creation, media buying, including advertisement placement in demographically appropriate media, and creation of all flyers or event brochures. Other responsibilities included compilation and editing of monthly membership magazine Exhibitions and Events, a •••••,••••• circulation full-color magazine. Responsible for all departmental graphic design.
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Communications Consultant
Ontario, CA
Communications Consultant •••••
Detroit, MI
Media and public relations consultant. Services provided included media strategizing, scheduling appearances, including radio and public affair program presentations and newspaper interviews. Additional duties included field work, group presentations, and demographic research. Created all forms of corporate collateral. Duties included compilation of data and creations of documents including layout, format, graphic design, interviews and article creation. Additional skills include grant research and writing, including contract revision and compliance. Coordinated the African American component of the Plug in, California! energy restructuring campaign. Community and media relations consultant for Friends of Ontario Casino Initiative.
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The Precinct Reporter •••••
San Bernardino, CA
Senior Staff Writer Journalist; beats included police, general assignment and investigative coverage of western San Bernardino County, eastern Los Angeles county and southwest Riverside county. Trained staff writers in correct news writing and gathering techniques, and assigned features and news articles. Extensive editing experience.
Education: California State University •••••
Fullerton, CA
MA: Mass Communications; one year of study.
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
BA: Journalism; Minors: Marketing and Public Relations
Organizations:
Member: Public Relations Society of America
Healthcare Academy
Additional Skills:
Crisis Incident Stress Management
June, •••••
Multicultural Leadership Training
April, •••••
Emotional Intelligence
March, •••••
Service Excellence Initiative ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢â•••••¬Ãâ Oasis Leadership Team
October, •••••
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness Certified:
Disaster First Responder, including search, rescue, and disaster triage
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) First Responder
Intermediate Incident Command (NIMS)
August, •••••
American Red Cross Certified
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and First Aid
January, •••••
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Certified and Certified Trainer:
CDCynergy: Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications (CERC)
June, •••••
Health Alert Network (HAN) Certified
Michigan
July, •••••
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Certified and Certified Trainer
Michigan
December, •••••
Conquering Workplace Negativity
June, •••••
