WORK HISTORY:
Open Adoption & Family Services
Development and Marketing Director
(August 2009 - Present), Portland, Ore.
- Develop and implement targeted fundraising campaigns for non-profit agency
- Manage marketing of agency services and products (DVDs, book)
- Produce effective collateral, perform graphic and Web design
- Cultivate community, public and media relations
Portland Art Museum
Communications Specialist
(Sept. 2008 - June 2009), Portland, Ore.
- Managed creative projects for 10 Museum clients
- Wrote effective news releases, ad and Web copy
- Produced effective collateral for print, Web, and social media
- Maintained positive client-relations, lead project teams
Rosetta Stone Ltd.
Communications Manager (Part-Time, Telecommute)
(June 2007 – Nov. 2008), Harrisonburg, Virg.
- Conducted international outreach, expanded indigenous client-base
- Developed internal communications copy and collateral
- Wrote compelling copy and produced effective marketing collateral, like this brochure
- Coordinated trade shows and represented the program at venues
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
Tribal Development Director
(June 2006 - Sept. 2007), Pawnee, Okla.
- Part of capacity building team that raised over $500,000 for the Pawnee Nation
- Developed successfully-awarded grant proposals and fund raising presentations
- Wrote news releases, newsletter articles, and coordinated public events
- Assisted in project management and grant reporting
- Selected to lead the initial planning team to restore Chilocco Indian School
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.
Film Screenings Coordinator
(July 2004 – June 2006)
- Coordinated and promoted screenings and film festivals like: First Nations/First Features
- Produced Web content, e-blasts, and event marketing collateral
- Wrote and delivered speeches, conducted international outreach
- Conducted video interviews for archive, edited exhibit video
- Smithsonian Pride Award for Outstanding Performance, 2005
Media Credits:
- Production Assistant, "Welcome Home" (2005, 13 min.), National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- Desk Assistant, "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" (TV, 2003), Denver, Colo.
- Producer, "Sacred Symbols, Sacred Trusts" (2002, 2 min.), Lyons, Colo., Produced with Senior Producer Meg Moritz
- Other Experience and Portfolio Items
EDUCATION:
- 2003 - M.A. in Journalism, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
- Video Player Game created in Flash for class in Online Project Management.
TRAINING:
- Think Tank on Humor in Native Film, Aboriginal History Media Lab, 2006
- Intro to Project Management, ESI-George Washington University, 2005
- NAPT Sundance Film Festival Producer Training Seminar, 2003
PERSONAL:
- Hobbies - See Links