Communication Specialist
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I am an internationally-focused communications specialist with a passion for all things in education.
10/2018–12/2019
● Coordinated onboarding for approximately 50 arriving staff, spouses, and children to transition employees and families to Embassy Moscow.
● Planned, organized and managed over 20 in-person events featuring multiple diplomatic and private-sector guests.
● Designed, edited and published over 30 editions of the “This Week in Moscow” newsletter to inform the embassy community of relevant news and events.
● Researched and drafted four reports on quality-of-life issues, including childcare and schools, pet shipping, household staff policies, etc., to answer incoming employees’ questions about life at Embassy Moscow.
● Facilitated and reported on CLO’s fundraising and purchasing activities related to morale-enhancing and inter-embassy events at Embassy Moscow.
● Supervised the intern position by identifying employee strengths and interests to create level-appropriate job tasks and projects.
05/2015-08/2015, 06/2016-08/2016
● Analysed and synthesized 17 federal government agencies’ reports to compose a 600-page Olympic Playbook delineating U.S. government operations in the areas of security, logistics, and sports diplomacy for the visiting Secretary of State staff’s reference.
● Published a 32-page orientation guide to Rio de Janeiro for arriving employees, some of which was posted online on the #USinRio blog.
● Provided customer service and administrative assistance during onboarding for over 300 US government employees arriving in Rio during the 2016 Olympics.
● Compiled two-hour orientation to provide medical, safety, and occupational information about Rio 2016 to over 100 US employees.
● Filmed and edited 30-second advertisement to recruit candidates for the US Consulate’s hiring campaign
MANUSCRIPTS
Dissertation Supervisor: Ellen Helsper, Ph. D.
