Communications Lead at ProgressNow (2024-02 – 2025-01)
- Shaped message strategy and reputational positioning for a national non-profit progressive communications network, establishing unified narrative discipline across 27 state affiliates and impacting 29 million constituents.
- Led crisis and rapid-response efforts, turning fast-moving developments into vetted, media-ready messaging under tight deadlines across a large, multi-market organization.
- Built and maintained relationships with reporters nationwide, securing interviews and placements for senior leadership across a wide range of outlets.
Digital Communications Director at Climate Action Campaign (2022-04 – 2023-09)
- Owned the organization's digital program end to end — email, web, social, and text — leading a team of 11 staff and consultants and growing engagement across every channel.
- Launched the organization's Instagram and YouTube presence from scratch, opening new audiences and materially expanding reach.
- Rebuilt and maintained the organization's website, improving user experience and accessibility.
- Grew the email list 50% through a targeted list-building strategy.
Presidential Campaign Media Advance Lead at Bernie 2020 (2019-02 – 2019-07)
- Ran site selection for rallies and town halls across Iowa, New Hampshire, and Georgia during a high-stakes early-state primary window.
- Managed media support and outreach in Iowa and Georgia, driving campaign visibility through the early-state contests.
Information Operations Specialist at Hillary for America (2016-08 – 2016-12)
- Ensured security and information protocols under compressed timelines for the Clinton-Kaine campaign's Information Systems team, safeguarding 17 critical data systems during the campaign's highest-stakes period.
- Deployed to Florida in the campaign's final weeks, organizing to drive voter turnout in a critical battleground state.
Media Strategist at Tactics & Strategies (2015-01 – 2016-08)
- Served as embedded media strategist and executive positioning advisor to the CEO of Credit.com, shaping messaging and securing placements in national cable news segments, while operating as an independent consultant.
- Built targeted media lists and relationships that grew the client's brand visibility across national outlets.
News Editor at Facebook (2014-02 – 2015-01)
- Managed news content for Facebook's mobile news app, Paper, during its public beta, curating breaking news and feature stories from across the platform.
- Grew user engagement and traffic by publishing content that resonated with readers.
New Media Strategist at 32BJ SEIU (2013-05 – 2013-12)
- Grew the Facebook following more than fourfold for the largest property-services labor union in the nation through a targeted digital engagement strategy.
- Built district-level digital outreach combining text, social, and email to reach members and the broader public.
- Managed and optimized paid digital advertising across video, Google, and Facebook while revamping content to lift engagement.
Early Political Career at Various
Advanced through roles in media, political strategy, and campaign operations, including Associate Publisher at Raw Story, Media Strategist for clients like Wikimedia and IBM, and Chief of Staff in the Colorado House of Representatives. Contributed to four presidential campaigns in field organizing and outreach.
