Resume
Experience
Sunflower House
July 2025 - Present
Development and Communications Manager
- Manage agency social media calendar and collateral materials.
- Create engaging graphics, educational content, volunteer and event content
- Provide regular updates and reports on platform data: post engagement, audience growth, etc.
- Update the Sunflower House website regularly, working with the development director, CEO and program directors for engaging content.
- Coordinate with others for agency communications: videos, newsletters, flyers, annual reports, event invitations and collateral, sponsor packets, etc.
- Manage volunteers and volunteer groups.
- Oversees and provides support to the Young Professionals Board (YPB) of Sunflower House, management of recruitment and providing orientation for new members and support for their training, advocacy, and events
Development and Communications Specialist
May 2024 - July 2025
- Manage the Valentine Gala from planning to execution, including sponsorships, vendor management, auction and gift in kind solicitations and more
- Maintain accurate paperwork and financial documentation for events
- Assist with planning donor and sponsor follow-up and recognition after each fundraising event.
- Create content for social, digital and print platforms all within Sunflower House branding guidelines and event branding guidelines
- Record sponsorship details and manage sponsor donor invoicing and payments.
- Manage all fundraising event volunteers: recruitment, scheduling, coordination, screenings, and acknowledgements.
- Build and maintain relationships with other local nonprofits and businesses
- Be the primary manager for the OneCause fundraising platform to manage event details.
Northwest Missourian
August 2020 - May 2024
Editor-in-Chief
May 2023- April 2024
- Communicate with community and respond to all submitted content and criticism
- Direct all new staff training and development opportunities for full staff
- Work alongside the advertisement staff, communicating special issues and house advertisements each week
Managing Editor
May 2022-April 2023
- Managed staff communication on a daily basis
- Motivated, trained and maintained
production staff
- Supervised production positions to ensure fulfillment of job responsibilities
News Editor
May 2021- April 2022
- Edited content and AP Style on 10-15 articles a week
- Uploaded breaking news and updates to social media and website
- Wrote up to four stories a week
News Reporter
August 2020 - April 2021
- Built a rapport with multiple different campus and community sources
- Took photos and created infographics to accompany stories
Education
Northwest Missouri State University
Bachelor of Science - Multimedia Journalism
Anticipated Graduation Date - May 2024
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Premiere Pro
Graphic Design
Social Media Management
Website Management
Newsletter Publications
Awards
First Place - News Writing in Newspaper Division 2 - Missouri College Media Association
First Place - Information News Graphic in Newspaper Division 2 - Missouri College
Media Association
First Place - Best in Show Editorial Writing - American Collegiate Press
Second Place - In-Depth News Reporting in Newspaper Division 2 - Missouri College
Media Association