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Expertise

 CREATIVE BRIEF WRITING + BRIEFING   CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT   WORKSHOP FACILITATION 

 BRAND POSITIONING   PERSONA DEVELOPMENT   CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAPPING   COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS   TRENDSPOTTING   PRIMARY RESEARCH INITIATIVES   SURVEY DESIGN   FOCUS GROUP MODERATION  

 SYNDICATED DATA AUDIT   PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT   BRAND IDENTITY   PROPRIETARY DATA ANALYSIS 

Experience

January 2025-Present

Brand Planning Director

HLK

Brands: Envu, new business team

November 2022-January 2025

Associate Director, Brand Strategy

Publicis Groupe [Razorfish]

Brands: Starbucks Rewards, Labcorp, First Hawaiian Bank

July 2021-November 2022

Senior Strategist

Publicis Groupe [Hawkeye]

Brands: FedEx, Texas Capital Bank, Wolters Kluwer, Chase

January 2021-July 2021

Senior Brand Strategist

3Headed Monster

Brands: Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Southwest Airlines, Bishop Cider Co.

June 2016-January 2021

Brand Planner

The Richards Group

Brands: Dave’s Killer Bread, Shiner Beers, American Cancer Society, Keurig Dr Pepper (A&W Root Beer, Schweppes, Snapple, Straight Up Tea), Firehouse Subs, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Lavazza, Main Event Entertainment, SMU, UCHealth

August 2014-November 2015

Marketing + Comms Coordinator

Skagit Regional Health

External outreach coordination and marketing comms for healthcare service lines

July 2013-March 2014

Marketing Coordinator 

Southeast Orthopedic Specialists

Marketing, event and engagement management for high-profile physicians

Education

2023

Miami Ad School

Certificate

Strategy Director Program

2016

Miami Ad School

Portfolio

Account Planning

2015

Washington State University

Master of Arts

Strategic Communication

2012

University of Idaho

Bachelor of Science

Advertising; minor in Journalism

Extracirricular

Achievements

2019
AAF Ad 2 Public Service Project
Nationals 2nd place
 
2016
Miami Ad School, account planning program
Top of Class

2012
University of Idaho
Journalism and Mass Media Creativity Award

Activities

2024-present
Intermediate language classes

2023 - 2025
Publicis Ignite mentorship program
Mentor

2023
Publicis leadership program
Le Studio candidate

2022
The One Club Creator Lab
pod instructor

2019 - present
Award-winning aerial arts competitor and coach

2017-2019
Spanish World School
Intermediate language classes

2017 - present
Miami Ad School
strategy program instructor

Brands I've worked with

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