Communications Director, Children’s Safety Network | Education Development Center, Inc. Waltham, MA, March 2011-Present

• Develop communications plan for the next funding year
• Write, edit and disseminate CSN bi-weekly newsletters
• Collect monthly communications impact statistics
• Manage transition of CSN website to Drupal
• Maintain CSN social media channels
• Run CSN webinars in Adobe Connect and Go to Webinar

Project Coordinator, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands | Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA, February 2008-March 2011

• Planned and executed all major events including bimonthly Board meetings and Bridge Events
• Served as technical producer for research-based webinars
• Supervised administrative staff and researchers in the field in the production and dissemination of promotional materials
• Worked with videographer to script and produce new web content
• Maintained new media accounts including Twitter and Facebook
• Wrote and edited internal staff newsletter

Administrative Coordinator, Center for Children and Families | Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA, August 2005-February 2008

• Worked under pressing deadlines to help produce multi-million-dollar, award-winning research proposals
• Assisted in recruitment of data collectors
• Produced professional development materials and assessment instruments
• Performed editorial review, proofreading and formatting of materials for presentation

Coordinator of the Hartford Happenings Center, Trinity College Office of Community Service and Civic Engagement, Hartford, CT, May 2004-May 2005

• Collaborated with the director of The Greater Hartford Welcome Center to bring pertinent information about Hartford to Trinity College

Major Events Coordinator, Trinity College Office of Community Service and Civic Engagement, Hartford, CT, Summer 2004

• Successfully planned, managed and implemented Trinity College’s Community Service “Do It Day”
• Drafted solicitation letters and advertisements, maintained volunteer databases, researched organizations and donors

PRODUCTION & THEATER EXPERIENCE
Producer, ImprovBoston’s SketchHaüs, 2008-Present

• Manage the booking, hosting, and advertising and promotion of ImprovBoston’s Friday night sketch showcase

Sketch Comedy Writer and Performer, The Gun Show, 2009

• Write and perform with greater-Boston area sketch comedy troupe, The Gun Show

Co-writer, Co-Director and Stage-Manager, 11th Annual New York Fringe Festival: Better This Way, 2007

• Collaborated with multi-arts collaborative group Deliberate Motion in the play’s creation and performance

WRITING EXPERIENCE
Staff Writer, Bostonist.com (blog on hiatus as of October 2011), 2008-2009

• Wrote posts on various local events and concert reviews (see Bostonist Selected Writings for samples)

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Slate Literary Magazine, 2003-2005

• Worked with student government, hosted Open Mic Nights, selected pieces, copy-edited and formatted magazine

Arts Editor and Senior Editor, The Trinity Tripod–Staff Writer, 2003-2005

• Wrote weekly articles, determined content of Arts section, copy-edited and formatted paper (see Trinity Tripod Selected Writings for samples)

EDUCATION
Boston University, Boston, MA
Masters of Science, Public Relations (expected graduation May 2012), 2010-Present

Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Bachelor of Arts, English with a concentration in Creative Writing, 2001-2005

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office Suite 2007: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access 2003, CS3 Photoshop, Adobe Connect, Elluminate, Quark, EndNote, Blogger, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, basic HTML