Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Ambitious, experienced, creative communicator. Passionate about branding and imaging through marketing, social media, blogs, websites, corporate culture and employee attitudes.

*Created a social networking community for management professionals across all fields. Grew the site to more than 5,000 members in less than six months through e-mail marketing, social media, and fresh new content daily.
*Experienced freelance writer and editor.
*Currently turning a traditional Detroit manufacturing company into a social saavy, connected company through introduction and creation of a new corporate web site, social media presence, blogs, employee social network, online customer community, employee R&D forum, online newsroom and a new way of connecting employees around the world. Participating in global brand management project with direct focus on brand management and innovation, working on teams of colleagues from around the world, through virtual conferencing and face-to-face workships in the US and Italy.

Work History

• Comau Inc.
• Marketing Communications
• July 2009 to Present

• Turning a traditional Detroit manufacturing company into a social saavy, connected company through introduction and creation of a new corporate web site, social media presence, blogs, employee social network, online customer community, employee R&D forum, online newsroom and a new way of connecting employees around the world. Participating in global brand management project with direct focus on brand management and innovation, working on teams of colleagues from around the world, through virtual conferencing and face-to-face workships in the US and Italy.

• Freelance Writer and Editor
• August 2008 to Present

• Experienced writer on topics in business, management, careers, and ambition.

  Edited 200 page book manuscripts prior to publishing, wrote career focused e-books.

• Ragan Communications
• Online Community Manager/Marketing Coordinator
• June 2007 to November 2008

• Created online community for management professionals
  Grew site to more than 5,000 members in less than six months
  Wrote and managed e-mail campaigns sent to more than 80,000 professionals
  Marketing experience using social media, e-mail campaigns, print inserts, etc.

Education

• Michigan State University
• Bachelor of Arts, Journalism
• 2003 - 2007

• Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
  Judicial Board, Corresponding Secretary