Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Passionately dedicated to new media and how it can enhance and grow our world. I'm an avid volunteer and promoter of technology, especially for more efficient purposes.

For me, social media is: 'in addition to, not, instead of'

Volunteer activities:
KFAI- Radio Without Boundries- A Minneapolis public radio station that can be found on your dial on 106.7 fm St. Paul and 90.3 FM Minneapolis. I work with the production crew - Cart Crew - along with the 'Twitter Team' where I tweet 3 days a week.
St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church- volunteer with Communications & Outreach commission. In charge of social media efforts.

Work History

• Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• Marketing Communications Coordinator
• March 2010 to Present

• I'm responsible for implementing marketing communications that effectively market products and services for congregations. My focus will be in electronic marketing.
  - email marketing
  - monitoring social media channels
  - Tracking social media activity and engagement, and reporting on results
  - integrating social media into current marketing efforts

• Student Paths
• Client Engagement & Support Consultant
• December 2008 to March 2010

• - Engage and support educators that use the Student Paths program that focuses on career/college/life readiness skills.
  - Schedule and execute webinars to clients on how to use the program and communicate available resources.
  - Create & distribute timely updates and program changes to educators using email & phone messaging.

• Suka-Rama
• Social Media & Sales
• September 2008 to Febuary 2010

• - Develop and implement social media plan for a woman's boutique
  - Create & maintain a facebook fan page and integrate a twitter account
  - Update the fan page with events, sales and other store updates

• Examiner.com
• Gen Y beat
• September 2009 to Febuary 2010

• I write about Generation Y!

• KNOM AM/FM Nome
• Education Production Director
• June 2007 to June 2008

• - Wrote, edited and produced spots and PSAs for air
  - Daily on-air responsibilities
  - read weekend news updates
  - traveled and reported on regional news
  - wrote and produced a bimonthly music show

• Social Media Marketing.com
• Blogger
• December 2009 to May 2010

• I wrote posts relating to social media and business, education, ROI and event planning.

Education

• Lenoir-Rhyne College
• Communications, Electronic, Corporate
• 2003 - 2007