EBONY CARTER
Communications Strategist
Decatur,GA
Summary
Strategic communications leader with 15-years of experience crafting empathic, inclusive, and intersectional narrative copy serving as a premier social voice for equitable public health education, empowerment, and advocacy. Persuasive director, leading the planning and execution of engagement and outreach activities emphasizing community building and resilience.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Communications Specialist
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
Atlanta, GA
08.2020 - Current
- Developed communications and audience engagement strategy for e-newsletter with a 55k subscribers, increasing open rate by 10% and click rate by 3% in one year.
- Monitor and manage program’s digital communication channels.
- Lead communications team in developing narrative evidence-based web copy, social media messaging, and podcasts that captures, connects, and reflects the direct and indirect experiences of program’s priority audiences.
- Delivering evidence-based web copy…activated through storytelling lens, focused on capturing creative-nonfiction.
Communications Lead, COVID-19 Task Force
Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, CDC
Atlanta, GA
02.2020 - 01.2021
- Developed and lead communications strategy for COVID-19 Epidemiology Task Force to manage and prevent COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation for all agency digital communication channels.
- Created customizable communication and outreach strategy for CDC, CDC Foundation, Global Health Crisis Coordination Center (GHC3), and KIPP Charter Schools partnership to pilot BACK 2 School, integrating CDC COVD-19 recommendations to prevent or reduce transmission in schools.
- Provided change management support by informing, socializing, and acclimatizing newly deployed epidemiology communications task force staff on standard operating procedures (SOP), task tracking systems, and highlighting "bottom line up front" (BLUF) for internal and external rollout plans.
Division Communications Lead
Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, CDC
Atlanta, GA
06.2018 - 01.2020
- Led all internal communication functions for over 300 staff, from strategy development to execution.
- Led first intra-division newsletter, hybridizing mission, program, and operation critical essentials to promote Division programs and facilitate staff community-building.
Community Health Adviser
United States Peace Corps
Yerevan, Armenia, Armenia
08.2014 - 04.2016
- Organized school-based health clubs to facilitate lessons on menstrual hygiene, family planning, contraception methods, HIV/AIDS prevention, girls' empowerment, and life skills.
- Designed concept for $8k-awarded, cognitive health campaign grant for middle-aged and older adults in three Armenian villages.
- Implemented and managed six-week dental hygiene education and training series for Armenian youth and an 8-week cardiovascular and hypertension workshop for older adults.
Community Engagement Strategist
SOWN
Philadelphia, PA
01.2010 - 09.2013
- Educated over 1,000 students in the basics of English grammar and conversational speaking
Education
Master of Arts - International Relations: Eastern Europe
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA08.2014
Bachelor of Arts - History
Clark Atlanta University
12.2006
Skills
- Strategy Development
- Content strategy
- Speech Writing
- Community Relationship Building
- Communication Strategy Development
- Speech Writing
Languages
Russian
Professional Working
Armenian
Professional Working
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Lead Communications Specialist
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
08.2020 - Current
Communications Lead, COVID-19 Task Force
Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, CDC
02.2020 - 01.2021
Division Communications Lead
Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, CDC
06.2018 - 01.2020
Community Health Adviser
United States Peace Corps
08.2014 - 04.2016
Community Engagement Strategist
SOWN
01.2010 - 09.2013
Master of Arts - International Relations: Eastern Europe
La Salle University
Bachelor of Arts - History
Clark Atlanta University
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