My life and career has taught me that there is no one way to do anything. If you focus you can find a creative way to accomplish any goal. My philosophy is: If it isn't broken, then break it, and find a better way to build it
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Social Strategy Lead
Amazon - Project Kuiper
05.2024 - Current
Managed multiple social media accounts, ensuring consistent messaging and branding across channels.
Monitored industry trends to identify opportunities for innovative content creation and strategy development.
Utilized analytics tools to track campaign success, adjusting tactics as needed based on performance insights.
Grew follower base through strategic use of hashtags, geotags, mentions, and shareable content.
Curated user-generated content, showcasing authentic brand experiences and fostering community engagement.
Designed visually compelling graphics to enhance written content, capturing audience attention and driving engagement rates higher.
Prepared RFP and RFQ responses for new business pitches and presentations.
Sr. Content Lead & Strategist
Amazon Design
08.2020 - Current
Content strategy, creation, and curation for the Amazon.Design website
Driving content that seeks to amplify the voices of design and creatives across the entire Amazon ecosystem
Tracking engagement dashboards and org health surveys for custom content development backed by data
Utilizing AI technology to enable and amplify creative concepting
Using written, audio, and visual mediums to produce compelling stories
Run content audits to ensure content relevance and manage content lifecycle
Establish style guide for voice and tone
Manage and oversee the review process from content brief through final publishing deliverables
Facilitate content ideation and pitch process
Source, vet, and hire production crews
Collaborate with project stakeholders, balancing the needs of internal and external target audience
Work closely with the legal, PR, and marketing to align content with the Amazon branding and take content through appropriate approvals
Sr. Market Intelligence Partner
Amazon Design
08.2019 - 08.2020
Gathering competitive intelligence utilizing a variety of tools and resources to help provide high-level insights about market trends and talent
Partnering with creative for design content creation
Partnering with analytics teams to develop dashboards for data visualization
Owning external communication strategy
Developing go-to-market strategy documents to assist business partners in organizational design decisions
Developing and driving diversity and inclusion goals for the greater market intelligence team
Renaissance Person
Cruise Automation
09.2018 - 08.2019
Cross collaborated with Legal, PR, and Marketing to restructure external partnerships
Aligned closely with hiring managers to identify topic talent across the technology industry and academic community
Directly supervised 3 junior employees to help them develop and hone their skills
Sr. Technical Sourcing Strategist
Facebook Reality Labs
11.2016 - 09.2018
Responsible for building/executing strategies for candidate identification, engagement, and management for the Research Sciences and Software Engineering teams
This extends to Graphics, Computer vision, Machine learning, Haptics, and Audio/Acoustics
Working closely with business units as a recruiting point of contact to identify top talent and priority lists for hiring road maps
Aiding in the development of job descriptions, titling, and leveling
Mentor and team trainer responsible for onboarding new members through hands on shadowing and 1 on 1 meetings
Sourcing Strategist
Amazon
12.2014 - 11.2016
Technical Video games Sourcer (Game Studios Lumberyard)
Holding weekly stand up meetings with business teams I support providing pipeline updates and recruiting initiatives and roadmap planning
Head down sourcing/research on possible net new candidates all while managing administrative duties (i.e
Making sure SLAs are met and are properly followed up on)
Beta testing new releases
Responsible for building and maintaining a pipeline to support 2 unannounced projects
Channel Specialist - Design & UX
Google
10.2013 - 11.2014
Sourcing elite candidates working in User experience, User Interface, and Site Reliability Engineering
Finding top talent by utilizing Boolean search tactics, and leveraging online databases such as LinkedIn, Dribbble, behance, github, and other online portfolio hosting sites
Guiding Candidate development and aiding the successful navigation through the interview process
Working with them and providing aimed recommendations for candidates to have the best position to move through the stages of the interview process
Business Development Consultant
Oracle Corporation
02.2013 - 10.2013
Calling on Key contacts within a specified geographic region to build relationships and negotiate business terms and contract details on Oracle products and services
Managing and qualifying client relationships and needs
Manage client relationships by building initial rapport and learning about client needs while maintaining contact to ensure that needs are being met and changes in needs are adapted to on both sides of the client relationship
As a Business Development Consultant, client onsite visits are very rare
Education
Content Strategy & Storytelling -
University of Washington
01.2022
M.S - Human and Organization Development
Villanova University
01.2021
B.A. - Rhetorical Studies and Persuasive Communication