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  • Amgen

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Volunteer Experience

  • Auxiliary Board Member and Mingling (Events) Co-Chair

    American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois

    - 4 years 5 months

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

    Planned social fundraising events and volunteered at numerous additional events, including the Chicago Marathon ARC tent and Giving Tuesday CBS Chicago Telethon, benefiting the American Red Cross Chicago & Northern Illinois region.

  • Digital Communications Strategy Volunteer

    Perspectives Charter Schools

    - 2 years 4 months

    Education

    Provided digital communications counsel to the communications department at PCSEDU, a Chicagoland charter school aligned with my company's (Horizon Therapeutics) corporate social responsibility efforts.

  • Social Chair - MetroDukes Chapter - JMU Alumni Association

    James Madison University

    - 1 year 6 months

    Planned social events including happy hours, sporting events, group activities, etc. for JMU alumni living in the metro (DC, VA, MD) area.

  • Publicity Committee Volunteer for Relay For Life Harrisonburg/Rockingham County

    American Cancer Society

    - 8 months

    Health

    Created and distributed press releases to local media and doubled Facebook page likes while maintaining fundraiser website, Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Honors & Awards

  • Social Media & Digital Awards - Video and Social Media Campaign Finalist

    Ragan & PR Daily

    Our “It’s Personal” video series was honored as a finalist in the Video and Social Media Campaign categories. This video series highlights Horizon employees and their unique connection to why our work in rare disease is so deeply personal, and garnered 6.7M+ social impressions, 5K+ social interactions and drove 53K+ web visits resulting in 72% new users with a 9:40 avg. time on page.

  • PRSA Corporate Communications Impact23 Conference Speaker

    PRSA

    In 2019, Horizon Therapeutics rebranded and initiated a corporate marketing campaign that was launched in 2021 to reinforce its communication strategy with key audiences. As a central driver in the success of both efforts, Horizon’s corporate communications team coordinated comprehensive communication strategies with a focus on the company’s primary external and internal communication channels to provide the foundation for a successful positioning of the company to drive progress with its…

    In 2019, Horizon Therapeutics rebranded and initiated a corporate marketing campaign that was launched in 2021 to reinforce its communication strategy with key audiences. As a central driver in the success of both efforts, Horizon’s corporate communications team coordinated comprehensive communication strategies with a focus on the company’s primary external and internal communication channels to provide the foundation for a successful positioning of the company to drive progress with its reputation and relevancy among various audiences.
    https://www.prsa.org/home/get-involved/professional-interest-sections/employee-communications-section/prsa-connect23-employee-communications-conference

  • Ragan and PR Daily's Rising Star Awards Honoree, Class of 2022

    Ragan and PR Daily

    Honored to be included in Ragan and PR Daily’s Rising Star Awards Class of 2022, which recognizes the industry’s best individual communications practitioners from the past year. Details: https://www.ragan.com/awards/communicators-of-the-year-awards/2021/winners/.

  • 2021 PRWeek Best Places to Work In-House Team Honoree

    PRWeek

    Horizon's communications team was named to PRWeek’s 2021 Best Places to Work list in the in-house team category, which recognizes companies whose team culture is energizing, entrepreneurial and transparent.

  • LeadingEdge Spring 2021 Cohort

    Horizon Therapeutics

    Nomination-Based Leadership Development Program

  • MM+M Gold / Digital Initiative For Consumers & Silver / Use Of Public Relations

    Medical Marketing and Media (MM+M)

    My team won two 2018 MM+M Awards for our work on Synergy Pharmaceuticals' Confront Constipation campaign, which was based around a “Poop Troop” emoji keyboard app that helps patients talk to doctors about their bowel movements. Results included more than 92,000 app downloads and 230 patient discussion guide downloads within 60 days. I oversaw the digital strategy and execution of the emoji keyboard app, website, social media, and paid media. Details:…

    My team won two 2018 MM+M Awards for our work on Synergy Pharmaceuticals' Confront Constipation campaign, which was based around a “Poop Troop” emoji keyboard app that helps patients talk to doctors about their bowel movements. Results included more than 92,000 app downloads and 230 patient discussion guide downloads within 60 days. I oversaw the digital strategy and execution of the emoji keyboard app, website, social media, and paid media. Details: https://www.mmm-online.com/mmm-awards/gold-digital-initiative-for-consumers-of-2018/ and https://www.mmm-online.com/mmm-awards/silver-use-of-public-relations-of-2018/.

  • Edelman D.C. All-Staff Awards: Team of the Year (Amgen)

    Edelman D.C. Office Leadership

    Each year, Edelman D.C. leadership chooses one account team as the Team of the Year. In 2015, the Amgen client team was selected. At the time, I was overseeing the digital side of the business.

  • Daniel J. Edelman/PRSSA Award for the Outstanding Public Relations Student

    Daniel J. Edelman/PRSSA

    I was selected as the runner-up for the 2013 Daniel J. Edelman/PRSSA Award for the Outstanding Public Relations Student, presented annually since 1990 to PRSSA student members who have demonstrated exceptional leadership ability, a commitment to a career in the field and have contributed substantially to PRSSA.

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