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Volunteer Experience
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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/.
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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.
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LeadingEdge Spring 2021 Cohort
Horizon Therapeutics
Nomination-Based Leadership Development Program
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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/.
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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.
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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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