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Sr Communications Specialist
Dallas, TX
Jul 2020 - Present (4 years 4 months)
Responsible for developing a variety of strategic communications that address unusually complex issues at the leading pediatric health care system in North Texas.
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Writer/Editor
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Contract position in which I planned, assigned, wrote and edited a variety of content – articles, infographics, web copy, videos and more – concerning the latest developments in heart disease, stroke and other health issues.
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Senior Communications Manager
Health Care Service Corp.
Richardson, TX
2015 - 2019 (4 years)
Responsible for a variety of internal and external communications – including stories, presentations, town halls, videos, collateral and more – for a division of more than 2,000 clinical staff who provided guidance to 15 million members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in five states.
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Communications Project Manager
Texas Instruments Inc.
2012 - 2015 (3 years)
Contracted to create content and drive design for a large, high-profile website regarding technological innovation at the world's third-largest semiconductor company. Then retained on a permanent basis to handle communication project management for a variety of corporate functions.
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Director of Communications, School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Dallas
2007 - 2011 (4 years)
Responsible for all communications – including media relations, branding, direct mail, Web, advertising and collateral – for a UT Dallas school with 120 faculty, 3,000 students and $35 million in annual research funding. Worked closely with the dean of engineering to formulate integrated communications that contributed directly to meeting his objectives for the school.
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Senior Publications Manager
Texas Instruments Inc.
2004 - 2007 (3 years)
Communications project manager, writer and editor. Responsibilities included writing for the company’s internal news operation, creating a 15-part series of full-page Dallas Morning News ads and providing communications support for online and print products directed at TI’s primary customers, product design engineers.
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Communications Coordinator
Oregon Health & Science University
1999 - 2004 (5 years)
- Writer, copy editor and communications planner at this 11,000-employee academic medical center in Portland, working closely with administrators, medical staff, nursing staff and a variety of biosciences researchers.
- Previously oversaw internal communications and media relations at the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology prior to its merger in 2001 with OHSU.
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Assistant Director of Public Relations
Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
1994 - 1997 (3 years)
Shared responsibility with two others for all media relations at this pediatric teaching hospital while also acting as editor and contributing writer for a quarterly magazine and supporting the various communication needs of the hospital's chief of staff.