NOW Communications wants to make you better at telling people who you are, what you do, and why it matters that you, specifically, do it.
We focus on nonprofit and mission-driven organizations because we believe in supporting social growth, human potential, and kindness.
Career Highlights
Creative
● Contributing Writer: Inside of Knoxville
● Producer: City Centric TV series for PBS Western Reserve.
● Producer/writer: Monarch Center for Autism, human services video.
● Producer/writer: Furniture Concepts: We Care, corporate video.
● Producer/writer/host: The Arts & COVID-19: What Now? for PBS Western Reserve. This was a digital-first initiative exploring the way the coronavirus pandemic has affected the arts in Northeast Ohio. Included podcasts, videos, and blogs.
● Producer: Artists in Place, a documentary short about an artist who is inspired by a special place in Cleveland. First of a planned series (2019).
● Producer/writer: Row, a documentary short about a Cleveland competitive rower and coach.
● Producer/writer/host: 85+ promotional videos (sample here) and broadcast commercials (sample here) for Redwood Living, a multi-state apartment community developer based in Cleveland.
● Producer/writer/narrator: Hidden in Plain Sight, a documentary about the Cleveland Cultural Gardens screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival and other festivals, and public events.
● Producer/writer/host: NEOtropolis, a 16 episode PBS Western Reserve program covering Northeast Ohio’s culture and technology.
● Producer: 70+ episodes of Civic Commons Radio, an award-winning public affairs podcast.
Strategic
● Created and developed comprehensive aging-in-place program for seniors with multiple communication channels that included digital, print, and in-person approaches to effective information sharing.
● Developed an information system supplying more than 50 public officials, including 20+ elected mayors, with comprehensive and timely collaboration activity updates for 27 consecutive months.
● Designated leader and spokesperson of public and media relations activities for three organizations, resulting in dozens of positive press articles, news reports, on increased and community support.
● Created comprehensive revisions to outreach materials in both electronic and traditional formats, including managing interdisciplinary design teams and other outside vendors.
Nonprofit Management
● Developed and managed 1mm+ comprehensive commercial property improvement program impacting 92 properties.
● Secured $8.5mm in funding for nonprofit agencies for both operational and program design/implementation activities over 11 program years.
● Directly supervised interdisciplinary teams and managed multiple outside vendors in both logistical and consulting contexts.
● Created replicable public-private partnerships and initiatives in education field.
Education
Juris Doctor University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore MD Asper Fellowship, Maryland Court of Appeals
Communications and Cultural Studies, ABT Emerson College, Boston MA Graduate Teaching Fellow
Bachelor of Science in Social Welfare The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Cum Laude Graduate