Professional Experience
From classical music to semiconductors. International artists to entrepreneurs. In 16 years as a public relations counselor, I have served clients in the arts, entertainment, media, business, telecommunications and technology. My diverse project and client list includes sports artists and cellists, writers, attorneys, entrepreneurs and land planners -- they are all great intuitive personalities with vastly different training, education and method of analysis and expression. I also free-lance for austinwoman magazine, the Austin Business Journal, and Forward Austin . I was an assistant editor with Texas Music magazine from 2000 - 2001.
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
4 Years
Writer
5 Years
Other, Specify
15 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
7 Years
Entertainment
6 Years
Technology
7 Years
Industries
Broadcasting - Ent - TV (Local)
6 Years
PR (firm) - Fortune 1000 corp. clients
6 Years
PR (in-house) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients
6 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
5 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Austin Business Journal (6-10), austinwoman magazine (3-5), Texas Music magazine (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture (6-10), Austin Real Estate Partners (3-5), Cricket Wireless (1-2), Megan Griswold (1-2), Opie Otterstad (1-2), Bion Tsang (1-2), McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore (10+), Cord Shiflet (10+), SBC Communications (10+)
Other Work History
I held senior manager roles at Fleishman-Hillard International Communications. I helped launch SBC Yahoo! DSL; served as spokesperson for SBC Internet affiliates; implemented an award-winning internal communications program and managed publications for the client’s corporate reputation program.
I began my career at KLRU-TV as a publications editor and then publicist for the TV series Austin City Limits. I brought national attention to the program with news coverage in CNN, Associated Press, Texas Monthly, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, New York Newsday and many others. I launched the series’ first Web site for PBS Online, Austin Cyber Limits. My experience as an interviewer and writer includes interviews with musicians such as Faith Hill, B.B. King, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, John Prine, Jimmie Vaughan, Loudon Wainwright III, Son Volt, the Neville Brothers , the Manhattan Transfer, the Mavericks, and others.
Computer Skills
MS Office Suite; Windows XP; have experience with various intranet and online content management systems.
Equipment
laptop, USB audio recorder, printer, scanner, digital camera, iPod
References
Mary Anne Connolly, austinwoman magazine
Julie Tereshchuk, austinwoman magazine
John Egan, UpWord Communications
Lance Williams, Nashville Business Journal
Awards
IABC Gold Quill, SBC Employee Communications Program
Associations
Association for Women in Communications
