Resume
Museum Education & Audience Engagement
August 2021-Present
Library of Congress, Education Specialist
Develop content for a new, hands-on educational experiences, including organizing cross-institutional committees to aggregate content and facilitate stakeholder feedback
Prototype content with visitors and organize advisory councils to ensure youth voice and the inclusion of children with disabilities in experience planning
Develop and facilitate online offerings such as virtual programs and blogs
August 2020-July 2021
Digital Content Strategist, 1909 Digital
• Analyzes and advises clients on digital strategy, audience and community engagement, brand framework development and email marketing. Works with a team to complete reports such as content audits, competitor analyses, persona modeling slide decks, style and brand messaging guidelines, and digital content strategies.
• Writes copy for client social media, printed materials, and email marketing campaigns
• Develops and implements community engagement social strategies including toolkits for user-generated content. Advises museums with organic social media gallery interactives on implementation and program design
August 2018-July 2020
Senior Program Specialist, Morris County Park Commission
•Supervised and managed an education department of 7 employees (1 F/T, 6 P/T including seasonals) and 50+ volunteers for a historic farm with a visitation of over 20,000 visitors/per year
• Managed special event programs, including six large special events per year with visitation between 200-2000/per event. Developed new elements such as interactive museum theatre, a community pop-up veteran’s exhibit, and new workflows and processes to streamline efficiency and interdepartmental communication for events
• Developed engaging social media posts for the Friends of Fosterfields Facebook and Instagram pages.
• Built community partnerships with arts organizations, affinity organizations like antique car clubs, and school and community groups such as the Seeing Eye and local schools for partnership programs
July 2016-July 2018
Historian/Cultural Resources Interpreter, Fairfax County Park Commission
• Planned, researched, developed and implemented educational programming interpreting historical resources for audiences ranging from toddlers to adults. Programs included family drop-in and registration-based workshops, week-long day camps, and adult programs for active seniors and memory care patients. Developed citizen history programs such as transcription events and pop-up community events. Developed ECLP’s first social studies field trip, and implemented to 600+ public school students since spring 2017. Produced a pre-trip packet and secured funding for scholarships for Title 1 students
• Developed engaging interpretive media, including exhibits, brochures, and wayside signage
January 2015-July 2016
Youth Engagement Coordinator, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
• Coordinated all aspects of the Teen Ambassadors Program volunteer program, including recruiting, training and supervising 20 teen gallery guides, and overseeing project-based learning curriculum for teen volunteers. Teen projects include teen events, digital engagement design and tours for VIPs, such as U.S. Cabinet Secretaries
• Managed federal allocation of $15,000 annually, and worked with development for additional funding for teen programs. Raised $9,000 for a digital project via crowd-funding social media campaign
• Served on the national leadership team for the March 2016 Museum Day Live event, coordinating eighteen Smithsonian units to organize career development roundtables for youth during the event