With over 15 years in strategic communications, I currently serve as Associate Director of Multimedia at Harvard University, where I lead creative teams developing content across video, photography, and digital platforms. My work ranges from rapid-response communications to large-scale campaigns that reach millions of alumni, donors, and prospective students.
Previously, I spent nine years at Washington University in St. Louis, where I directed creative strategy and communications content for recruitment, fundraising, and brand initiatives, supervising producers, freelancers, and student contributors along the way.
I'm most energized by the collaboration that happens at the front end of the work: understanding what an institution is trying to say, who they're trying to reach, and building the strategy to get there. When I'm not doing that, I'm usually traveling or making photographs.
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