Professional Communicator • Media Relations • Special Events • Creative Services    

Experience

Clay County Sheriff’s Office                                                                      
Public Relations Senior Executive
Duties & Skills: Spokesperson for the agency. Work with the media to coordinate stories about the sheriff’s office and community events. Write news releases. Create and maintain social media sites. Update and rebrand website. Create branding material for agency. Write bi-weekly, community newsletter. 

Mayor Alvin Brown — City of Jacksonville        
Special Assist. to the Mayor/Community Engagement Officer; Deputy Director of Communications
Duties & Skills: Engage community in development and implementation of mayor’s priorities. Research, create, manage and implement special projects for mayor. Create public/private partnerships. Oversee all communications (media outlets, social networks, internal communication) for mayor and city. Spokesperson for mayor. Create and implement communications strategies to highlight mayor’s priorities for the city. Office Internship Coordinator.

WCGL AM 1360/94.7 The Victory Station                      
Host and Producer of Jax Engage with Angela Spears                                           Duties & Skills: Develop, research, produce, write and host live weekly community issues radio show that focus on hot topics and current events. Build relationships with newsmakers and listeners. Prepare content for social media sites.

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.                                                                           International Communications Director/Historian
Duties & Skills: Write news releases. Create and implement communication strategies. Message development and strategic planning. Manage social media sites. 

DaVita                                                                                           
Community Liaison
Duties & Skills: Coordinate community and veteran outreach for people with chronic kidney disease.  Create media opportunities to educate the public about kidney health. Write media content and sales ads. Spokesperson for the Jacksonville area.  

Alvin Brown for Mayor of Jacksonville, FL                                     
Press Secretary/Director of Special Projects
Duties & Skills: Spokesperson for candidate. Write press releases. Coordinate and stage major events for the community and media.

Nassau County Sheriff’s Office                                                                      
Public Information Officer
Duties & Skills: Spokesperson for the agency. Work with the media to coordinate stories about the sheriff’s office and the community. Write news releases. Create daily incident highlight reports for reporters. Write internal monthly newsletter. Publish articles for law enforcement magazines in Florida.

First Coast News, WTLV/WJXX-TV                                                                       
Anchor/Reporter

KWTX-TV                                                                                                                  
Anchor/Reporter    

Duties & Skills: Develop, research, write and present news content under extreme deadline pressure. Learn about complex issues and events well enough to then explain them to television audiences in excess of several hundred thousand people. Build relationships with newsmakers and viewers. Extensive live reporting experience. Creatively solve presentation problems and challenges. Understand tact and the art of interviewing people to get important information. Write and prepare content for the TV station website.