Brittany A. Laws
Philadelphia
Summary
With years of creativity, experience, and networking have led many successfully developing and overseeing programs of all sizes. Detail-oriented with leadership experience and a proven ability to work with independent contributors to complete projects on-time and under-budget. Looking to bring multitasking and problem-solving to an organization.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Engagement Specialist
Girl Scouts Of Eastern Pennsylvania
10.2021 - 03.2024
- Enhanced community relations by organizing and executing outreach programs and events.
- Established partnerships with local businesses and organizations for increased community engagement opportunities.
- Developed strategic plans to improve overall community involvement, resulting in stronger relationships between stakeholders.
- Managed social media accounts, driving higher levels of engagement among community members.
- Trained volunteers and staff members on effective communication strategies, ensuring consistent messaging across all platforms.
College Ambassador Program Manager
Black Girl Health Foundation
03.2021 - 10.2021
- Built and maintained relationships with college admissions offices.
- Recruited, workshop presenters and speakers offering exceptional talent and brought great skills event and programming.
- Developing outreach strategies to increase following and subscribers for newsletter via mailchimp
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Recruited and maintained sponsors and stakeholders for event and programming
- Teach students to health resources and research for social media inforgraphics.
Program Manager
Intersection Of Change Jubilee Arts
07.2019 - 12.2019
- Provide Artistic Direction for programming and client projects
- Train youth in product development and design
- Established partnerships and community collaboration with local universities
- Facilitate client projects by soliciting services and deliverables are delivered on time
- Assist with grant writing and reporting
- Supervise and support growth of art production team composed of youth, educators, and volunteers.
- Monitor program budget and expenses for grant reporting
- Manage inventory tracking, monthly income, yearly Profit and Loss statements
- Used sprout social and social media analytics to analyze conversion rates across multiple digital channels.
- Worked with youth to devised strategies and roadmaps to support product vision and value to business.
- Maintained tight production timetables and quality standards to give audiences exceptional offerings.
Social Capital Specialist
Girls Scouts Of Central Maryland Council
05.2018 - 05.2019
- Develop a marketing campaign to attract state wide women's organizations to host troops in Title 1 schools
- Developed and deepened relationships with college campus representatives to establish a recruitment pipeline for adult membership
- Established special recruiting events to draw in organizations
- Traveled 75% of time to deliver presentation at colleges/ universities and non profit locations
- Facilitated group workshop sessions and activities in line with budget requirements
- Surpass grant objectives: recruiting over 70 volunteers, 8 organization partnerships and over 225 girls
- Handled 20-30 calls per hour to address customer inquiries and concerns.
- Developed marketing content such as blogs, promotional materials and advertisements for social media.
- Created and maintained engagement and recruitment data for grant reporting
- Planned and executed events and marketing programs, producing 3 times goal of qualified leads.
- Surpassed grant objectives of recruiting and training by 27.4%.
Grant Project Coordinator
Morgan State University Office Of Community Service
08.2017 - 08.2018
- Assisted service-learning undergraduate student in class management and courses selection
- Obtain and manage $200,000 grant project under State of Maryland Education Department, Next Generation Scholar grant
- Collected, managed, and reported on all programmatic statistics
- Built strong relationships with stakeholders and devised strategies, initiatives, and events promoting products and services
- Managed the complete grant life cycle from preparation through final close-out
- Coordinated presentations for participants,supporters, and project members detailing project scope, progress, and results, keeping all entities well-informed of milestones and goals.
- Tracked all hours and expenses to keep projects on task and within budgetary parameters.
- Developed partnerships with parents, businesses, and organizations to build awareness, increase support, and share resources.
- Facilitated development of program structure within classrooms to formulate and implement academic, college, preparatory, and career awareness.
Academic Enrichment Coordinator
Mid Atlantic Campus Compact Americorps VISTA
08.2016 - 06.2018
- Supervised five annual outreach programs/events totaling in 1300 participants and volunteers
- Implemented strategies to increase program effectiveness and coordinated work between multiple departments
- Source qualified donations, sponsors, and grants to provide program resources
- Entered customer interaction details in salesforce to track requests, document problems, and record solutions offered
- Determined the community needs and developed program initiatives according to preferences
- Increase department annual winter event, Kwanzaa Celebration Festival, attendees by 87.2%
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
- Managed quality assurance program, including on-site evaluations, internal audits, and customer surveys.
- Created honors program for undergraduate students under servicing learning curriculum increasing recruitment of counselors, mentors, and tutors.
Website Developer
Morgan State University Benjamin Quarel Institute
12.2015 - 06.2016
- Established presentation consistency across Chrome, Safari, Firefox and other common browser interfaces.
- Oversaw web platform testing, troubleshooting and user sampling prior to live deployment.
- Designed, developed and implemented software applications for website based on analyzed requirements and understanding of industry technical standards.
- Determined coding requirements for site creation, including e-commerce capability, security and specialized scripts.
- Implemented Google-based and other campaigns with slant toward SEO.
- Optimized company's website and main corporate blog to boost SEO traffic to sites.
- Designed, implemented and monitored web pages, plugins and functionality for continuous improvement.
Social Media Content Coordinator
Morgan State University Office Community Service
07.2015 - 06.2016
- Developed marketing content such as blogs, promotional materials, and advertisements for social media.
- Supported SEO initiatives to improve content, keywords, and branding.
- Tracked innovations in social media and worked with key functional groups to adopt emerging technology.
- Administered marketing calendar and posted new content to coincide with new product and service releases.
- Increased customer engagement through social media.
- Managed social media accounts for four programs generating interest for existing and upcoming product or service releases.
- Improved page content, keyword relevancy, and branding to achieve search engine optimization goals.
- Developed social media content and graphic to increase engagement with customers.
Program Coordinator
Morgan State University Office Of Community Service
09.2011 - 03.2015
- Obtained partnerships with nonprofit organizations and community groups
- Developed and facilitated annual community events 23,00 volunteers and program/events participants
- Recruited new members by attending at community events, promotional materials, and other methods
- Gathered and analyzed cultural, educational, and social demographic data about the community to guide local program development
- Reduced costs and improved operational performance without sacrificing quality by developing and implementing diverse approaches.
- Orchestrated smooth and efficient program development by collaborating cross-functionally across departments.
- Coordinated daily tasks including recruitment, office upkeep and inventory maintenance.
- Coordinated communication among associations, allies, stakeholders and members to foster sales and connections between departments.
- Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations.
Education
Master of Fine Arts - Animation And Special Effects
Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA2026
Bachelor of Arts - Multi Media
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD12.2015
Skills
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Indesign
- ClipartStudio Paint
- Salesforce
- Sharepoint
- Okta
- Public Speaking
- Microsoft Excell
- Microsoft Office 365
- Partnership Development
- Recruitment Strategies
Websites
Additional Information
- Morgan State University Office of Community Service: Striving & Appreciation Department Award 2018
- Morgan State University Office of Community Service: Coordinator Achievement Award 2016-2018
- The United States of America President's Volunteer Service Award: Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
- Coordinator Appreciation Award 2014
Affiliations
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
- The Reeds Autism And Sarcoidosis Fund, Inc.
- Americorp Alumni
- Project Management Institute
Certification
- Licensed Archery Instructor - 2023
Timeline
Community Engagement Specialist
Girl Scouts Of Eastern Pennsylvania
10.2021 - 03.2024
College Ambassador Program Manager
Black Girl Health Foundation
03.2021 - 10.2021
Program Manager
Intersection Of Change Jubilee Arts
07.2019 - 12.2019
Social Capital Specialist
Girls Scouts Of Central Maryland Council
05.2018 - 05.2019
Grant Project Coordinator
Morgan State University Office Of Community Service
08.2017 - 08.2018
Academic Enrichment Coordinator
Mid Atlantic Campus Compact Americorps VISTA
08.2016 - 06.2018
Website Developer
Morgan State University Benjamin Quarel Institute
12.2015 - 06.2016
Social Media Content Coordinator
Morgan State University Office Community Service
07.2015 - 06.2016
Program Coordinator
Morgan State University Office Of Community Service
09.2011 - 03.2015
Master of Fine Arts - Animation And Special Effects
Academy of Art University
Bachelor of Arts - Multi Media
Morgan State University
- Licensed Archery Instructor - 2023
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