Elizabeth Ivy Hawkins

"Skilled storyteller who can thoughtfully craft narratives, boil down complex concepts into succinct communication across multiple media channels. Relationship builder and experienced development strategist leveraging creative and strategic collaborations that stand out in a noisy world.”

Experienced Development Strategist, Publicist, Marketer/ Publishing Agent / University Faculty

• Extensive communication skills, written publication, graphic design, marketing, and publicity experience, ability to leverage relationships and gather momentum around a common goal

• Development expertise, project management, fund and donation development, experienced volunteer/talent recruiter and manager

• Demonstrated success in grant writing and securing sponsorships

• National and international events planning experience

• Keen sense of developing prospective individual and corporate partners and cultivating new opportunities and partnerships

• Understand the voice/tone of a client and ability to write content that connects with their audience, a crucial skill in developing rapport and relational collaborations

• Experience with annual fundraising campaigns, donor recognition, strategic networking and fundraising events planning

• Experienced brand ambassador, public relations representative, and public speaker

• Attention to detail, highly organized and motivated, comfortable taking creative risks

• Excellent collaborating with a team as well as working independently

• Ability to both handle the day to day essentials of marketing and communications alongside a capacity to hold vision and see the larger picture

  On a personal note working to champion the cause of phenomenal organizations has become one of the most unexpected joys of my professional life. Whatever it takes to bring a project to fruition with excellence is my delight.