Sara Needham
I'm Social Media + Marketing Coordinator for the nation's largest sustainable living event, Green Festival.
I gravitate toward projects that inspire me. Inspiration = community, sensible sustainability, social justice, music, art and local business.
I love porches, boots, winding roads, red wine, music, mountains, oceans and finding the perfect words. Oh, and I play the fiddle.
Asheville, North Carolina is home base. For now.
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- Social Media + Marketing Coordinator at Green FestivalsPublic Relations and Communications | Asheville, North Carolina Area, USExperience
- Apr 2011 - PresentSocial Media and Marketing Coordinator / Green Festivals- Manage core social media properties - Manage online relationships with partners, speakers and exhibitors, ensuring social media deliverables are met - Create and foster relationships with influential bloggers and social media users - Coordinate online promotional “deals” (LivingSocial, Groupon, etc.) - Contribute to creation of messaging and marketing copy, including web and printed content - Coordinate live and programmed on-site social media at each event and oversee the media team responsible for capturing content
- Oct 2010 - Feb 2011Public Relations Intern / Brodeur Worldwide- Established and maintained Brodeur social media properties - Produced weekly social media monitoring reports for Fortune 500 clients - Assisted with media relations research and pitching - Provided research support for new business initiatives - Penned PR industry-relevant blog posts for Brodeur’s Open Blog
- May 2009 - Apr 2010National Media Coordinator / The Sensible City- Created, edited and distributed client press releases and messaging - Established and maintained relationships with relevant national and regional media - Researched, built and vetted media contact lists - Monitored relevant media on behalf of clients - Contributed to management of client social media profiles - Pitched and hosted on-site media for Ecobuild America 2009 - Coordinated in-classroom media events, generating coverage for education technology clients - Initiated and implemented an improved system for storing company media contacts, hits notes and correspondence in a database searchable by location, event, publication, journalist or beat
- May 2008 - Aug 2008Public Relations + Graphic Design Intern / Creative Trust Agency
- Jun 2007 - Aug 2007Promotion Coordinator / J&L Marketing
- Oct 2004 - Mar 2005Intern / Crosby Marketing Communications
Education-
2005 - 2009East Tennessee State UniversityB.A. in Public Relations
Activities: • Public Relations Student Society of America • Lambda Delta Alpha Communications Honor Society • Prime PR (President - student-run firm)
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Caprese corn salad. (FYI, no filter on this photo. It just looks that good. Boom.) (Taken with instagram)
Working from the hotel in #Chicago. Jo and I are big fans of the provided robes. (Taken with instagram)
It happens when a father realizes he doesn’t just love his daughter, but also her wife. It happens when a soldier tells his unit that he’s gay, and they tell him they knew it all along and they didn’t care, because he was the toughest guy in the unit. It happens when a video sparks a movement to let every single young person know they’re not alone, and things will get better.
It happens when people look past their ultimately minor differences to see themselves in the hopes and struggles of their fellow human beings. That’s where change is happening.
And that’s not just the story of the gay rights movement. That’s the story of America—the slow, inexorable march towards a more perfect union.President Obama (via barackobama)In @DemocracyNow studios this morning, watching the live broadcast. Big thanks to fellow social media lady, Jessica Lee, for the invite. (Taken with instagram)
One indicator that you’re in Manhattan vs. Asheville: Michael Daves sings the ever-loving sh*t out of Blue Night and there is not a “Son!” to be heard… (Taken with instagram)
