Resume

Amanda Rush
experience || education || skills

Experience

Email Writer
Democratic National Committee – Washington, DC

Responsible for writing direct response copy to reach supporters through email
Create overall strategy and planning (long-term and short-term) for fundraising and mobilization campaigns, including execution of complex segmentation and optimization programs, while ensuring the highest standard of quality
Assist in the management of one of the largest and most complex email lists in politics
Propose ideas for testing and optimization
Produce clean, professional user experiences on tight timelines, and with coordination across our engineering team and non-technical department

Regional Program Director
Locust Health Solutions – New York, NY

Responsible for preparing an intensive effort for Open Enrollment period to promote Medicare and Medicaid
Identified and building relationships with community leaders for hosting meetings
Coordinated logistics including timing, materials, and locations for dozens of events
Created and designed external facing materials to promote events
Provided administrative support by managing expenses and inventory program-wide to ensure federal compliance

Organizer
Democratic Party of Virginia – Spotsylvania, VA

Recruited and trained teams of over 175 volunteers that registered over 550 voters
Managed a digital organizing campaign to engage volunteers and generate grassroots enthusiasm
Built 3 neighborhood teams of fellows and volunteers to meet and exceed weekly goals
Worked extensively with VAN to support a data-driven and metrics-based program, ensured data quality, cut turf, and create virtual phone banks

Digital Copywriter
Piping Rock Health Products – Ronkonkoma, NY

Writing copy for the Piping Rock website for specific products and product categories, as well as content for marketing material and promotions
Responsible for writing label copy for new products
Creating content for and managing social media platforms, including organizing long term campaigns
Developing and creating content for the Piping Rock blog to coincide with product features and monthly marketing plans

Communications/Research Associate
Marathon Strategies – New York, NY

Compiled early morning news clips; general media monitoring throughout the day
Wrote op-eds, press releases, talking points, written summaries of public records and news clips about politicians, policy issues, nonprofit organizations, corporations and other entities
Organized and analyzed polling, campaign finance reports and other materials from public databases
Provided general research and writing support
Assembled PowerPoint and other multimedia presentations
Recruited, coordinated and supervised summer 2014 interns.

Press Intern
New York State Executive Chamber – New York, NY

Responsible for daily news monitoring
Successfully pitched news stories by phone on behalf of the Governor’s press office
Assisted with the development and editing of news releases from the Governor’s press office
Transcribed all the Governor’s remarks
Performed special assignments from the Press Secretary, Deputy Press Secretary, and Press Assistants; responded to inquiries from the press, researched background information for Governor’s appearances and monitored incoming calls.

Education

Dowling College Oakdale, NY
BA in English – Creative writing, minor in Marketing Management, GPA 3.6, graduated 2013