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Lisa Potts: Education
Lisa Potts: Education
Lisa Potts: Education
EDUCATION
• Business Advantage Program Enrolled for Fall 2018
Millsaps College; Jackson, MS
• Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership Graduated with 3.9 in December 2014
The Union Institute and University; Cincinnati, OH
• Bachelors of Science in Graphic Design Graduated with 4.0 in September 2009
The Arts Institutes International; Minneapolis, MN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Outreach and Program Coordinator
Ours to Change Mississippi August 2017 - Present
• Develop statewide outreach by identifying organizations and individuals who are aligned with organization’s
values and working in grassroots organizing capacities; Engage these entities through strategic collaboration
• Act as liaison between Executive Director and team, supporting communication of new objectives to team;
Manage and monitor team’s work through completion
• Collaborate with local branding firm to create printed materials, social media campaigns, and website content
• Create written and visual content for social media and e-newsletter
• Plan and facilitate statewide networking events to build and maintain pool of actively engaged participants
• Produced a three-day event to launch the organization by vetting hundreds of emerging leaders from
throughout Mississippi; Recruited 65+ participants while simultaneously planning the convening agenda,
accommodations and comprehensive event logistics
Graphic Designer
Creative Distillery May 2013 - December 2013
• Designed logos, branding materials, website layouts, and web & print advertisements for small businesses
and non-profit organizations in Mississippi, including Get2College, Goodwill Industries, Rainbow Co-op,
Springboard to Opportunities, Mississippi Center for Nonprofits, and Upton Tire Pros
COMMUNITY-BASED LEADERSHIP
Board of Directors, Secretary
Rainbow Food Co-op November 2017 - Present
Collaborate and strategize with board members to sustain and grow Jackson’s only community food co-op
Producer
Figment Jackson June 2013 - October 2014
Responsible for overseeing all event planning including fundraising and grant writing, outreach for art and music
curatorial, coordination of volunteers, advertising and marketing, and day-of event production and logistics
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
• Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
• Microsoft Office
• Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides)
• Video and Phone Conferencing (Zoom, Google Hangout, GoToMeeting, FaceTime, FreeConferenceCall)
• Project Management Applications (monday.com, BaseCamp, Asana)
• Database management (NationBuilder)
• Apple Hardware and Software (iMovie, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GarageBand)
• Social Media for Organizations and Business (Facebook Insights and Twitter Analytics)
REFERENCES
Happy to provide upon request