Northwestern University

Roosevelt University

Miami University

Brand Strategist  -  Executive Producer  -  Corporate Coach

Ohio Investment Ventures

Real Estate Investor

-Conducts 1:1 coaching sessions to develop effective action plans for leadership growth.

-Provide expertise in leadership training, management, professional skill development, organizational change management, and organizational effectiveness.

-Advise and support clients with career coaching, career transitions, consulting, talent development and best practices to elevate their roles or excel to a new position.

Executive Leadership Center

CEO, Talent Development & Executive Coach

-Assesses organizational learning and development needs enterprise wide and builds targeted learning programs with a focus on management and executive development programs.

-Act as a consultant to executive leadership to create innovative organizational programs to improve organization-wide performance.

-Built and relaunched onboarding to improve employee engagement and retention.

-Partners with cross functional teams, human resources advisors and business partners, and functional departments to develop, manage, and execute the strategic learning & development.

EXPRESS

Leadership Development

-Founded the learning and development department and programs from ground zero at a fast moving finance startup.

-Developed 8 employees programs in 8 months including the firm's first internship academy, mentorship program, new hire peer mentoring, cultural values workshops, quarterly speaker series, a university partnership, LinkedIn Learning, and a leadership development program.

-Directed the people development strategy, implemented a unified approach to talent management and career development across all levels of the firm.

-Led the performance management process, including goal setting, performance evaluations, and talent development plans, to drive employee engagement and improve performance.

-Created and facilitated company wide monthly workshops.

-Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure integrated alignment and execution of learning and development strategies with broader organizational objectives.

Cresset

Managing Director, Head of Learning and Development

-Trained, mentored and coached more than 3,500 financial consultants, VPs and executives on best leadership practices to attract clients, recruit talent and collaborate with business partners. 

-Launched executive leadership and branding program to develop members as thought leaders.

-Lead and facilitate trainings on marketing, leadership and productivity in one-on-one coaching and online workshops.

-Managed process and continuous improvement for program. Drove sales alignment by partnering with leaders to build relationships across the firm

Charles Schwab

Senior Manager, Social Media & Leadership Coach

This true-life documentary follows the journey of Paul Leimkuehler who lost his leg in WWII. He returned to the world of sports triumphantly after designing the first pair of ski outriggers in the U.S. launching the adaptive skiing movement that earned him a spot in the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. www.freshtracksfilm.com

Fresh Tracks

Executive Producer

-Developed and designed courses titled build a social media video strategy and copywriting for social media. 

-Presented and facilitated live webinars.

-Advised participants and provided feedback on their work

Mediabistro

Social Media Instructor

-Provided strategic recommendations to clients and how to implement the plan.

Calysto Communications

Executive Vice President of Social Media

-Developed curricula, delivering and presenting course material for Master's students.

-Designed a new course. Reviewed methods, materials and made recommendations for improvement

University of Denver

Communications Professor

-Interviewed founders and wrote weekly features on the start-up community in Colorado.

Built In Colorado

Staff Writer

-Oversaw, managed and created the social media strategy. Increased social media following by 40%.

-Revamped strategy for blog content, contributors & design. 

-Wrote and edited content for blog. Reached out to students and alumni to find interesting and unique stories to highlight.

-Managed and updated website content and design.

-Led and implemented online advertising efforts.

International Studies Abroad (ISA)

Social Media Director

Launched a creative writing non-profit for kids 8-18. All workshops were led by a published writer.

Writopia Lab

Marketing Branch Manager and Writing Instructor

-Taught English composition, writing, editing, and revising, to traditional and nontraditional students.

-Developed strategies to teach the course content including instructional objectives, assignments, unit lessons and delivery methods.

-Promoted students’ development and skills in critical and analytical thinking, writing, evaluation, communication and decision making.

College of DuPage

Adjunct Faculty,  English

Wrote articles about the start-up community.

Technori

Contributing Writer

The Shy Town Girls book series follows the adventures and friendships of four young women as they experience their quarter-life crisis. Book and e-book available on Amazon.

Networlding and Networlding Publishing Inc.

Author and Media Relations Manager

Founded a community for people to conquer fears.

Conquer the Edge

Founder

-Managed internal and external communications including writing content for blogs, press releases, columns, newsletters and website. 

-Managed and monitored social media channels and strategy with a focus on increased engagement, expanding brand presence.

-Trained and supervised marketing intern.

International Interior Design Association

Manager of Social Media and Communications

Wrote and edited press releases, columns, newsletters. Managed website content.

Communications Manager

-Wrote and edited content for HP’s internal community website. Managed blogs, forums, and contributors.

The Designory

Online Content Strategist - Contract

-Developed expertise in the teaching of writing in literature, composition and creative writing. Graded topic proposals, annotated bibliographies and research papers.

-Led classroom discussions, met with students in individual conferences providing feedback on research papers.

-Tutored students that need additional help.
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Teaching Assistant

-Built relationships with online contributors, community members and organizations to launch new websites and print editions of the newspaper in multiple towns. Managed online content for six websites.

-Led, developed, and supervised a training program for new employees.

-Spoke at events and gave presentations about to increase awareness and to gain content contributors.   
  
-Managed editorial aspects of all content and relevant updates through social media.
-Tracked and monitored website traffic.
-Connected with public relations professionals, village officials, businesses, and non-profits to encourage citizen journalist contributions.
-Worked on a user-generated content committee focusing on a new marketing campaign including creating new ads and redesign strategies for the website to be more visually appealing and user friendly.

Community Reporter
-Wrote articles, edited content, and designed the layout for a reverse publishing platform Web site and newspaper I was solely in charge of producing each week.

-Initiated a new section of the newspaper dedicated to high school student contributors that became a model all reporters replicated.
   
Award
-TribLocal Teamwork Award 2009 given for training new employees and leading marketing initiatives.

Katie Leimkuehler