• Murphy is an experienced public relations professional and political strategist who enjoys fresh

      challenges and finding solutions and regularly exceeds expectations and deadlines.

      ● 4+ years of experience creating and launching marketing plans with a cross-functional

      team to reach targeted groups, fundraising goals, and policy initiatives, while growing

      the awareness of the organization, brand, and mission.

      ● 3+ years tracking legislation and strategizing messaging on key issues to the

      organization’s overall goals and persuading legislators and stakeholders to take action

      beneficial to the organization.

      ● Regularly exceeds project deadlines.

      SKILLS

      Analytics and Reports| Senior Management | Marketing and Communications Strategy Development |

      Project Management | Stakeholder Management | Adobe Systems | Copy Editing

      Election Protection Arizona Phoenix

      Co-Director 07/2020-Present

      ● Interviews, hires, supervises, and develops the skills of 10 member staff.

      ● Develops and implements non-partisan messaging to educate the public of the voter protection hotlines as part of a strategic campaign that has increased media engagement by 109900% and clients’ share of voice by 85.5% in targeted demographics within four months.

      ● Directly manages the paid media budget of 500,000, which reached a target of 100% people in Arizona.

      ● Built relationships with coalition members at the state coalition table.

      ● Secures prime earned media placement such as NPR, USA Today, The Guardian, KJZZ, AZCentral, ABC15, and Arizona Mirror.

      ● Vet Mail and Digital RFP’s, selects vendors, and manages mail consultants to supplement earned media strategy with targeted paid media.

      ● Co-Directed a team that recruited and trained over 1,000 volunteers who were deployed to monitor polling locations during early vote and Election Day.

      ● Writes post-election reports and presents finding to county recorders and media.

      Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee Phoenix

      Communications Director 05/2018-07/2020

      ● Develops and implements strategic communications campaigns that have increased media engagement by 100% and clients share of voice by 35% in targeted demographics.

      ● Increased Twitter impressions by 3001%, Twitter mentions by 132%, and Twitter followers by 75%. Increased Facebook engagement on posts by 1500% and Facebook followers by 177% in two years.

      ● Secures prime earned media placement, such as The Associated Press, Mother Jones, The Huffington Post, Newsweek, and more.

      Vet over 40 RFP’s, selects vendors for in-person interviews and manages research,

      polling, digital, and mail consultants to supplement earned media strategy with

      targeted paid media.

      ● Fosters highly effective communications plans with District Managers that increased

      media mentions by 10.8% in 2020 compared to 2018.

      ● Tracks legislation on key issues to the organization and gives communication guidance

      to state legislators and candidates running for office.

      We the People Summit Phoenix

      Co-Director 05/2017-05/2018

      ● Operates three large-scale summits with 1.5K+ attendees, 100+ speakers, and 25+

      workshops; plans vendor, speakers, and caterer logistics.

      ● Secured a donation of 15k, the organization’s largest single donation, among other

      donors and sponsors resulting in 50k+ through ticket sales, merchandise, partnerships

      with like-minded organizations, and outreach to individual donors.

      ● Designs and oversees PR direction, online marketing, and grassroots media releases;

      including the website, graphics, and social media design.

      Murphy Bannerman Photography Phoenix

      Director of Photography 2014-Present

      ● Completes assignments in partnership with major publications, businesses, and clients

      in the Phoenix area; contributes creative art pieces to enhance print media and

      business marketing.

      ● Featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Phoenix New Times, and The Arizona Republic .

      Rustic Pathways Fiji

      Photographer and Travel Guide 06/2015-08/2015

      ● Documents community service projects and captures the scenic beauty of the Fiji

      islands during 1-2 week extensive programs.

      ● Works directly with students, communities, activities operators, and other program

      leaders in Fiji during the summer from June to August.

      ● Represents Rustic Pathways, mentors and leads students through outdoor adventure

      activities, community service projects, travel accommodations, transportation

      throughout the island, and downtime.

      ● Builds relationships between students through structured activities and forms strong

      relationships with the local community.

      The Hutchinson News Hutchinson, KS

      Photojournalism Intern 01/2015-05/2015

      ● Photographs news, business, and sports events for the daily newspaper, besides

      working on a long-term photo essay and video project.

      ● Daily responsibilities include organizing and distributing transmitted images from staff

      photographers for the web and editing images for print production.

      Pollen–Tech Mesa, AZ

      Marketing Intern 05/2014-12/2014

      ● Website design and market research that effectively connects with key publics. Writes

      and organizes materials for grants and competitions.

      The Arizona Republic Phoenix, AZ

      Photojournalism Intern 12/2013-05/2014

      ● Photographs news, business, sports events, and editorial assignments for the weekend

      newspaper.

      The State Press (ASU Student Newspaper) Tempe, AZ

      Assistant Photo Director 1/2013-05/2013

      ● Managing and editing the visual content of the online and print newspaper. Generating

      content creation through collaboration with senior staff.

      ● Assigning and overseeing task assignments to junior staff members. Manages a staff of

      20 photographers.

      Graphic Design Intern Tempe, AZ

      The Journal of Surrealism and the America’s 08/2011-03/2012

      ● Works with the director of the journal to create a new logo for the website, along with

      small vignettes for the body of the journal.

      ● ASU News featured my completed work in an expose on student and faculty

      partnerships.

      EDUCATION

      Degree: Sociology, Graduation Year (2014)

      Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

      CONTACTS

      Name: Rep. Jennifer Jermaine

      Relationship: Former Co-Worker

      Email: jenniferjermaine@gmail.com

      Name: Charlie Fisher

      Relationship: Former Supervisor

      Email: cfisher@azdem.org

      Name: Bren Pantilione

      Relationship: Former Supervisor

      Email: b.pantilione@gmail.com