T.S. GAVANDITT

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About Me:

I have a long and strong history of photojournalism, newspaper, magazine and website copy, publicity, promotions, media, design, creating free media buzz, planning events, including for non-profits and independent business owners, bands, artists, and more. Also, decades experience with fundraisers, non-profit Annual Events, community events such as the Menorah Park Aging Resources dinners and presentations, donor events, employee gatherings, book signings, band promotions, shopping centers festivals, small businesses promotions, and much more.

I have thrived in all aspects of publicity, promotions and event planning, including securing vendors, working with menus, dieticians, caterers; setting up spaces, seating, decorations, creating a media buzz, marketing the event, working with a team of staff and community leaders to ensure each event’s success, billing, and disbursements. I also have strong experience in securing new clients and working with them from start to finish to help make their events successful.

I have more than a decade of shooting photos for the Associated Press, and writing feature and business articles for Crain’s Cleveland Business, and shooting, writing and creating special sections content for the Cleveland Plain Dealer Every Woman and Real Estate sections, while simultaneously covering politics and education as a stringer for four cities for the PD as well.

I love writing, interviewing, and taking photos, sniffing out great news content, and working with various political and public figures as sources. I enjoy promoting communities, businesses and their services. My passion is in finding the story and hashing it out to make it precise, understandable, and helpful.

I look forward to telling you more, please contact me if you have questions and would like to meet me for consideration.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Tamela S. Gavanditti

(Sherry)

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PROFILE

Award winning Writer, Photographer, Communications, Public Relations and Media Specialist, Designer. Non-profit, Corporate and Independent Event Planner

Author- 90 Cups of Coffee

More than 10,000 followers and connections on LinkedIn

Hundreds of published articles and photos

Great relationships with media, featured in 3 books, quoted as expert on various

local, state, and national news and blog sites, video, appearance on Dr. Oz and many

local news organizations representing clients, non-profits, and myself (Clips

Available)

Lyricist—Five published songs performed by various bands

AWARDS

APEX AWARD For Publication Excellence for Menorah Park’s Campus Magazine- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Slogan Award for National Women’s Health and Fitness Campaign 2020

AJAS Award for Excellence In Communication- 2012

AOPHA Award for Communications Excellence-2011

Menorah Park Distinguished Employee of the Year- 2009

WORK HISTORY

April 2022- October 2022- Johnson’s Commercial Flooring, Sales and Marketing Representative. Handled business to business sales and marketing for all flooring needs across northeast Ohio. Set up social media, designed marketing material.

Reason for leaving—Company standards not high, employees not legal, lack of professionalism.

October 2021-April 2022: Instructor at Ohio Media School

Media Sales and Marketing * Back-pack Journalism * Radio and TV Sales and Broadcasting * Introduction to Camera * Board Operations * Network Simulations-- Reason for leaving: Not enough hours.

January 2007-March 2021- Public Relations, Media, and Communications Specialist, Menorah Park Campus, Beachwood, Ohio

Handled all media inquiries and facilitated all on-site production needs

Successfully generated news, feature, donor and medical content for industry publications, national, state and local outlets

Built strong relationships with national, state and local reporters from various outlets, garnering media coverage from all- (40 pages of links available)

Collaborated on public relations and fundraising campaigns, providing sales, BRAND and marketing content, including photos, copy, and conceptual design

Updated websites for 5 residences, an aquatics center and Menorah Park proper

Created logos, brochures and other brand material when needed

Created videos as videographer, script writer, interviewer, editor, and voice-over

Chief onsite and location photographer

Created four-time APEX Award winning Community Magazine and remained Chief Editor, primary writer and photographer, interviewer and proofreader for administrators.

For other local publications, I flushed out timely articles to enhance their content utilizing Menorah Park and its services for advertorials and web and internet content.

Handled social media post, content, audience-building, SEO, monitoring and analytics

Helped with events, promotions, publicity at various residences and the aquatics center

Helped write, direct, and produce collateral material, videos for fundraising and marketing for Annual Meetings

Engaged with donors, staff, residents, and family members to supply content for collateral marketing, video and commercial projects.

ALSO AT MENORAH PARK:

Was lead performer on D.R.E.A.M. Team, gaining international, national, state and local media coverage while helping senior citizens’ dreams come true, including:

Facilitating a phone call for a dying woman with Rock Star and American Idol judge Steven Tyler of the band Aerosmith

Arranging a personal meet and greet with the band Styx and a resident of Menorah Park

A helicopter ride over the city of Cleveland for dying woman,

Arranging a trip to New York for a woman to visit her old home and friends

Arranging for various art shows for several aging artists in various locations

Arranging free national publicity for the D.R.E.A.M. team with 10 women who all became their Bat Mitzvah’s simultaneously, featured on CBS Good Morning America twice and in massive state and local stories

Helping an artist’s dream of becoming famous come true, which resulted in him being chosen “Person of the Year” by Cleveland Magazine, receiving a full two-page write up in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and him being chosen as the “Poster Man” to kick off Pfizer’s International “Get Old” campaign, with his face on a 25 ft. mural on their building front in Manhattan and supplemental advertising material on TV, radio and the web.

Most productive member of the D.R.E.A.M. Team, successfully helped hundreds of resident’s dreams come true, garnering national and international media coverage for them and Menorah Park.

Helping five authors publish their books

Arranged Meet and Greet with Reba McIntire and Styx

Arranged phone call with Rockstar Steven Tyler

1995-Present- Freelance writer, stringer, photographer, and owner-operator Blitz Public Relations, serving many clients spanning decades, including:

12 years--Cleveland Plain Dealer- Freelance correspondent covering 4 cities Council and School Board, special sections as a writer and photographer

12 years--The Associated Press: Freelance photographer and correspondent

14 years--Crain’s Cleveland Business Magazine: Freelance Writer

Dream On Foundation- Dream on Kids- publicity and events, social media management

Mahoning Property Management- Publicity, web, and social media

90 Degrees Custom Framing and Art- Publicity and design

Southeast Gears and Cheers Restaurant: Publicity, design, photography services, events, photography, and content

Digital Hipster: Freelance writer

Record Publishing: Writer and photographer

Sun Press: Freelance photographer

Marsh International: Think-tank, writer, conceptual consultation

IMI Model / Talent: Acquisitions

Fishhead Records: Publicity, booking, public relations

City of Bedford Heights: Public Information officer at Senior Center

Basement Systems: Field and events promotions and marketing

EXPERIENCE WITH:

Event management, publicity, promotions, public relations, advertising, sales, marketing, donor relations, fundraising, design, script-writing, voice-overs, video production

Social Media Platforms

Microsoft Word and Works Word Processor

Microsoft Publisher

Movie Maker

Various audio, video and photo editing

Voice-over

Excel

Adobe Design Programs-Premier, After Effects, Photoshop, Audition

PDF Editor

InDesign

Quark Express

Constant Contact

Lucy Web Platform

Movie Maker HD

AVS- Video editing and production

Audio edit and produce

OBS Streamlab

Zoom

Teams

Survey Monkey

Constant Contact

Thinkific

EDUCATION

2021: Ohio Media School: Digital Media and Marketing, Media Sales and Marketing, Introduction to Camera, Board Operations, Network Simulations, also working within Thinkific.

2017-2020- Member PRSA, Public Relations Society of America

(Working towards APR Certification)

Center for Community Solutions: Public Relations Certificate

Cuyahoga Community College East, West, Metro- Made DEAN’S LIST

Journalism, English, Media Studies - 2005-2007--Phi Theta Kapa

Editor, Writer, Photographer and Mentor for The Voice and The High Point College Newspapers. Directed staff of 6-12

Northrop High School- Fort Wayne Indiana

General studies

Writer/Photographer for School Newspaper / Yearbook

WHAT I LOVE

Family, Teaching, Writing, Helping dreams come true, Canoeing,

Reading, Hiking, Writing, Painting, Photography, Volunteering

*MULTIPLE REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

*LINKS TO MEDIA LINKS AND PERSONAL BRANDING AVAILABLE

BLITZ PUBLIC RELATIONS

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