Katie Santilli

Experience

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  Catholic Charities, Jacksonville

  Aug 2005 - Nov 2010

  Development Associate

  ★ Point person for special events including two large events while managing day to day activities of the development department.Planned and executed two large fundraising events. Coordinated sponsorships, ticket sales, public relations, advertising and donations for the events. Coordinated all volunteer activities, created membership campaigns, marketing pieces, annual reports and newsletters and maintained the donor database.

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  St. Vincent's Healthcare Foundation

  Nov 2010 - Apr 2014

  Coordinator of Donor and Campaign Services and Special Events Manager

  ★ Manager for the foundation’s annual fundraisers; an annual golf tournament and multiple smaller events for the hospital.Collaborated with cross functional departments to ensure all communication was aligned properly with the hospital's strategies. Maintained the foundation’s social media pages. Assisted with hospital special events including dedication, recognition, grand openings and ground breakings. Completed all projects and coordination of the foundation events including managing volunteers, approving the promotional materials, creating relationships with vendors, ensure budget targets are met, and arrange all event details including site, food, beverages, auction items and decorations. Show less

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  Acosta

  Apr 2014 - Mar 2018

  Communications Manager

  ★ Communications manager for both the IT department and foodservice channel. Field all communication requests for communications, video, website and intranet postings. Project administrator for the company's employee recognition program, The Chairman’s Award.• Key activities include writing, editing, proofing content such as newsletters, brochures, intranet articles, Web content; posting online content; producing and executing key communication strategy and plans, events and marketing campaigns.• Serve as a consultant to internal partners and branding champion to ensure materials are within guidelines.• Revamped the intranet home page and sitewide navigation to optimize usability and enable two-way communications. • Managed associate recognition program – The Chairman’s Award.• Plan and execute corporate events including the Annual Leadership Meeting and Town Hall meetings. Manage event production for the Annual Leadership Meeting and Town Hall. • Administrator for Acosta’s internal e-mail marketing system. (Poppulo, formerly Newsweaver)• Communications lead for emergency planning committee and Acosta Cares Culture Committee. Designed and produced all communication pieces. Show less

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  University of North Florida

  Mar 2018 - Jul 2020

  Assistant Director, Prospect Management
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  Southeastern Grocers

  Aug 2020 - Jun 2023

  • Senior Manager, Internal Conmunications & Events

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Manager, Internal Communications & Events

    Aug 2020 - Sept 2021
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  Florida Blue

  Jun 2023 - now

  Sr. Events Manager