Shelley Powers

About Shelley Powers

Writer, editor, communicator, designer, photographer, lover of life.

Experience

1. Communications Director and Executive Team Member

   Public Employee\'s Retirement System Of Mississippi

   Nov 2008 — Present · Jackson, MS, US

   Hired to develop new Communications Department and a new look for the agency. Designed new agency logo and wrote the PERS Communications and Style Guide, as well as the PERS Communications Department Standard Operating Procedures Manual. Applying new look, I redesigned and edited all agency printed and online media (i.e, handbooks, newsletters, forms, letterhead, brochures, reports, PowerPoint presentations, guides, charts and signs). On-going responsibilities include managing the agency website, writing and/or editing executive correspondence, e-mailing news alerts and press releases, as well as writing talking points for and articles and messages from the executive director. Take and edit candid and formal photographs of employees and events. Coordinate publishing the annual Facts & Figures, a book of charts and graphs designed for the general public, legislators and media. Publish two separate agency newsletters annually (circulation for retiree newsletter is approximately and circulation for member newsletter is approximately Write and send e-mailed news alerts as needed to a growing list of Constant Contact subscribers. Send text alerts as needed to staff using Mozeo during emergency situations. Create new media (e.g, retirement guides and special publications) to educate membership and the public about system processes, stability and security. Named by executive director in 2019 as part of the seven-member Executive Team that leads the agency. Supervise one employee. Work with Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Sharepoint, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, Acrobat Pro, Constant Contact and Mozeo.

Education

• Mississippi State University

  Bachelor of Arts, Communication with emphasis in print journalism

  1988 — 1992

Skills

• Newsletters
• Social Media
• Advertising
• Magazines
• Quarkxpress
• Program Management
• Marketing
• Indesign
• Brochures
• Mac
• Publications
• Adobe Acrobat
• Photoshop
• Public Speaking
• Blogging
• Public Relations
• Editing
• Press Releases