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Alia Wilson

Strategic Communications and Public Relations Pro I Championing Authenticity and Connection I Building Trust through Transparency I APR Candidate

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Alia Wilson is a Strategic Communications and Public Relations professional based in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently serving as the Communications and Community Engagement Manager at Sunnyvale School District. With a background as a Reporter at Bay Area News Group and Santa Cruz Sentinel, she excels in building trust through transparency and championing authenticity and connection in her strategic communication efforts. Alia's career highlights include successfully managing communication and community engagement initiatives at Sunnyvale School District and utilizing her journalism background to excel as a Reporter at reputable news organizations like Bay Area News Group and Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Work Experience 

SS

Sunnyvale School District

  • Communications and Community Engagement Manager

    2024 - Current

    Works closely with other district leaders to understand evolving district objectives and initiatives and determines the appropriate strategic courses of action to support them through communication and engagement. Sets department vision and strategies in alignment with the District's objective of supporting student learning develops operational plans for the department, is an ambassador and primary spokesperson for the District, manages activities of the team, and oversees implementation and evaluation conducted by any communications team members, contract workers, and vendors. Top-level strategies to be implemented by the manager and team. Specific tactics, reach, and metrics will be determined by available resources year over year.

  • Communications Coordinator

    2015 - 2024

    Public Information Officer, Internal/External Communications, Crises Communications, Social Media, Public Relations, Media Relations, Marketing, District Historian, Website Management, Event Coordinator, Fundraising, Awards/Grants, Strategic Adviser, Community Relations, Writer, Partnership development, Presenter, Project Manager, Supervises District Printing/Mailroom

BA

Bay Area News Group

  • Reporter

    2011 - 2015

    Researched and wrote stories on a daily basis. Covered local government, business, crime, breaking news, human interest stories, courts, health, education, and environment in the city of Sunnyvale. Responsible for researching and writing stories daily for online website in addition to news for our Facebook and Twitter pages. Periodically took my own photos to accompany stories.

SC

Santa Cruz Sentinel

  • Reporter

    2008 - 2010

    General Assignment Reporter. Covered everything from crime to carnivals. Researched and wrote stories on a daily basis. Reported on courts, business, schools, human interest stories, government, environment, health, and breaking news. Posted stories to the website using MediaNews Group Interactive NGPS Dashboard. Researched and wrote about community events. Organized a weekly calendar of events for print and online.

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