Ejolee – pronounced ah-jo-lee – is an award-winning communications and digital strategy leader in Brooklyn, NY, with 10 years of experience in social media, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement across nonprofit and advocacy organizations. As Digital Manager at EO & Co, she built creator engagement infrastructure for a national day of action, managing 350+ creators and training 3,300+ event hosts and media leads, work that generated 329M impressions and fueled a 3.5B+ hashtag campaign. As Social Media Strategist at the International Rescue Committee, she drove a 10% lift in impressions with platform-native campaigns that tied humanitarian stories to cultural moments. She also led copy and creative direction for the Center for Reproductive Rights’ Dobbs Supreme Court campaign at Blue State, and served as Social Media Director at the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Through ELM Tree Consulting, she designs communications strategy, digital engagement, and equity-centered storytelling for mission-driven organizations.

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About me

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Digital Manager – EO & Co

2026

In this role, I led digital strategy and content production for advocacy coalitions, nonprofits, and political campaigns. For a national day of action, I built creator engagement infrastructure and managed 350+ creators, trained 3,300+ event hosts and media leads, and orchestrated creator training and activation that generated 329M impressions and fueled a 3.5B+ hashtag campaign. I also built weekly English and Spanish coalition toolkits that helped 50+ partner organizations coordinate messaging.

Principal & Founder – ELM Tree Consulting

2020 – Present

Through ELM Tree Consulting, I design and execute communications strategy, digital engagement, and equity-centered storytelling for mission-driven organizations. Select clients include NetHope, Reach Beyond Solutions, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Weill Cornell Medicine, GO Foundation, Unfinished, Reading Partners, and Public Wise.

Social Media Strategist – International Rescue Committee

2023 – 2025

In this role, I drove a 10% lift in impressions with platform-native campaigns that tied humanitarian stories to cultural moments, including the viral “This Barbie is a” meme. I owned executive social accounts, content calendars, and cross-department workflows for an organization working in 40+ countries, enabling consistent messaging and rapid crisis response. I also managed a team of two, matching work to individual strengths and advocating for their development, pay, and growth into larger roles.


Associate Creative Director – Blue State

2021 – 2023

In this role, I developed concepts, messaging, copy, and social content for clients including the Vera Institute of Justice, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Stony Brook University. For the Center for Reproductive Rights, I led copy and creative direction for the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court campaign, which reached more than 2 million supporters, added more than 30,000 new members to CRR’s advocacy base, and won an Anthem Awards Silver for Community Engagement (2022).


Social Media Director – National Domestic Workers Alliance

2020 – 2021

In that role, I increased social engagement 18% across Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter through data-driven strategy and user-generated content. I developed the #IAmADomesticWorker series with field and program teams, featuring six workers’ stories over roughly six months, and linked workers’ first-person stories and chapter updates to national advocacy, policy, and campaign messaging. I also built content-planning, rapid-response, and monthly cross-department systems to align messaging and campaigns.


Communications Manager, Digital Engagement – iMentor

2019 – 2020

In this role, I grew iMentor’s organic following 31% across four platforms through creator-style storytelling campaigns like #TheFirst. I also boosted paid social referrals 10% via Facebook Ads Manager and LinkedIn Campaign Manager, using lookalike targeting and UTM tracking.

Development & Communications Associate – Kepler

2018 – 2019

In this role, I increased year-end giving 60% and follower engagement 50% through the #IChoseKepler campaign. I managed a three-person team covering social media, student storytelling, and content creation, and supported the website launch with blog content and search-optimized staff pages. I also ran Google Ad Grant recruitment campaigns that drove a 25% increase in site visits.

Development & Communications Assistant – Doctors Without Borders

2016 – 2018

In this role, I produced monthly KPI reports on social, web, press, and events, aligning the department on strategic priorities.


Education

 MA in International Affairs – May 2015
The New School: New York, NY 

BA in International Relations –May 2010
Syracuse University: Syracuse, NY