DESIGN EXPERIENCE
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FREDERICKSBURG PARENT & FAMILY MAGAZINE
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Social Media Manager
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Design, organize, and schedule 20+ social media communications each month on Facebook and Instagram
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Increase reach on Facebook (24%) and on Instagram (168%)
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Implement cohesive and modern social media advertising and branding using design skills
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Write and proofread articles and conduct formal interviews
JULY 2019 - JULY 2024
FREELANCE DESIGNER​
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Various Design Projects
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Coordinate with clients and assess their unique needs
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Create designs for clients such as senior sports posters, stickers, logos, or t-shirts
2021 - PRESENT
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION​
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Design & Outreach Intern
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Design or redesign and modernize 20+ total pamphlets, slideshows, social media posts, brochures, and other media, including 65-page investing booklet
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Consult on a state-wide marketing campaign with ArBo Global to reach 6.3 million consumer impressions
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Learn, condense, and depict complex investing industry jargon/topics in tight copy and visuals
SUMMER 2023
WRITING & PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
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STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING (JMU)
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Writer
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Work closely with 19 other students to create tight, concise copy for university communications
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Attend 1–2 events each week, conduct interviews, and write articles
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Create copy for websites, social media, and other communications
AUGUST 2021
BLUE DRAGON PUBLISHING
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Remote Publishing Intern
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Implement modern website marketing, writing, and design techniques to improve user experience
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Edit 2 client books for grammar, punctuation, and formatting
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Implement website search engine optimization on 15+ pages
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Create and utilize 8+ reusable Photoshop templates
SUMMER 2022
THE MUSE WRITER'S CENTER OF NORFOLK​
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Remote Career Writers Development Intern
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Establish The Muse’s author resource webpage and professional presence among writer and author communities such as on Facebook
SUMMER 2021
OTHER EXPERIENCE
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WINE & DESIGN OF FREDERICKSBURG
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Artist/ Instructor
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Teach painting classes of 10–14 children or adults
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Assist, lead, and support students
JUNE 2021 - 2023
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
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WRITERS OF THE FUTURE
Silver Honorable Mention
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE
Honorable Mention
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE is an international Sci/Fi short story writing contest. Click here to learn more.
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE
Honorable Mention
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE is an international Sci/Fi short story writing contest. Click here to learn more.
OCTOBER 2018
JULY 2019
NOVEMBER 2019
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE
Silver Honorable Mention
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE is an international Sci/Fi short story writing contest. Silver Honorable Mentions are awarded to the top thirty submissions. Click here to learn more.
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE
Semi-Finalist
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE is an international Sci/Fi short story writing contest. Semi-Finalists are awarded to the top ten submissions. Click here to learn more.
JOAN RORKE-MCCLURE FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship Winner
This is a scholarship awarded from the Muse Writer's Center of Norfolk.
APRIL 2021
JULY 2024
2021
JMU CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
First Place, Creative Nonfiction
These are awarded each year to a few students with above-and-beyond work in these categories. Students then read aloud ten minutes of work at the ceremony.
JMU CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
Honorable Mention, Fiction
These are awarded each year to a few students with above-and-beyond work in these categories.There were no third or second prizes, so Honorable Mention came right after first place.
MAY 2024
MAY 2024
LARGE PROJECTS
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ARBO GLOBAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN
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Intern/Consultant
This was a state-wide marketing campaign that I was involved in from the side of the State Corporation Commission, Division of Securities and Retail Franchising. ARBO GLOBAL ran the campaign. I was an intern for the SCC at the time, but as one of the only people with design experience on the SCC's team, I acted as a consultant and translator for many advertising/marketing terms and concepts.
SUMMER 2023
SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH FOR FAMILY FAVORITES​
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Social Media Manager
This is an annual effort to communicate via Instagram and Facebook about Fredericksburg Parent and Family's Family Favorites contest. It begins with posts announcing the voting, then asking people to vote, and finally, announcing winners and the FredParent gala event to celebrate those winners.
SUMMER ANNUALLY BETWEEN 2020 - 2023
SKILLS
Writing
Digital Marketing
Google Suite
Wix & Wordpress
HTML
Editing
Social Media
MailChimp
Trello
CSS
Animation
Adobe Creative Suite
Procreate
Some ASL
Bootstrap
EDUCATION
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JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
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Media Arts and Design
MEDIA ARTS AND DESIGN MAJOR
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Creative Advertising Concentration
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Honors Scholar
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Creative Writing Minor
GRADUATED MAY 2024