EDUCATION
Michigan State University - B.A. in Professional Writing, May 2011
Study Abroad - Mass Media Studies in the U.K., 2010
EXPERIENCE
Content Editor- Carbon Media Group
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Managed content email; including monitoring, posting, and editing all submitted press
releases and contributor articles in Wordpress
Researched, conducted interviews, and wrote articles daily for Actionhub, Outdoorhub,
and second- party sites like Veggie Gardener, as needed
Built and maintained industry relationships with advertisers, other writers, and media
contacts
Used Google Analytics to facilitate restructuring of content
Online Content Coordinator - BNP Media, Inc.
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Managed all online content for business-to-business publications, including loading
articles, videos, images, podcasts, etc. and editing for optimum SEO
Implemented SEO standards by applying keywords, meta-data, topic tags, and alt text
Built custom webpages
Utilized online publishing programs like epublishing, as well as online sharing tools like
Basecamp and Brightcove
Copy Intern - Brogan & Partners
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Wrote copy for print, radio, interactive, mobile websites, and Facebook status updates
Attended client meetings, radio recordings, office brainstorms, and focus group testing
Worked for clients like the Michigan Department of Community Health, Covenant
HealthCare, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Business Leaders of Michigan, HoneyBaked
Ham, and more
PR/ Communications Specialist - OHorizons Foundation
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Created website using Photoshop and Dreamweaver
Rewrote and edited website content
Rebranded OHorizons Foundation
Web and Social Media Intern - Office of Campus Sustainability, MSU
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Created and maintained company website with Dreamweaver
Wrote in- house content strategy/ social media plan
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Maintained social media including; Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube
Served as in-house Graphic Designer
Editor - VIM Magazine, MSU
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Created and maintained relationships with companies including; American Apparel,
DEFYE, and Jeanology XX/ XY
Designed layouts in InDesign for articles and photo spreads
Wrote, edited, and formatted articles
Styled models and directed photo shoots