Experience

EXPLORE BIG SKY — CONTRIBUTING WRITER [8/2024-10/2024]

  • Developed unique angles for local, feature, and enterprise stories 

  • Produced coverage of local businesses, including but not limited to Yellowstone Club and Big Sky Resort

  • Consistently delivered the most viewed web and print stories each week

Flash — Freelance Copywriter [8/2024-10/2024]

  • Crafted UI/UX copy for a social media app targeted towards Gen Z users

  • Created short-form video content that garnered upwards of 15,000 likes on TikTok

  • Collaborated with Art Direction to produce UX content that increased user engagement

AbelsonTaylor — Copywriter Intern [6/2024-8/2024]

  • Diversified messaging between HCP, DTC, and DTP clients

  • Collaborated with Art Directors to create concepts for client pitches

  • Balanced workload of multiple accounts at once

  • Developed ISI scripts for VO talent

  • Created an original television spot concept that led to a winning pitch

The Daily Iowan — Arts Editor [5/2023-5/2024]

  • Oversaw a team of 12 reporters and edited their stories for copy and online engagement

  • Pursued coverage by highlighting and platforming the local artistic and cultural communities within Iowa City

  • Took ownership of the section's visual presentation in print and online by through creative copy, averaging a per-story pageview count of over 5,000 with viral stories reaching the tens of thousands

  • Single-handedly created and designed the weekly in-print comic strip — The Daily Iowan’s first in 40 years

HORIZON MAGAZINE — EDITOR IN CHIEF [9/2022-9/2023]

  • Led the transformation and rebranding of an established campus literary magazine

  • Boosted Instagram engagement by 11,000% through effective online rebranding and advertising

  • Pioneered the publication as the only online, multimedia literary magazine at the University of Iowa

  • Managed the editorial team throughout the publication process

IOWA CHAPBOOK PRIZE — Publishing intern [1/2023-5/2023]

  • Leveraged social media for brand promotion and built relationships with other English departments at other universities in Iowa

  • Evaluated and discussed 120+ manuscript submissions in team meetings

  • Collaborated with the author on manuscript editing in Word and formatting in InDesign

  • Crafted final cover design using Adobe Photoshop and Procreate after author consultation

IOWA YOUTH WRITING PROJECT — VOLUNTEER [8/23-12/23]

  • Created and prepared engaging lesson plans for schoolchildren aged 5-12 on the basics of creative writing

  • Taught weekly, after-school lessons to more than 20 children

  • Encouraged students to follow writing prompts, helping them to navigate their creative voices

EDUCATION

University of Iowa — B.A./B.S. English and Creative Writing/ Psychology [8/21-5/24]

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Graduated with honors; cumulative GPA of 3.7.

  • Chosen to serve on a panel for notable student publishers in Iowa City in Aug. 2023

  • Received a spot on the Dean’s List for academic excellence in the spring and fall of 2023, as well as spring 2024.

  • Accepted into Undergraduate Writers’ Workshop poetry course for fall of 2023

  • Awarded 2024 Student Publications Inc. scholarship for exemplary work at The Daily Iowan.

Skills

Copyediting, Copywriting, Python, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, SEO, Procreate