LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

 

Account Executive & Team Member, Form & Function Marketing 

Jan 2016 - Present

• Led team coordination of 6-8 people on marketing strategies for Evanston businesses and Northwestern student groups

• Coordinated design of two websites and three logos for client brand building

• Prepared two reports with team for client that listed key social influencers and social media tactics

• Designed PowerPoint presentations to pitch client recommendations, e.g. one outcome executed work for a social strategy

 

North by Northwestern

Managing Editor

Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

• Edited 6-10 stories per week and supervised with management department a weekly 20+ story budget

• Mentored 30+ person staff and section editors on executing stories and projects on deadline

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Features Editor and Magazine Writer

​September 2013- June 2015

• Managed section-wide projects and meetings with 10+  staff writers, e.g. Hungry

• Planned out story budget to ensure a 2-3 weekly quota of published stories

• Collaborated with Interactive and Photo teams to maximize user engagement, e.g. Graduated and Homeless 

• Wrote 18 features and short pieces

 

NULearn Workshop Leader, Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching 

September 2014 - June 2015

• Developed and presented 3 time management workshops, each for 8-10 undergraduate students

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WORK EXPERIENCE

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Editorial Intern, Healthline

January 2017 - March 2017

• Edited ~30 lifestyle and clinical articles and wrote 11 lifestyle health pieces

• Managed freelance writers and stories from pitch to production

• Edited and coded in HTML published articles for SEO improvement and within 4 days saw 15% traffic increase

 

Planning Intern, Intouch Solutions

June 2016 - August 2016

• Researched three diseases and created three PowerPoint decks to guide brainstorms for a product idea

• Utilized databases MRI and Kantar and video interviews to research target markets and develop insights

• Brainstormed and developed with an eight-person intern team a new product to promote treatment adherence in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis patients within one month deadline, which Intouch later presented to client

• Wrote creative brief, researched, and developed insights for new HR recruiting material project

 

Communications Assistant, NU Office of Human Resources

Feb 2016 - Present

• Coordinate communications for annual event, “Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day,” serving over 300 participants

• Produce webpage, articles and emails to publicize event to Northwestern faculty and staff​

 

Clerical Assistant, Medill Business Office 

​Sept 2013- Jan 2016

• Input billings and expense reports into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to check balances

 

Corporate Intern, Calkins Media (WTXL-ABC27)                              

June 2015 - August 2015

• Pitched a leading stories and wrote a top story with over 7,000 views

• Researched and wrote web stories about local businesses and government

• Produced packages and news blocks using Aurora about local news for our target audience

• Communicated and scheduled interviews with public officials for stories

 

Editorial Intern, NewBeauty/Sandow                                                 

July 2014 - August 2014

• Wrote online content and researched facts and trends, e.g. Big Beauty Words

• Communicated with businesses in the industry about latest products and PR material

 

Pace Chair, Gamma Phi Beta Epsilon Chapter        

December 2014 - December 2015

• Coordinated events for chapter and help maintain public relations 

 

Beauty Columnist, The Daily Northwestern​                       

February 2014- June 2014

• Wrote a weekly column to appeal to makeup enthusiasts and reached over 500 viewers.

 

Intern reporter, Tallahassee Senior Center                                 

June 2012- June 2013

• Wrote for citywide newsletter

• Co-authored lead story and managed blog

• Conducted in-depth research about building’s history