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• Developed, maintained, and improved processes across three teams under the Product group.
• Facilitated a cross-group senior leadership meeting to troubleshoot problems, negotiate deliverables, and solve cross-vertical concerns.
• Coached a Learning Content team into a scalable publishing schedule based on past editorial work and agile development methodologies.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Key responsibilities- Revitalized agile-focused refinements, retros, and standups- Set roadmap, projections, and expectations for delivering a brand-new e-learning courseware in one year as part of a Gates Foundation grant- Provided tracking, guidance, and consultation with Equity, Learning, Product, and Engineering groups at a strategic level to deliver.

- Create unique tabletop games, to include game content and supporting documentationWork closely with co-founder to establish a coherent story and lore for the game world, and oversaw quality control to ensure consistency throughout game content- Draft corporate press releases in conjunction with business partners to ensure maximum social media exposure.

- Contact clients for work based on developmental, line, and copy edits- Invoice clients for work completed- Work with multiple style guides as needed by project.

- Manage the release plan for a large volunteer-run standards organization- Coordinate with chairs for working groups and steering committees to identify roadblocks and resource constraints for progress- Develop and present reports to steering committees and Boards on status updates- Provide operational support for an energy efficiency, volunteer-based.

Beaverton, OR

- Manage a wide range of work groups under technical organizations focusing on work in the Internet of Things, hardware development, and security solution spaces- Drive the specification release cycle execution, ranging from final copyedits on raw documentation to publication and submission to the ISO/IEC international standards bodyProject Experience.

• Negotiate timelines and production cycle of web content from creation to delivery
• Collaborate in the design, publishing, and maintenance of web content using Adobe ExperienceManager, exacting a high level of quality and assuring legal requirements, and launch guidelinesPast Projects
• Primary point of contact for engineers, lab employees, marketing officials, and a change controlboard to manage, and managed access to four internal content libraries of 20,000 users
• Saved $50,000 in work-hours for the business through comprehensive overhaul of Sales andMarketing metadata
• Cultivated brand awareness via weekly philanthropic messaging for a group of 30 executives in ahigh-tech corporation
• Executed new brand guidelines on corporate branding effort that impacted all pages on one of thetop 1,000 websites in the world; made deliverables under time and budget

Bullet Reviews

- Provide thorough book reviews based on a prescribed template- Work with WordPress and utilize basic HTML knowledge to create content- Co-host and edit the Unadulterated Hyperbole podcast with fellow media reviewers- Maintain contacts with publishing houses

Greater Nashville Area, TN

- Reviewed Tennessee state Medicare applications for content and correctness to ensure thatpotential applicants were compliant with state requirements- Coordinated with internal quality assurance teams to mitigate any issues arising from incorrectlyfiled applications.- Provided ongoing support to Tennessee Department of Human Services for application.

London, United Kingdom

- Arranged meetings with clients, agents, and production companies- Assisted with evaluation of unsolicited manuscripts and screenplays- Gained valuable office management skills

Knoxville, TN

- Select and edit submissions for the magazine- Participate in editorial meetings to improve every issue of the magazine- Edited final copy and proofed layout design

Knoxville, TN

- Coordinate video interviews with magazine contributors- Edit existing videos- Create video projects for the magazine’s website

M.A., Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Musical Theatre SocietyFinal Mark: Merit

B.A., English, Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Pi, The Daily Beacon, The Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine