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Oklahoma City, OK, US

• Design, oversee, & implement unified optimization strategies to drive long-term, sustainable organic site traffic
• Manage and lead client relationships, communication, and reporting
• Review all writer content for quality and SEO best practices; producing style guides & content briefs
• Identify & deploy all on-site SEO optimizations, including SEO technical fixes and schema
• Perform keyword research & design content plans to sync with client marketing drives
• Remain adaptable to client fields that include: business & industrial cybersecurity, competitive retail intelligence, distributed energy solutions, fintech, fitness, locums tenens medical care, vehicle repair, & much.

• Author of the London Times bestselling novel Girl in the Walls, 2021, Ecco/HarperCollins (U.S.) & 4th Estate/HarperCollins (U.K.), with four translations
• Publishing credits: Guardian, Literary Hub, Gulf Coast, The Daily Telegraph, and other venues

• Produce high-quality SEO-driven content to build traffic and boost conversions
• Build backlink profiles through performance PR writing
• Speak on behalf of business CEOs, faithfully representing their brand tone and voice

Appalachian State University

• Supervised over fifty instructors and staff for two hundred gifted high school students for the educational, sleep-away summer program
• Generated instructional materials and leaded staff and parent information sessions
• Provided 24/6 support to all staff for all student educational, health, and disciplinary issues

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Worked through the UNCW MFA Creative Writing department with Wilmington, NC public schools to provide weekly creative writing programming during language arts classes
• Generated lesson plans and taught middle school students creative writing techniques in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

Wilmington, North Carolina

• Generated lesson plans and leading weekly collegiate-level class discussion sessions, covering film topics such as editing, mise-en-scene, sound, and cinematography
• Developed students' analytical writing skills through class presentations, graded students' papers, and was available for one-on-one tutoring sessions during scheduled office hours

Lafayette College

• Provided orientation and ongoing training for instructional assistants
• Served as a liaison with the campus bookstore
• Assisted the academic dean in editing and processing student evaluations
• Facilitated distribution of instructional supplies and arranging food and transportation for field trips
• Provided logistical support to the academic dean and other administrators

Saint Louis, MO

• Implemented and oversaw 100+ programs and 50+ instructors in Missouri and Illinois schools to promote chess as an educational, developmental, and community-building tool
• Developed chess curriculum for SLU Dementia Study & coordinated programs in the Your Move Chess Ascension program
• Maintained relationships with Saint Louis and Ferguson Public School District superintendants and principals
• Managed research and cataloged chess’ effect on academic and non-cognitive improvement
• Developed chess class curricula for scholastic, special-needs, and elderly students
• Contributed to the training of chess instructors in classroom management, teaching, and chess skills

Budapest, Hungary

• Created lesson plans and taught English language skills to classes of European students of all ages

Loyola University

• Tutored university students on a one-on-one basis to improve writing techniques such as brainstorming, revision techniques, ESL issues, and basic sentence construction
• Worked with area high school students to prepare them for ACT & SAT Writing sections

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Creative Writing--Fiction

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General, 3.89

Activities and Societies: Loyola director of the 1718 Literary Society, Intern for the Tennessee Williams and Saints and Sinners Literary.

Education record