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Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Strategically advise Transportation & Mobility and Utilities departments with communications counsel and political awareness of community hot topics
• Advance department and organization goals through cohesive interdepartmental messaging approach
• Prioritize execution of effective storytelling campaigns for varied work across departments, including the airport and major infrastructure projects
• Explore multimedia storytelling tools to explain controversial topics and dispel misinformation
• Serve as trained, on-call staff for emergency disaster communications
• Advance racial equity work as co-lead of the Communication & Engagement Department's Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team, including facilitating development of an Equity Action Plan

Colorado, United States

• Served at the Communication and Engagement Department at the City of Boulder as a temporary embedded staff member at the Department of Library and Arts.
• Led and executed multimedia communication campaigns consistent with city voice
• Advised and strategically addressed communication needs of library leadership and staff
• Improved 3+ library webpages with an accessibility and user-first perspective
• Wrote biweekly newsletter for 50,000+ subscribers, press releases, articles, alerts and more
• Managed social media channels and coordinated to improve scheduling processes

Colorado, United States

• Maximize scripting process with template system for wedding infotainment videos
• Script 8+ YouTube videos to reflect company vision and center audience concerns
• Collaborate to ensure accurate representation of wedding vendors through scripting and filming process
• Delivered initial concepts for redesigning the landing page and logo
• Supervised script and actor direction on 4+ video shoots

Remote

• During my time in Hindsight, I was responsible for directing the journal’s visual transition from its previous title, Journal 2020. I spearheaded an extensive AD handbook and ongoing design guide and implemented a.
• Led visual storytelling, design, and style through interdepartmental collaboration
• Optimized Art Direction’s internal operations by implementing Trello, Miro, and Google Drive customization to efficiently prioritize and meet multiple deadlines
• Coordinated with Marketing to develop new branding materials (posters, banners, icons, SNS templates, etc.)
• Organized weekly AD meetings through Zoom for our team of three
• Designed a logo, colophon, and covers for digital and print issues while incorporating feedback

Remote

• I collaborated with students and faculty to help construct an annotated digital bibliographic database to make the Norlin Library’s fairy-tale collection more accessible to the community. During my time there I.
• Initiated migration of content from Drupal to Web Express
• Improved readers' user experience through new organizational categories in Web Express
• Created a flexible handbook for researchers to edit the new website and add new informationTools:Drupal, Web Express, Google Drive, Adobe XD, the ATU Index (Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index)

Boulder, Colorado, United States

As a research intern, I worked with Dr. Adam Bradley and a graduate student to create rap & poetry curriculum for 4th graders. Using information from a combination of education, rap, poetry, and literature resources, I also designed a poetry & rap activity that was both highly interactive and scalable for grades K-12.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Assisted in revising an addendum to the program's provost report for 2017-2018
• Supported with assigning financial transactions SpeedTypes (Fund, Organization, and Program/Project data)
• Created, maintained, and digitally compiled data into Microsoft Office
• Supported staff actively with organizational tasks and event preparation

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Completed two weeks of intensive teacher training on creating community between diverse identities, developing instructional strategies, and classroom management
• Taught Reading and DIY Fashion to four sections of 6th-8th grade students
• Revised over 20 lesson plans with reading faculty to optimize student learning
• Supervised field trips and daily club sessions of six to 12 children to ensure safety and student enrichment

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Managed reviews and endorsements for 5+ manuscripts through sustaining communication with reviewers
• Aided marketing through producing 20+ book flyers, data entry in Unity, conducting searches for potential adopters of texts, and contacting journals for reviews

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Served as an outreach liaison during the INVST Community Leadership Program application period
• Promoted INVST with weekly chalk advertisements, tabling sessions, and flyering with student volunteers

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Literature, 3.985

Activities and Societies: Educational Diversity Scholar, Miramontes Arts and Sciences Program Scholar, and Global Opportunity.

Exchange Semester, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies