Aimee Chou Email & Phone Number

Lynnwood, WA, US

- Co-authored a commissioned full-length script with Kalen Feeny: "Harmony High: The Pegasus Remix" - Customized a themed storyline directly from source material devised by Pegasus Ensemble's two-year performance training program cohort of 15 students ages 14-21 with cognitive, physical, and/or developmental disabilities

Seattle, WA

Highlights:- Co-launched the pilot William S. Yellow Robe Jr. Playwright Residency - Oversaw a budget for a restricted grant and a team of 10+ Black Deaf stakeholders for the BASL (Black American Sign Language) Project - Supported development projects through a three-year growth period of a tripled operating income: editing/co-writing over 25 development.

Greater Seattle Area

- Wrote press releases and built strategic press, radio, and broadcast relations. - Created targeted press pitches resulting in high-profile coverage (Seattle Times, KUOW, Crosscut, Seattle’s Child, KIRO 7, American Theatre Magazine) on topics ranging from accessibility, multimedia tribal projects, foreign language captioning, pandemic arts recovery, and.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Currently serving on a 2023-2025 cohort to envision an even more inclusive spacemaking and programming for a landmark organization offering 500+ education and community engagements impacting 40,000+ diverse students and community members.- Current project: consulting on a pilot outdoor captioning and ASL interpreted access initiative for STG's Remlinger.

Seattle, WA

• Wrote weekly articles, infographics, Deaf-Friendly Showcase, and Sponsored Content for deaf/hard-of-hearing digital readership of up to 10,000 monthly site visitors
• Provided editorial direction for site map items: Terms of Service, Reviewer Guidelines, FAQ, Privacy Policy
• Beta-tested over 25 functionalities and features during national launch rollout
• Develop content strategies to grow a platform with +1,100 current reviews from over 150 active users
• Create AP-standard press releases for pilot city site (Seattle) and expansion to nine cities
• Utilize MailChimp to track email campaigns, click performance, and subscriber numbers

- Taught playwriting fundamentals to a Deaf and HOH teen student cohort at Kentucky School for the Deaf, via contract by Office of Accessibility / Kennedy VSA- Developed an interactive ASL-based virtual curriculum - Produced a capstone event run of show, casting three professional actors for a live script reading featuring five student scripts with genres.

Ashland, OR

- Romeo & Juliet (Lady Montague, Apothecary, Ensemble)- Snow in Midsummer (Worker Chen)

Seattle, WA

Changing the conversation about suicide: through advocacy, systemic change, legislation, and leveraging the media to frame suicide as a public health issue. Ongoing responsibilities:- Delivering 2-hour suicide reporting trainings to UW undergraduate journalism students - Managing several social media platforms daily, with organic reach- Developing digital.

• #ODHHthat | June 2016, acting role in Public Service Announcement (PSA) for Washington Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH)
• Accessibility 101 training video | May 2016, acting role for Microsoft Corporation
• No More FOMO: Fight for the Deaf End User | October 2015 presentation at &yetConf
• God of Carnage | April 2016, acting role for Deaf Spotlight
• The Reflection of Truth | April 2011, acting role for Abused Deaf Women Advocacy Services (ADWAS)

Bellevue, WA

• Sampling of Academic Projects:
• C# Programming: Created projects ranging from a machine vs. player poker game, to a GUI program that simulates a Lottery game, and a calculator that tallies total number of eggs laid.
• Front-end Development: Designed a Solar System game (with HTML5’s drag-and-drop functionality), a Number guessing game (using JavaScript to randomize player choices), and a Rock-Paper-Scissor game with shapes rendered.
• Database Design and Execution: Utilized stored procedures, SQL scripting, DDL, indexing and UDFs to manipulate data in a hypothetical Northwind database. Designed an e-commerce DVD store with.NET framework classes, to.
• Graphic Design: Deployed a project site via Adobe Dreamweaver, and published two WordPress sites. Recreated a CD jacket by using Adobe Illustrator masking and layering techniques.

Bellevue, WA

- Recruited and challenged patrons to Battle of Sexes 8-ball games, based on rules of the Billiards Congress of America (BCA)- Maintained a personal 56% kill ratio out of 211 lifetime Gauntlet games- Developed social media strategy for “Parlor Team Vixen” Facebook page (currently discontinued)- Hosted interactive trick shot shows (in-house and at external.

Seattle, WA

• My job was part-editorial, part-production, for numerous education sites inc. our flagship property (eLearners.com). I took RFPs from designers, account managers, and media managers to create content for the Web and.
• Provided Web production support and clients' school page updates, deploying revisions with.VSS
• Interviewed financial aid directors, instructional designers, and industry experts to create informative content for "Career Section" and "Education Resources" sections
• Used social media monitoring analytics platform (Crimson Hexagon) to tailgate trending education issues
• Acted as a social media point person, building student engagement via Twitter and Facebook
• Assisted long-term SEO overhaul, auditing and organizing hundreds of old indexed web pages via.xlsx

Greater Seattle Area

• Proofread hundreds of electronic books in preparation for Kindle electronic reader launch
• Trained incoming editors to use proprietary QA software tool
• Corrected thousands of ASINs, ISBNs, author names and metadata as listed on Amazon.com

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Wrote daily local news and features content pertinent to southeastern Washington State, mainly serving a readership of Benton and Franklin counties. Print sections I've bylined: Front page news | Mid-Columbia | Page 3

Seattle

- Wrote articles for one of the nation's largest local business publications, inc. news about healthcare costs, ER legislation, Sarbanes-Oxley, and a philanthropy series- Produced content for print subscribers as well as Web-oriented readers (i.e.: interviewed prominent locals for PSBJ's "In-Person" Q&A - available in print only)- Assisted with.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Delta Epsilon Chi (DECA) State business competition, First Place (International Marketing Division), Nationals.

American Sign Language (Asl)

Certificate, Programming Web Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism - Department Of Communications

Activities and Societies: - Wrote for the University of Washington Daily, the state's third-largest publication with a +10,000 circulation.