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 projects ranging from prospecting and stewarding, restricted and unrestricted grant proposals, crowdfunding, and more.

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 more.

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 Farms concert.

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 • Develop community-centric feature articles such as “Deaf-Friendly Showcase” and “Deaf and Making a Difference in Seattle”• Write bi-monthly copy for the social media “ridicuLIST” and “flashback Fridays” blog

- 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 ranging in fantasy, mystery, and drama.

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 media, such as a 2.5 min video featured in partner presentations to diverse audiences - Publishing a monthly newsletter for 5,000+ subscribers via Mailchimp- Creating PowerPoint and Prezi decks to be used for learning management systems (LMS), journalism trainings, a private industry conference, American Association of Suicidology conference, and more- Using graphic design tools and brand guidelines to develop social media and promotional content- Writing and disseminating press releases to journalists, for key events such as Education Day- Managing over 12 bloggers for Forefront’s Insight Blog- Maintain a Drupal content management system, including monthly feature stories and sidebar contentRecent projects:- Coordinating the Washington Award for Excellence in Coverage of Mental Health and Suicide contest - Copywriting for Drupal to Wordpress website overhaul- Training and media content for Safer Homes Suicide Aware, a resource to train firearm retailers, pharmacists, health care providers, and other professionals in suicide prevention- Copywriting annual report to highlight fiscal year 2016-2017 programs and future goals - Marketing and promotions strategy and deliverables for Forefront Suicide Prevention’s 5th Annual Celebration

• #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 by HTML5 elements.• 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 validate user input display data from a SQL database. • 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 venues) for various company events- Enacted over 10 custom trick shots such as the "Parlor Rack", and "Machine Gun", under the tutelage of house pro and former World Pockets Billiards Champion Dan Louie- Helped Team Parlor Vixen recruit nearly 500 patrons (by Jan 2011) and respective email addresses, for retention and list-building purposes- Participated in Vixen Interactives such as Roadhouse Wednesdays, selling test tube shots of Jack Daniels and JaegermeisterSee our story in the 2009 Seattle P-I!: http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/Bellevue-s-Vixens-play-mean-game-of-pool-1300131.php#page-2

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 trade show collateral.• 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 • Wrote a weekly blog, "Life's Ledger," tailored to financial aid matters• Produced banner, landing page, infographic, and article content intended to optimize long tail and short tail keywordsSample Projects:• Research and production to update federal and state data for eLearners’ Guide to Financial Aid (2012) • Content creation of specialized site campaigns such as Project Working Mom (projectworkingmom.com) and Career Stimulus Package (careerstimulus.com).• Revised descriptive copy for hundreds of degree, school, course, and program categories in an intensive 6-week project • QAed a company-wide site enhancement tool launch: Testing user stories, cross-browser functionality, cookies, and JS/Java-enabled compatibility• Screened thousands of entries for Jump Start Scholarship and EarnMyDegree Social Scholarship

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 researching, proofing, and fact-checking for editions ("Book of Lists") and weeklies ("People on the Move")

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.