Stirista is a data and marketing company operating in San Antonio, Texas. They’ve been a Fastest Growing Private Company on the Inc. 5000 list for seven years in a row, have placed on the Asian American Fast 500, and have received some other exciting awards since I’ve started working with them.I've been working with Stirista since early 2022. I’ve written blogs, whitepapers, case studies, and lots and lots and lots of emails. I think I can say I've gotten pretty good at B2B marketing and learned a lot about how marketing data works!

ZDI is a creative agency under the Stirista umbrella. With ZDI, I've had the opportunity to write emails, blogs, website copy, and landing pages for a number of clients in all types of industries.

The San Antonio Current is a bi-weekly alternative newspaper that runs in my hometown. I've contributed multiple pieces to the publication, especially in pop culture, arts, and especially music.

The Paper Tiger is a music venue in San Antonio. While there, I worked in a fast-paced environment to sell tickets, check in concertgoers, and handle miscellaneous tasks to ensure a smooth concert experience. I regularly checked in, sold tickets to, and wristbanded over 800 attendants a night using Eventbrite. I also bartended there for a year. It was an experience I really loved and appreciated!

For a while after graduation, I SAT tutored high schoolers in San Antonio.

I worked at this charter school, running an after-school program and engaging kids in extracurriculars--oftentimes doing art projects with them. Here, I learned that while kids are cute, I struggle at managing 20 of them at once. Kudos to the people that can.

Managed a team of five designers and three illustrators to produce each week’s edition of campus newspaperMaintained visual coherence and branding for The Rice ThresherRegularly used InDesign, Illustrator, and PhotoShop in conjunction with one anotherManaged an eight-person team during the COVID pandemic using Slack, email services, and ZoomHired, trained, and onboarded new designers and illustrators

Ran a general shift each week for the Rice radio station; Wrote articles covering concerts

Designed materials for the Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Undergraduate Journal; managed a team of designersReimagined the branding for the Rice Journal of Public Policy and produced all-new InDesign layoutsLed a team of two designers to prepare the annual edition of RJPP

Ah yes, another formative experience of my young adulthood. At Urban Outfitters, I assisted customers and contributed to an open, comfortable shopping environment. I maintained the highest rewards member subscription rate from new customers while working the point-of-sale system by charmingly asking them whether they wanted to join the rewards program for a 10% discount off their first order.

White Oak Music Hall is a music venue located in Houston, TX. As the digital marketing intern, I worked on a number of projects, including locating over 260 Houston-based influencers using Instagram and Twitter and compiling them in an Excel spreadsheet, creating an Instagram graphic for their digital street team using Illustrator, combing through numerous radio station charts to find artists playing at WOMH and compiling them in an Excel spreadsheet, and assisted in building a Facebook auto FAQ response by digging through most commonly DM’d questions and generating key phrases with answers. (pausing here to catch my breath) I also verified that concerts were posted on Pollstar, Bandkick, Band Website, Spotify, and helped during concerts as a runner and box office attendant, along with other miscellaneous tasks.

My second job on-campus. I organized and assisted in the distribution of mail to faculty, staff, and grad students, and performed other administrative tasks.

This was my first job on-campus. My roommate (and also coworker) and I conducted nine interviews with alumni and edited over 120 minutes of footage/audio using Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Audition to produce a ten-minute promotional video for the office. We also managed the office website using WordPress.