Danielle Deavens Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Greater St. Louis

The Arch Grants Expert-in-Residence (EIR) program provides mentorship and coaching assistance to current and past Arch Grants Founders through 1:1 coaching and consulting. I work closely with fellow Arch Grants recipients on pitch development, marketing, and ops strategy. I also consult on UX/UI copywriting and marketing projects.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Venture For America is a fellowship for recent grads who want to learn how to build a business while making an impact. VFA Fellows get training and join a startup in an emerging US city, where they live and work for two years at one of our hundreds of partner companies. They learn hands-on what it takes to build a company, while getting the mentorship.

Greater New York City Area

-Reported and wrote features on food and drink, travel and popular culture for Brides.com-Produced digital news content, with an emphasis on child marriage laws and marriage equality-Hosted Cocktail Hour, a food & drink-focused Instagram story series shared with 1 million+ followers-Wrote and edited features stories for bimonthly print magazinePortfolio.

Greater New York City Area

-Report and write features on food+drink, travel, entertaining, pop culture and hair for Brides.com-Produce daily news content, with an emphasis on child marriage laws and marriage equality-Write features content for bimonthly Brides Magazine

-Wrote and edited front of book print content-Curated Daily Clips, an internal newsletter updating staff on industry news-Facilitated correspondence between the publication and its readers-Directly assisted the editor-in-chief with day-to-day administrative tasks

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

-Wrote interior design product page-Fact-checked over 20 pages of editorial content-Researched and fact-checked By the Numbers content

Greater New York City Area

-Wrote entertainment and literature reviews for ESSENCE.com-Wrote a book review and an entertainment roundup for ESSENCE magazine (Oct. 2015 issue)-Collaborated with colleagues to develop and present redesign and upgrade opportunities for ESSENCE Live-Produced a pilot segment for ESSENCE Live-Attended weekly sessions with editors at titles such as The New.

Elon, NC

-Greeted and directed students, parents and other visitors around Moseley Center, the hub of Elon’s campus activity-Facilitated processing of space requests for university events-Responsible for opening or closing the building at least once each week, and trusted with access to master keys-Completed administrative tasks such as responding to emails.

London, United Kingdom

-Wrote blog posts for www.mentalhealth.org.uk-Developed a plan to optimize the Foundation's volunteer database-Represented the Foundation at a panel discussion on the future of content hosted at Google’s London offices

Hartford, CT

-Wrote a hard news story on organ donation that was published on the front page, above the fold of the Hartford Courant newspaper-Wrote four pieces in multiple genres – a restaurant review, two fashion pieces, and a feature; developed online photo gallery adapted from a restaurant review for Courant.com

Print & Online Journalism; Professional Writing

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