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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Have written and edited for culture and political websites about a range of topics; from finance to travel. In manners such as copy, blogs, features, listicles, and interviews. • Have edited a wide array of articles that include academic and creative writing. • Academic writing was edited for accuracy of grammar, punctuation, and usage. • I critiqued creative nonfiction and fiction writing for its style, in addition to punctuation, grammar, and usage.

San Francisco Bay Area

Multinational financial services company that is the world’s fourth-largest bank by market capitalization and the fourth-largest bank in the United States by total assets.• Write, copy edit, coordinate traffic, and conduct quality control of digital knowledge and communications content for an online support community.• Coordinate the annual recertification of digital content.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to move digital content from new concept or recertification request through approval to publishing.• Execute and update a framework and lead an effective end-to-end project management process for Community content.• Assist other team members on quality assurance, helping point customers to existing answers, compliance activities, and other projects.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Edit the work of up to 25 contributing writers, optimizing for AP Style, SEO best practices, and organizational style guidelines.• Researched and wrote weekly articles to raise awareness about solutions to poverty in developing nations.• Managed fundraising campaigns, from authoring letters to US Congress and Senate to helping to craft op-eds.Key accomplishments:o Developed content that directly contributed to the passage of four acts, including The Read Act (earmarking monies from foreign aid budgets to programs that would improve literacy in West Africa; passed by House and Senate); The PEPFAR Extension Act (five-year extension of global AIDS relief; passed by House and Senate); The BUILD Act (merging multiple foreign development agencies into one; passed by the House); and The Global Food Security Reauthorization Act (a multiyear renewal of the US’ commitment to combat global hunger; passed by the Senate).

Istanbul, Turkey

• Served on the executive editorial committee that crafted content direction for a website that drew over 30K UMVs.• Managed, mentored and shaped the work of up to 70 contributing writers.• Wrote more than 20 articles across the topical spectrum, from sports and entertainment to the arts and business.• Contributed photography as image accompaniment to articles, including work that was publicly exhibited in Istanbul. • Took charge of line editing the “Travel” and “What’s Going On” sections, two of the site’s leading audience draws.Key accomplishments:o Provided editorial leadership that directly contributed to a doubling of readership in less than two years.o Spearheaded the transformation of this website from an event listing to a full-fledged outlet for cultural journalism.o Organized “Expat Spotlight”, a highly successful monthly speaker series covering topics ranging from personal health to entrepreneurship, which is still running to this day.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Wrote and edited B2B copy for eight tenders and campaigns for Apple, Microsoft, and other major companies; helped edit content and pitches for 15 other campaigns. • Interviewed internal clients to write and edit technical documents that were communicated externally to the media and professional audiences; also, proofread and copy-edited copy for auditing, M&A, HR, marketing and legal departments. Key accomplishments:o Successfully served as one of two editors for a 1,500-person office, editing a high volume of written output with high sensitivity to deadlines and confidentiality. o Developed and implemented an in-house style guide that PWC currently uses throughout Turkey and the Middle East.o Wrote the 2016 Energy Deals Annual Reviews: M&A Activity in Turkey’s Energy Market, the preeminent resource European companies used in 2017 to monitor the Turkish energy sector. o Won 50% of the tenders that I was in charge of writing. o Regularly wrote and edited over 20,000 words per week.

Post-Baccalaureate, Writing

Activities and Societies: Ursa Minor - Creative Nonfiction Editor

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Men's Rugby Club, Club Basketball, UVM FIlm Society, Student Government Men's Rugby Club - A side player.

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