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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Client services include brand stories, content strategy, copywriting, ghostwriting, SEO, grant writing, editing, and video scripts.
• Consulted with commercial clients, including Autodesk, Steelcase, Viking Range, Eberly &Collard Public Relations, Spoon, Melcher Media, and Endeavor Media.
• Expert at conveying technical information in engaging, conversational narratives. Profile: https://jefflink.pressfolios.com

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Award-winning reporting has appeared in WIRED, Fast Company, Dwell, Architect, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and many other publications.
• Expertise in interviewing, data analysis, and investigative reporting. Profile: https://muckrack.com/jeff-link

Greater Chicago Area

• Directed the development of high-visibility software design blogs, hiring guides, and web pages for the world’s largest fully remote company, a talent agency representing 10,000+ technical professionals.
• Managed editorial projects from ideation to distribution, coordinating and reviewing work by writers, copy editors, and illustrators.
• Created and maintained multiple editorial calendars.
• Performed structural and line edits to refine the content, tone, and style of writers’ drafts, earning team-wide recognition for achieving exceptional time-on-site rates.
• Contributed to a refresh of the company’s editorial style guide in alignment with AP style and brand objectives.
• Wrote briefs providing creative direction for hero images, interior graphics, and data visualizations, integrating insights from marketing and growth strategy leaders.

Greater Chicago Area

• Covered user experience and product design for a fast-moving tech company with a popular website drawing millions of readers.
• . Pitched original story ideas; investigated research from legal documents and peer-reviewed journals; published two weekly 1,500- to 2,000-word articles.
• Developed a 3,000+ person source network; conducted rigorous interviews with design leaders and executives at companies such as Meta, Uber, Amazon, and Slack.
• Formatted stories for content management system; drafted provocative social copy, captions, and headlines; used Canva to create distinctive visual assets.
• Collaborated with a 30+ person editorial team to refine a highly successful content distribution strategy that propelled audience growth on a high-traffic website and newsletter reaching 1.2 million subscribers..

• Cultivated donor relationships with national organizations such as the United States-Japan Foundation, Wildlife Preservation Fund, and National Endowment for the Humanities.
• Wrote grant proposals to individuals, foundations, corporations, and state and federal government bureaus to achieve annual fund-raising goal of $450,000.
• Formulated grant strategies with staff at all levels of the organization via phone and email, including vice-presidents, education and community program directors, and communications staff.
• Promoted from Grant Writer to Development Officer within eight months.

Glencoe, Illinois

• Prepared grant proposals for foundations and corporate partners.
• Wrote capital and endowment reports related to initiatives in plant science, urban farming, land conservation, youth mentorship, and ecologic restoration.

180 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60647

• Directed publishing division from 2009-2011, including author acquisition, contract negotiation, editorial and design management, and budget oversight.
• Conceptualized and created the company’s social marketing voice, enhancing the reputation and visibility of the NTI Upstream brand.
• Wrote press releases, white papers, banner ads, dust jackets, book and firm websites, academic and public library campaigns, social media pages, and grant-funded publications for the American Medical Association and.
• Edited 70,000-90,000 word, award-winning nonfiction titles distributed worldwide through retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor.
• Partnered with top publicity firms to generate creative content for national television and radio campaigns, resulting in media placements in the "New York Times," NPR’s "Weekend Edition," and numerous regional.
• Spearheaded the six-month transition of all titles to electronic book format available on major tablets and e-readers.

Chicago, IL

• Taught four sections of WRD 104 in the DePaul’s First-Year Writing Program, introducing students to classical rhetoric, argumentative research writing, and formal conventions for scholarly documentation and citation.
• Guided students on the appropriate use of online resources for collecting peer-reviewed publications, including search engines and online databases such as ERIC, JSTOR, and Google Scholar.
• Earned exceptional Staff Guided Instructional Development evaluation, receiving high praise from students and supervising faculty mentor.

Iowa City

• Taught two sections of Creative Writing Studio Workshop for undergraduate students of all majors.
• Organized course readings in poetry, short fiction, and the personal essay; prepared class lectures; guided group discussions, writing workshops, and student portfolio development.
• Managed online Blackboard courses in Fiction Writing and Advanced Fiction Writing with student participants from around the world, including published adult writers and inmates.

Columbus, Ohio

• Designed English courses such as Banned Books, American Short Stories, and Irish Literature to teach a diverse student population at one of Ohio’s premier charter high schools.
• Collaborated with business and non-profit partners to supervise student internships at more than 25 Columbus-area sites, including the Columbus Museum of Art and the Ohio Historical Preservation Society.
• Recognized in the 2006 edition of "Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers."

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Fiction Writing

Activities and Societies: • Authored "Almost in Love," a collection of short fiction, under the direction of Ethan Canin. • Studied.

Master Of Education (Med), Secondary Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: • Designed and taught extensive multimedia high school English unit, "Heart Music," combining twentieth-century.

Bachelor'S Degree, English

Activities and Societies: • Graduated with Distinction and Dean’s List honors, completing coursework in classical and contemporary.