As a writer, I've worked with clients ranging from marketing agencies and for-profits to municipal government, nonprofits, and universities in order to help them tell their stories through websites, print, outdoor advertising, blogs, video and radio scripts--you name it. If you'd like to collaborate on a writing project, please feel free to contact me here or visit my website at jengose.com.

As the Communications Director at Earlham, I supervised our creative team in crafting and executing copy and design for our email, print, website, and other content. This included project management as well as oversight and review of creative before it was sent into production.

In this role at Earlham, I worked within the Marketing and Communications team as the primary copywriter to develop and write marketing materials for recruitment and advancement—including email funnels, print publications, social campaigns and website content.

As the Director of EPIC Communications, I worked with the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs to strategize and develop communications related the EPIC Journey, Earlham's signature program that provides advising and funded career experiences to students.

My mission as the Director of Career Education at Earlham was to develop large-scale, long-term strategies for connecting Earlham students and alumni to meaningful career discernment, experiential learning, professional resources, and networking opportunities. Most importantly, I helped tell the story of how an Earlham liberal arts education can change the world.

Alongside advising, I have also managed marketing and communications for the Center for Integrated Learning. This included developing a general marketing strategy, managing social media, designing and maintaining webpages, and creating publications.During a transitional time in our office, I helped coordinate internships for the Center as well. This included communicating with internship partners, managing the application process, and leading orientation for new interns.

I guided students and alumni in learning to tell their stories in compelling ways through the creation of resumes, cover letters, personal statements, applications, and curricula vitae. I also advised students on interviewing, job/internship searches, and the graduate school application process. In collaboration with faculty and staff, I provided career-related programming and presentations on a variety of topics.

I served as an administrative graduate assistant in the Department of English, working under both the Director of Creative Writing and the Assistant Chair of the Department. In this position, I helped organize events in Ball State's Visiting Writers Series, including the In Print Festival of First Books, and I created promotional materials for both the Creative Writing Program and the English Department. In addition to these roles, I also assisted in a Creative Writing Immersive Learning course which paired Ball State students with local school children. The students collaborated together to create works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and to publish and present these works to the community.

As a graduate assistant in Ball State's Archives and Special Collections, I aided students and patrons in archival research, using finding aids, and locating helpful materials for their research projects. I also catalogued and organized new collections.

As an intern in the IHS Press, I copy edited and fact checked historical fiction book manuscript on Indiana history--specifically the contact, conflict, and collaboration of European Americans and Native Americans. I also conducted archival research and generated a report on a Catalog and Register of the Fort Wayne Female College from 1851-1852, which was published on the IHS website as a part of their online genealogical resources. In addition, I attended and aided in the organization of the Midwestern Roots Family History and Genealogy Conference of 2012.

I served as the Administrative Assistant on an oral history project involving students and active-duty soldiers. My duties involved: contacting interview candidates and conducting pre-interview screening; organizing the visit to campus of 20+ service members, including a reception and banquet for the soldiers and members of the Ball State community; and editing and transcribing the oral history interviews.

At Centerville-Abington Elementary, I aided students and faculty in the use of computers by monitoring the school's two computer labs, supervising student use of computers and computer programs, and assisting teachers in classroom activities involving computers. I also maintained computer programs such as Accelerated Reading (AR) and facilitated computer-based assessments, including ISTEP. When needed, I served as a substitute teacher in classrooms (K-6).

As an Honors Research Fellow, I worked with professors from the English and History Departments within the Center for Middletown Studies on a project called "What Middletown Read." This project involved the transcription of nineteenth-century handwritten library ledgers, as well as researching census data for nineteenth-century library patrons. This data was entered data into an Access database which was then used to generate a website and online searchable database of Muncie library patrons' transactions from the 1890s and early 1900s.

At Minnetrista Cultural Center, I interacted with visitors and encouraged engagement with exhibits as a part of a semester-long practicum experience. My position was entirely involved with visitor services, explaining exhibits and encouraging children and adults alike to play, learn, and engage.

During two summers (2007 and 2008), I performed administrative duties in the Centerville (now Cambridge City) maintenance sub-district of INDOT. This involved interacting with the public, answering phone calls and emails, creating spreadsheets for organizing data (such as information for the Adopt-a-Highway program), and entering time cards.

I worked part-time as a page at the Hagerstown-Jefferson Township Library; from June 2005 I was head page, managing the schedules of myself and two other student workers. As a page, I repaired and reshelved books, assisted patrons in finding and utilizing library resources, and provided customer service at the circulation desk.