I supervised all operations and communications functions for the Program in Creative Writing and the Program in Poetry & Poetics. This included promotional outreach across the University and 60+ external partner organizations; running the program website and social media; writing grant, fundraising, and budget proposals; and managing 8 distinct budgets across two funding units. We put on 35+ public readings and lectures featuring high-profile writers per year and served over 175 students including majors, minors, and students pursuing the Creative Writing Option through the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities. I worked closely with our faculty director on all faculty affairs issues, including searches, service assignments, and compliance with the collective bargaining agreement with the non-tenure track faculty union. I led a team that included a Communications & Events Coordinator, a Student Affairs Administrator, 2 Writing & ResearchAdvisors, and ~1-4 student employees.

• Wrote 50+ customized proposals for new business aimed at clients across nonprofit sector, including proprietary proposals for C-suite executives• Managed pricing model, style guide, and proposal copy templates for business development team• Created weekly and monthly revenue reports; presented findings to firm’s senior leadership committee• Supervised two Business Development Writers and Marketing Analytics Specialist

Prior to the University's creative writing program expansion and my promotion to Senior Program Manager, I:• Provided administrative support and guidance to ~20 tenure-track, full-time, and part-time faculty; manage faculty appointments and renewals• Worked with program Chair to design, propose, and prepare for a new undergraduate major.• Oversaw 30+ public readings and lectures/year featuring high-profile visiting writers; organized travel, accommodation, catering, payment, and A-V needs• Wrote, edited, and disseminated marketing materials aimed at students and general public to share information on events, programs, and extracurricular opportunities; designed informational flyers and maintained 2 program websites• Scheduled 50+ graduate and undergraduate courses/year in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and playwriting; assist faculty with curriculum development (including the design of a new major in Creative Writing)• Managed eight distinct budgets, including endowment, gift, and grant accounts; assisted program Chair with grant application and renewals• Hired and supervised Events Programming Assistant and Student Programming Assistant

•Designed and managed quarterly academic, social, and career events for undergraduate English majors and minors• Coordinated supervision for approximately 45 creative and critical theses/year; supervised six graduate student preceptors providing thesis and career preparation for undergraduates• Assisted Director of Undergraduate Studies and Department Chair with undergraduate curricular programming and scheduling; organized faculty advising for 3rd- and 4th- years

• Organized ~100 events over 3 quarters for current students, faculty, alumni, and prospective students; prepared events budgets and expense reports• Managed electronic and paper files and FileMaker Pro database on ~1800 current students and alumni• Maintained program website, two program blogs, and various social media platforms• Wrote and edited informational materials for current and prospective students

Provided academic writing instruction for two sections of the Humanities Core Course in Autumn and Winter (Media Aesthetics, ~35 students/quarter); supervised training workshop for 6 graduate student instructors

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Freelance submissions reader for Cricket Magazine Group.

As a member of the legal support team for the largest piece of litigation in US history, assisted with complicated aspects of discovery and trial preparation, including the collection of deposition preparation materials, the creation of trial exhibit lists and databases, and research/cite-checking for various complex legal documents. Job responsibilities included extensive domestic and international travel.

Oral History Independent Study: Advised by Adam Hradilek, The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Prague, Czech Republic- Put together a project examining the way Czech society has addressed the controversial Benes Decrees through monuments, outreach, and public dialogue-Organized extensive travel throughout the Czech Republic, took initiative in contacting interview subjects, translators, and local guides-Carried out and transcribed interviews with historians, activists, and political figures, developed an independent analysis, prepared formal multimedia presentation