• Draft content for high quality and effective communications products including proposals & reports, stories for web or print publications, acknowledgement and solicitation letters, emails, and e-news text that draw on knowledge of Aquarium programs and needs• Edit and improve Aquarium communications with relevancy and personalization of the targeted audience in mind. Synthesize feedback/comments from multiple reviewers and manage document drafts. • Recommend strategy on content, length, tone, and format of communications in collaboration with Development Team and other Aquarium staff• Prepare documents that are visually appealing, readable, and make complex information accessible• Cultivate and steward professional relationships with funders through regular communication

• Drafted and edited written correspondence including grant proposals and reports, acknowledgement and request letters, and emails. Worked with education and conservation science program experts to draft detailed communication and proposals for foundations, corporations, and major donors.• Supported Development team with project management and file organization and maintenance.

• Participated in a quickly evolving start-up media environment at Plympton, a digital publishing studio.• Wrote loglines and summaries of short-stories for a large-scale short-story catalog. Classified stories by genre and tagged relevant keywords for each story. • Copyedited over 400 short story summaries and loglines for incorporation in story catalogue. Ensured entries were consistent with catalog style guidelines.

• Conceptualized, created theme, and designed winter 2020 journal “Lessons from the Wild.” Established partnership with non-profit for journal distribution through research, initiating contact, and developing agreements. Oversaw all aspects of journal production, from publication schedule to writer correspondence to scheduling posts and drafting social media copy. • For other monthly journals, helped define and manage publication schedule for 100+ submissions. Brainstormed themes with the team, edited submissions, and researched images to accompany written work.

• Preserved, organized, and cataloged over 500 irreplaceable historical photos, maps, and documents. Researched copyright status and digitized documents according to archival standards.

• Edited rhetoric and argumentation textbook Envision, a resource designed tohelp high school and college students develop strong research and writing skills.• Met weekly with the author, associate director of Stanford’sProgram in Writing and Rhetoric, to discuss revisions.

• Assisted Stanford lecturer Austin Smith in course development and administrative tasks such as coordinating visiting speakers, helping plan class field trips, and organizing tours to the Stanford Special Collections.

• Conducted research for Stanford English professor Gavin Jones on writer John Steinbeck using primary sources from Stanford Special Collections & University Archives. Analyzed and compiled material for use by Professor Jones.

• Edited and published 10-15 articles per week for blog The Grind, maintained contact with writers and other section heads throughout the week, scheduled section events.

• Edited 10-15 articles per week for The Grind.

• Assisted in the facilitation of the Stanford Daily High School Internship program, maintained contact with intern writers in my beat, edited 5 articles per week. • Led workshops on blog-writing strategies for interns.

• Wrote one article per week for The Grind.