Lily C. Buday Email & Phone Number

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

• Wrote and edited long-form and short-form email and web marketing copy for the theater’s 2023-24 season of shows, events, and educational offerings, utilizing audience segmentation to tailor copy to ideal audiences
• Developed and executed targeted outreach plans to engage University of Arkansas and NWACC community members and organizations, leading to increased campus awareness of TheatreSquared shows
• Learned and implemented food and beverage photography and photo editing skills to promote weekly specials, seasonal menu items, and show-specific drinks for the Commons Bar & Café
• Created and managed Meta ad sets and Prospect2 email campaigns
• Designed the marketing plan and budget for the 2024 Apprentice Project while also personally leading the marketing efforts, leading to widespread community interest and two sold-out shows under budget

• Planned and implemented poetry-writing workshops for K-12 students in the state of Arkansas.
• Generated prompts based on contemporary poets and classical poetry traditions.

• Instructor of record for two sections of English composition, world literature, and/or creative writing per semester.
• Worked within a pre-existing curriculum to both meet program requirements and engage with students in a manner consistent with personal teaching philosophy.

Petoskey, Michigan

• Children’s and Young Adult literature specialist.
• Provided reader’s advisory services to children and adults.
• Reviewed newly published literature for the store newsletter.
• Assisted with children’s event programming, book signings, and author talks.
• Designed and implemented thematic window and table displays.

• New title research: read and reported on upcoming manuscripts to formulate a marketing plan.
• Compiled outreach data to widely publicize and sell new titles.
• Wrote and edited copy and designed promotional graphics for the press’s website and Instagram account.
• Sorted sales data and combined with research to compile reports on the influence of social media factors on the press’s two major poetry series.
• Submitted press titles for consideration for major awards.

• Responsible for overseeing all publicity and outreach operations for the magazine, including social media, promotion and advertising, website management, and events.
• Worked with outreach and development team members to shift issue launches and other promotional events into the digital realm due to COVID-19.

• Member of a team of magazine staffers who read through all fiction submissions in order to recommend acceptance or rejection.
• Served on the contest reading team for the 2020 Emerging Writer's Prize in Fiction.

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Founded, organized, and oversaw the inaugural Ozark Writers’ Festival in Bentonville Arkansas, a two-day event celebrating Arkansas writers through readings, signings, and networking.
• Responsible for author outreach and scheduling for the 2021-2022 author visit season.
• Created a pitch deck and met with local organizations to raise funds to bring celebrated writers to Northwest Arkansas.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Highest Honors In Creative Writing & Literature, High Distinction - Minor In Lgbtq/Sexuality Studies

Activities and Societies: Michigan Forensic Speech and Debate, Residential College Book Co-op, Residential College ForumCore, RC Players.