Sponsorship and Major Gifts Development

Help tell the story of Ann Arbor's historic heart of film + performing arts. Sponsor relationship management and community investment and connection.• Corporate sponsorship and brand partnerships up 600% since hire.• Director and presenter for sponsored events.• Founded trailer program, designing custom ad scripts for local brands.• Redesigned sponsorship program and benefits to increase accessibility for local businesses and groups still recovering from pandemic.

Represented by Zack Zucker at Bellevue Productions. Two of my scripts have been Academy Nicholl's Semi-Finalists (THE GHOST and POLITICALLY INCORRECT), and THE GHOST is in the all-time Top 1% scripts of all time on Coverfly. Currently developing two new features and available for projects.

Provide script coverage and story development notes for Coverfly script submissions. In ten months, my writers: • won the PAGE awards• won the Outstanding Screenplays genre competition• made it to the Screencraft Fellowship quarterfinals (several)

Secretary of The Burns Park Players, a local performing arts non-profit that raises money for public schools. Elected to organization at the height of lockdowns, we were presented with the challenge of how to survive as a) a performing arts group, b) a group raising money for public schools when schools in our area were shut down until 2021, and c) a group that welcomes children performers and attendees when vaccines weren't available for most children until the fall of 2021. Here's what we did:• Addressed fixed costs, finding a new venue and engaging in several new sponsor partnerships• Increased participation by engaging with recurring and new community through several new event initiatives• Contributed over $15,000 to the arts in public schools, empowering remote and hybrid students in our district with a more robust arts educationBy our 2022/23 production, we had returned to pre-pandemic participation levels at a reduced, overhead cost to the non-profit and increased community participation and buy-in, enjoying our most successful fiscal year ever.

Intern then assistant to screenwriter Amy Talkington. Helped write finale episode of Hulu’s Emmy-winning limited series LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE. Worked on various projects for Netflix, Showtime, and Hulu. Read submitted materials and evaluated story ideas, provided script notes and coverage, and conducted research into '80s art and politics for two projects.

Taught two sections of "Intro to Screenwriting" Fall Semester as well as two sections in the Spring.

Taught high-schoolers the fundamentals of screenwriting and coordinated camp responsibilities.

Weekly contributor to the Lifestyle and Parenting columns.

Strategic communications, market research, and language crafting. Client portfolio included:• Paramount Studios (project lead), researching, analyzing, and crafting new strategy and messaging for the trailer campaign for SELMA, which went on to be an Oscar-winning film and crowd favorite.• British American Tobacco (project lead), researching and strategizing the communications approach for e-cigarettes and reduced-risk products in non-EU English-speaking countries (AU, NZ, etc.)• NFL, on the crisis communications team during "Deflategate"• Arne Duncan, under the Obama Administration, researching bipartisan education reform strategic communications and language testing• Frito-Lay, developing language regarding new chip products

Published in Detroit News, Huffington Post, Lansing Business Journal, Independent Women's Forum and Thoughts on Liberty magazine.Revamped IMPACT newsletter into traditional magazine-format, increasing policy commentary, circulation and subscription numbers as well as boosting individual donor contributions. Manage publication schedule, edit and coordinate/develop with Graphics department. Publications coordinator and editor for monthly Viewpoints, Mackinac Center Legal Foundation web page and suits, mini-books, policy periodicals, and varied timely mailings. Provide strategic communications regarding key policy topics with Communications and Marketing Manager and Director of Marketing. Manage social media output and strategy. Provide counsel and technical support for all staff regarding social media.As Assistant Editor, published influential election-year trilogy in Detroit News on women and public policy. Responsible for fact-checking and AP-style editing of all Mackinac Center publications. Managed all social media output. Developed social media training and presentations for all staff.Published in Thoughts on Liberty magazine, NakedDC blog and Heartland's online magazine "Infotech and Telecom News."Co-founded "Hey Girl It's Paul Ryan" tumblr.

Competitive program for employees at free-market organizations, providing education of free-market principles and Market-Based Management (MBM) training. Four summits held per session, primarily in Washington, D.C..

Administrative support for subsidiary rights agent (magazines, audio storytelling, and other). Responsible for total knowledge and booking of 100-175 publishing contracts at any time. Responsible for preserving and cultivating client relationships. Coordinated foreign second serial deals for authors. Researched collapsed magazine, audio and digital rights to ensure best client advantage of work.

Performed in OFS production of "Twelfth Night" as Olivia.