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• Collaborate with Fairbank Center Communications Manager to execute website redesign
• Advise Communications Manager on new web host selection and oversee website migration
• Execute web design services, including updates to website structure, homepage design, improved user functionality, and administrative backend for ease of use.
• Edit the website’s stylesheet and core coding to achieve the desired aesthetic and functional updates

• Author book reviews of poetry collections and literary fiction works
• Develop conversation and moderate author panels for NYT-best-selling writers, Pulitzer Prize recipients, and other renowned and upcoming novelists

• Co-founder of an online publication that receives 500,000-plus pageviews per year
• Oversee the publication of more than 1,000 individual pieces annually, maintaining rigorous editorial standards across essays, interviews, reviews, and more
• Manage a revolving team of 50-plus contributing writers
• Network and collaborate with public relations firms, film and album distributors, and production and sales companies to coordinate access and content
• Author in-depth film and music criticism
• Create and organize a strategic publication schedule

Galesburg, Illinois, United States

• Led the design and implementation of a brand-new network environment in Galesburg Public Library’s recently constructed $20 million facility, opened in April 2024
• Analyze network environment, determine needs, and identify technical solutions to ensure reliable access and performance
• As an IT department of one, triage and troubleshoot all networking, hardware, and software needs, and provide technical support to both staff and the public
• Install, configure, and upgrade all network equipment, hardware, and software solutions for staff and public use
• Evaluate, implement, and maintain security standards for LAN and network devices
• Assess, select, and work with various contractors and vendors for technology solutions

Galesburg, Illinois, United States

• Staff Reference and Information Desk, instructing users on library resources, facilitating access to information, and providing/advising on social services
• Oversee all materials ordering for the library across all departments
• Write press releases, articles, and reviews
• Design and edit library’s monthly newsletter
• Write grants and funding requests, most recently securing $775,000 for the new library's technology infrastructure
• Perform basic cataloging and materials processing duties in library’s ILS

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Library And Information Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters