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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• Coordinate press accreditation for 25-plus international film festivals annually, including Sundance, Cannes, New York Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Berlinale, and others• Collaborate with other cultural criticism outlets, editors, programmers, and writers, expanding the publication’s reach and influence• Design and maintain the outlet’s Wordpress website, implementing custom coding as necessary to enhance functionality and user experience

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• Develop and adhere to the library's technology procurement, evaluation, usage, and amendment policies• Advise Board of Trustees and Library Director on all technology-related decisions and execute the organization's strategic vision for technology• Supervise and mentor interns, providing guidance, technical training, and support• Serve as library’s website administrator• Conceived and designed a brand-new Technology Lab for public use• Established a digital server for the library’s archival digitization project

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• Serve as part of the library’s collection development team, including ordering materials, weeding, and evaluating usage trends• Manage multiple long-term projects simultaneously• Serve as a valuable team member and enthusiastic collaborator, including cross-training in extra-departmental job duties

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

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