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Los Angeles, California, United States

-Provide insight and analysis to an average concurrent audience of 10k viewers covering the developmental league (NBA G-League equivalent) in one of the most popular video games and esports in the world.-Guest casted on the LCS, the professional league in North America, and was a remote analyst in '22 Summer for the LCK, the professional league in Korea and the league that has won the most World Championships-I'm an expert on the developmental system in North America and have grown a small Twitter following for my takes on that space and the game as a whole, alongside my work as broadcast talent.-Given my background as a player and coach in League of Legends, my greatest strength is connecting with the competitors to tell their story on broadcast.-Was apart of every Riot affiliated developmental league (NACL, CLoL, Game Changers) this past calendar year and covered the finals for all of them. This led to over 200 games of League of Legends casted, and I streamed VoD reviews (my prep on my personal Twitch channel) the leagues after broadcast days to further promote the leagues and build credibility for my work.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Columbus, Ohio Area

GiveGame is a fundraising platform that makes giving fun by taking large sporting and pop culture events and turning them into games. Fundraisers invite donors to play and donate with their entries to support nonprofits. While at GiveGame, I:- Trained and used 3 different CMS applications to control content across marketing website and web application- Performed QA with engineers, worked with a team to define and design new product features and high level direction of the product.- Google Analytics- Manage campaign owners (“Cause Champions”) and help them build successful campaigns- Built social campaigns and content plans for individuals and partners- Built Facebook and other paid advertising campaigns- Traveled ahead and ran booths at trade shows- Wrote blogs and created images and content for social- Managed social accounts- Used Mailchimp & Sendgrid for marketing and trigger emails. Defined mailing strategy.

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Managed Social Media Accounts- Wrote blogs and created content and images- Worked with engineers to define new product features, do QA, and identify bugs- Built social campaigns and content plans for individuals and partners- Assisted building Facebook and other paid advertising campaigns

South San Francisco

Remoov sells, donates, and recycles your unwanted items. While at Remoov, I: - Managed Shopify account and assisted in day-to-day sales. We set a new monthly pickup record in 2 out of the 3 months I worked at Remoov. - Created new advertisement campaigns on Facebook, Reddit, and with local Real Estate agencies and listing papers.

Quibbl.me asked users short questions and users won or lost karma if they were right or wrong. While at Quibbl.me, I:- Wrote 22 short articles or "Quibbl's" a week covering the LCS and OWL.- My best article brought 1.7k unique viewers to our website.

Oxford, Oh

I was apart of the team that pitched the Esports program to the University. I also helped pitch the program to the largest library on our campus and secured a room for us to use. I recruited talent to join the program in order to play on the teams and assisted in the program's operations. I worked with people in the program in order to market and grow the program in the collegiate space. I also worked closely with one of our teams which took 2nd in a National Championship (NACE League of Legends Invitational 2017).

Oxford, Oh

Gathered and analyzed data, resolved personal issues and discovered optimal strategies for a team of players. Top finishes: 2017 NACE League of Legends Tournament: 2nd place, AVGL 2017 League of Legends Invitational: Top 4, 2018 CLoL: Top 8 in the North Region

Oxford, Ohio

- Programmed, facilitated and built a friendly, inclusive community for a group of 30+ residents for an academic year.- Confronted and resolved interpersonal issues involving diversity, alcohol, drugs, academic performance and social acceptance.

Dubuque, Iowa Area

For 4 weeks in the summer, I facilitated groups of 10-12 kids through planned activities and helped them grow spiritually and personally throughout the week. I worked at LASC for 3 summers ('16-'18).

AllMid puts on major esports events throughout the Midwest. While at AllMid, I:- Developed and expanded the AllMid brand on the marketing team.- Produced and distributed surveys to our target markets and developed industry analyses of competitors and our brand. I also wrote weekly articles that brought in half of our website’s visitors.

Greater Chicago Area

I assisted players throughout their round of golf by offering advice, keeping their clubs clean and anything else that the player needs to me do. I also assisted the club professionals with training the new caddies each year.

Bachelor Of Business Marketing, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Resident Assistant Board of Directors for the Miami University Esports Club Student Analyst for the Miami.

General Education Degree

Activities and Societies: Wind Ensemble, Jazz Workshop, Marching band and the Varsity Golf Team