I provide human resources and business management support to JLI, a growing nonprofit in Eugene that uses a unique journalism-based curriculum and teacher fellowship program to transform 6-12th-grade students in confident, effective communicators.

OR Media is a digital creative team within the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication that harnesses the talent, passions, and energy of our students to produce compelling stories and branded media content for University partners and external entities. We specialize in video production, motion graphics, photography, and podcasting--and we're always happy to refer folks to alternative University groups and resources when they have requests that fall outside of the services we offer.In my role as an Education Program Assistant, and as the Program Coordinator for OR Media, I'm involved in everything from client acquisition, project management, student hiring and supervision, creative story development, fundraising, filming and editing, and contracting, budgeting, and accounting. I also serve as the faculty advisor of our "little sibling" organization at the University called Allen Hall Media, a student-run media production agency that works with its own clients during the academic year. Learn more at http://allenhallmedia.comOR Media's mission is to support the documentation of interdisciplinary research across campus, enhance messaging, advance community outreach, and provide experiential, hands-on learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. The result is the exponential outflow of professional-caliber work––in excess of 300 video projects––that has captured and conveyed many of the university’s, and our community's, most compelling stories. Last year alone, OR Media produced over 70 videos across documentary, commercial, and educational genres. These projects have raised the university’s profile and paved the way for student writers, videographers, animators, and designers to graduate with portfolio work samples and that result in employment.

-Wrote news releases and web stories about Oregon Law students, faculty, projects and events-Draft the Dean's message to prospective students-Edited content for Oregon Lawyer Online, the school's quarterly online alumni magazine and newsletter-Wrote and edited web copy for the launch of Oregon Law's admissions microsite and its "On Track" feature: http://lawadmissions.uoregon.edu & http://law.uoregon.edu/ontrack-Pursued research projects relating to admissions, career development and messaging-Manned a press desk and tracked press coverage for an event that attracted coverage from over 90 media outlets, including ABCnews.com, Salon.com, the Oregonian, the Huffington Post, the Associated Press, NPR, The Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, the Denver Post and the San Francisco Chronicle-Made in-class presentations and distributed flyers to increase undergraduate enrollment in law school classes

-Managed a K-12 video competition "Engage 2012" (www.engage2012.org) that drew 72 entries from participating schools-Organized an after-school magazine production class held at the University of Oregon for high-school students; two issues were distributed by the Eugene Register-Guard to 7,000 households in Eugene (http://cascadiamag.com)-Built "engage 2012" competition website using Wordpress software: www.engage2012.org-Wrote news releases, web copy, and legal forms -Developed curriculum and sourced SOJC undergraduate instructors for after-school magazine production class -Curated entries and distributed software prizes and certificates to student winners and runners-up of "Engage 2012"

-In 2012 was promoted from Managing Editor to Co-Editor-in-Chief-Lead a staff of 66 at an award-winning student-run publication at the University of Oregon-Promoted from Managing Editor to Editor in Chief for 2012-2013 school year-Set and enforced publishing schedule and final draft deadlines-Worked with other department heads to assign stories -Developed agenda and presentations for class sessions-Performed essential administrative work-Screened and selected junior and management-level staff-Revised final drafts for content, style and grammar in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style-Edited website content in Wordpress -Resolved conflicts between junior and senior staff members-Successfully pitched proposal to dean and assistant dean of the School of Journalism and Communication that would make Flux's print product free of charge

-Directed a department consisting of 4 associate editors, 12 writers and 1 intern-Promoted from Associate Editor to Managing Editor for 2011-2012 school year-Edited an average of thirteen stories each publishing period for content, style and grammar-Assigned stories, editing teams and deadlines-Screened and selected students for staff-Trained incoming staff in publishing procedures-During this time Flux was named a 2012 Online Pacemaker winner and a Magazine Pacemaker finalist by the Associated Collegiate Press

-Mentored 2 writers through all steps of the production process for one of the nation’s top college magazines-Worked with writers to develop story pitches and angles-Edited stories for content, grammar, style and accuracy on a fast turnaround

-Drafted advertising copy, newsletter copy and blog posts-Managed company's social media presence-Assisted in website and product development-Optimized website content for search engines

-Provided support for 10 client accounts-Answered and directed phone calls while manning front desk-Developed a comprehensive social media plan for the firm-Developed project timelines -Built targeted media lists-Proofread proposals; wrote a proposal to improve a client's web presence-Wrote news releases and pitched them to the media-Compiled contact information for a client referral spreadsheet database for Pain Consultants of Oregon -Wrote and scheduled event Tweets and Facebook posts for the Oregon Country Fair-Escorted the media at the Oregon Country Fair-Compiled focus group results for Northwest Community Credit Union

-Developed a customized social marketing plan in addition to social media best practice guidelines to meet client's marketing goals and objectives-Advised client on current social marketing practices-Assisted in the creation of social media and web platform accounts-Presented progress to client on a weekly basis

Served as Communication Manager for second issue of the University of Oregon's 1st interactive iPad publication. -Created promotional content for Storify, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr-Organized guest speaker series, securing notable leaders in the digital publishing industry-Wrote a feature story about paranormal investigators in Oregon

Accounts: Edge of Change, Rotary District 5110 -Provided social media consulting to client accounts-Increased Twitter followers by 21 percent over a four-month period-Designed client brochure and promotional event flier-Conducted market research through targeted surveys-Edited press releases-Created media lists for 14 rotary organizations.Allen Hall Public Relations is a PRSSA nationally-affiliated student-run public relations firm at the University of Oregon.

-Distributed publication around local community-Planned and implemented staff and community-wide events, including a book drive that resulted in the donation of 85 re-usable books-Researched new clients

-Directed and coordinated 3 photographers, 3 designers and 3 writers in producing professional-level content for an internationally-read multicultural publication

-Created fliers-Grew organization online through Twitter, Facebook and Eugene-a-Go-Go-Drafted press releases, media lists, sponsor requests, research reports and radio public service announcements-Assisted in developing media kits for potential sponsors and donors through research-gathering -Trained 1 other intern in utilizing social media-Updated and maintained organization database-Processed donations-Presented canvassing analysis report to Board of Directors for approval

-Wrote news articles for both print and web, including 6 cover stories-Received “Best News Story” award in the Daily Emerald's Friday Finals competition for “Allen Hall renovations to relocate classes across campus”

-Edited articles for spelling, grammar and style-Supervised and mentored contributing writers-Researched and wrote articles for Feature, Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Campus news and Local News sections of the paper, both print and web-Won 1st and 2nd place in Best Feature Story category of the Oregon Newspaper Publisher Association's 2010 Collegiate Newspaper Contest