Currently working with a diverse group of individuals from across the United States to ideate and launch a digital media agency. Responsible for the development of company voice and aesthetics.Blank Space is a collaborative digital agency and business incubator engineered for success in the digital age. We bring together a unique collective of industry- leading professionals from fields as diverse as the arts, hospitality, fashion, music, media and the startup worlds, and fused this expertise with a digital-first approach to refreshing businesses, leading communities and building brands.STRATEGY•Audience Research•Business Plan Writing•Launch Strategy•Social Media Strategy•Competitive Landscape ResearchBRANDING•Brand Identity•Naming•Print Assets•Packaging Design•MobileDEVELOPMENT•Web Design and Development•Mobile App Design and Development•eCommerce•Hosting Solutions•Search Engine Marketing/ OptimizationCAMPAIGN EXECUTION•News & Social Media Outreach/ PR•Social Media Strategy and Marketing•Live Event Production•Community Management

Responsible for the timely completion of softscapes installations. •Subcontracted commercial and residential snow removal for Winter 2013-14•Spread ice melting products and shoveled snow•Digging, planting, transplanting and mulching trees, shrubs and ornamental flowers•Perennial and annual plant identification•Install low voltage landscape lighting•Reading blue prints and landscape design plans•Staining and painting wood and other materials•Operate various power tools: circular saw, jig saw, drill, etc.•Operate various gas-powered equipment: blower, MT55 mini track hoe, articulating loader, skidsteer, etc.•Drive company vehicles: pickup trucks, dump trucks, vans•Drive with trailers of various lengths--covered and uncovered•Direct contact with customers•Works with H&M management and customers to meet and exceed expectations

Responsible for the day-to-day management of clients' social media properties: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more. Works remotely and independently, collaborating with clients and ZAC, Digital management on social media strategy via phone, email and video conferencing. Responsible for the recording, analysis and timely reporting of social media engagement metrics and website usage statistics to clients and ZAC, Digital management. Based on data analysis and input from clients and ZAC, Digital management, strategies to drive social media engagement and website traffic are adjusted accordingly. Builds, maintains and updates websites using content management systems such as Wordpress, Squarespace and Joomla. Responsible for maintaining the highest professional writing standards of grammar, style and mechanics.Special projects under the aegis of ZAC, Digital:In celebration of a band's 30th Anniversary, ZAC, Digital assembled a team of researchers, designers, developers, musicologists and artists (from coast to coast) for the ideation, design, and development of a suite of multi-media services and marketing collateral spanning the band's 30 year history. The project included a complete review of their 2,000 live performances over the past 30 years. Project included, but was not limited to: • Research and music discovery of the band's vast catalog of live performances, thus producing a comprehensive cross-platform database covering the band's evolution over 30 years.• Collectible print version Infographic• Graphic and print design• Marketing collateral• Promotion and full scale social media campaign• Visualization research (imagery, templates, interactivity)• Web development

Employed as a landscape crew leader for summer 2013. Duties: Mowing, blowing, weed trimming, pruning, planting, edging, mulching, spring/fall clean up.•Responsible for the efficient operation of a crew of up to five people•Communicated directly with management and customers to meet and exceed their needs •Responsible for the completion of a 100+ stop weekly maintenance route•Maintained all company equipment: trucks, small engines, hand equipment and power tools•Drove company trucks with trailers of varying lengths, covered and uncovered.

Employed as a landscape maintenance technician for summer 2012. Duties: mulching, spring/fall clean up, pruning, pesticide/herbicide application (Snapshot pre-emergent, granular and liquid fertilizer), edging, operated various small equipment, operated articulating loader, drove company vehicles•Responsible for the timely completion of various landscape maintenance duties •Worked individually and as part of a team to complete company and customer goals

Writing intern at the Ohio State Bar Association in the publications department. Internship credit toward the completion of Minor in Professional Writing at Ohio State University. Published a full-length cover article on online piracy titled "Online Piracy: Combating theft and censorship in the Information Age" in the OSBA's bi-monthly member magazine Ohio Lawyer. I am the only intern to date to have published a cover article. See "Publications" section below for a PDF of the article. •Collected and summarized news articles for the magazine's Books and Bytes section•Proofread and edited other OSBA employees' writing for grammar, spelling and flow •Published copy to the OSBA's website•Reported to OSBA Publications management and OSU program coordinator on progress throughout the internship

CSR at Speedway gas station. •Solely responsible for the operation of the entire store on 3rd shifts•Direct customer interaction•Responsible for the accurate handling of cash •Completed credit card transactions•Daily accounting of sales •Received food/drink orders from vendors•Stocked shelves with merchandise, food and drinks

Aeration technician for 2008 and 2009 landscape seasons.•Operated a variety of gas powered lawn aeration equipment: walk behind and pull behind•Worked independently to meet and exceed customer and management expectations•Maintained company equipment: small engines, trucks, hand held power equipment•Operated walk behind lawn renovation equipment: de-thatcher, slit seeder•Spread granular fertilizer•Other various landscape duties: mowing, trimming, plantings, pruning, light irrigation maintenance, etc.

Part-time pesticide and herbicide applicator under ownership licensure. •Worked independently and as part of a crew to complete tasks •Operated stand-up fertilizer & pesticide/herbicide spreader/sprayer•Used hand powered and walk behind equipment to spread fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides•Operated pumper/sprayer truck to apply pesticides and herbicides•Identified common landscape lawn and ornamental pests and diseases•Worked with management to determine and execute treatments for pests and diseases•Mixed chemicals for application from 1 gallon to 800 gallons (Round Up, Triplet, fungicides, permethrin, PHC mycorrhizae fert, etc.)•Deep root fertilization•Spread granular pre-emergent•Maintained company equipment: trucks, hand-held equipment, application equipment•Drove company trucks with trailers

Cashier at a BP gas station. •Opened or closed store depending on shift•Direct customer interaction•Responsible for the accurate handling of cash •Completed credit card transactions•Daily accounting of sales •Received food/drink orders from vendors•Stocked shelves with merchandise, food and drinks

I owned and operated a small, part time landscaping and snow removal business. I started by subcontracting snow removal work, then purchased a trailer and lawnmower, eventually growing to two trucks, several mowers and two trailers. Working alone on evenings and weekends to achieve success was one of the most beneficial and formative experiences of my career thus far. Duties included all normal landscape duties, as well as all sales, marketing and accounting.

General landscape laborer: mowing, blowing, trimming, pruning, mulching, planting.

Employed as a landscape crew leader, which evolved into a year-round salaried position. Duties: Mowing, blowing, weeding, trimming, pruning, planting, edging, mulching, spring/fall clean up.•Responsible for the efficient and timely completion of a 160 man hour/week maintenance route, mixed commercial and residential (homes, businesses, condos)•Daily paperwork•As a crew leader I was the first line of communication between Wheeler management and customers•Attended and participated in bi-weekly safety and training meetings•Gained a limited working knowledge of Spanish by working with H2B guest workers•Commercial snow removal in winter using skidsteer •Subcontracted snow removal work for completion with personal vehicles

Employed as a landscape crew leader. Duties: Mowing, blowing, weeding, trimming, pruning, planting, edging, mulching, spring/fall clean up.•Responsible for the efficient operation of a crew of up to five people•Communicated directly with management and customers to meet and exceed their needs •Responsible for the completion of a 100+ stop weekly maintenance route•Maintained all company equipment: trucks, small engines, hand equipment and power tools•Drove company trucks with trailers of varying lengths, covered and uncovered.•Snow removal in the winters using company trucks•Subcontracted snow removal work and used my personal trucks