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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Led assessment, development, and supplement projects for 20+ higher education titles across seven course areas.
• Conducted and managed review, analysis, and development of interactive learning experiences for higher education products.
• Covered multiple concurrent development projects per title, including SME and team recruitment, process oversight and delivery, and reporting.

Chicago, Illinois

• Created and executed strategic plan and development for print and digital learning components of 15 active titles totaling more than $24 million in revenue across four major course areas in higher education.
• Facilitated author relationships, vendor partnerships, and internal auditing to find and exploit opportunities for growth and efficiency.
• Led teams and collaborated across multiple business units and functions to develop markets, expand opportunities, support marketing and sales efforts, and advocate for internal and external stakeholders.

Corpus Christi, Texas Area

• Developed and taught six multi-format seminars (face-to-face, hybrid, online) per semester in cultural fluency and information literacy.
• Created campus and community marketing strategies for program enrolling 2,000 students per semester.
• Drove faculty collaboration and mentoring in curriculum and course planning and student retention.

Corpus Christi, Texas Area

• Taught five multi-format seminars (face-to-face, hybrid, and online) per semester as adjunct in cultural fluency and information literacy.
• Took over online course format in department and created plan to expand distance learning course offerings.
• Drove scaffolding and course integration with interdisciplinary faculty instruction teams.

Corpus Christi, Texas Area

• Wrote print and digital articles on financial trends and market innovators.
• Condensed academic research into student-facing content for digital education platforms.
• Interviewed subjects, compiled data, and fact-checked research.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Consult with corporate and independent clients and manage digital and print product development.
• Conduct developmental, style, and line edits on academic, educational, trade fiction, poetry, and dissertation manuscripts.
• Engage in subject-matter research and support design and production work.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed acquisition, editorial, design, and marketing processes on four trade book projects.
• Planned and executed event and tour strategies for targeted sales.
• Liaised with distributor for national sales.

Greater Chicago Area

• Coordinated literary venue/events at Pitchfork Music Festivals over three years.
• Developed and managed programming, social media presence, and local media.
• Worked with vendors and sponsors to maximize sales.

Evanston, IL

• Created numerous deliverables for administrative program review of central human resources unit, including extensive operating metrics and self-study.
• Liaised with division directors and administrative leads to gather and analyze more than five years of data, and curated project database for future use in assessments.
• Collaborated with L&OD professional development team to hone course enrollment and initiative messaging and create promotional, survey, and application materials.

Evanston, IL

• Edited and fact-checked print and digital news content for semiannual alumni magazine.
• Coordinated with leaders, editors, and strategists to ensure brand alignment and address institutional concerns.
• Researched, developed, and wrote ten features, columns, and vignettes per issue.

Evanston, IL

• Worked with senior marketing team to write and edit annual investors report.
• Assisted in $365 million fundraising campaign by writing donor communications on behalf of dean and individual donor profiles.
• Executed project with graduate program heads and marketing team to audit applicant communications and create email response matrix for application process.

Greater Chicago Area

• Curated multidisciplinary performance series with poet and filmmaker Cassandra Troyan.
• Managed monthly events as special programming at High Concept Laboratories in Mana Contemporary Chicago.

Greater Boston Area

• Acquired and edited content for two issues of literary journal.
• Coordinated content decisions, budgeting, and event organization with editors and production staff.
• Oversaw staff of 18 manuscript readers.

Brookline, MA

• Wrote advertisements from property owner input data for seasonal digital marketing campaigns.
• Managed listings and advertisement archives.

Zeeland, MI

• Researched market trends and assembled positioning materials.
• Co-created marketing strategy and analyzed ad performance.

Mfa, Creative Writing

Ba, English, Creative Writing