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Portland, Oregon, US

Assist with the transformation of company branding and messaging.

Spokane, Washington, US

Produce content for a website devoted to high school sports coverage with a state-by-state focus. Currently working for Arizona and Oregon sites.

Global, OO

Plantation, Florida, US

Perform critical copyediting, proofreading, and search engine optimization of content for legal websites.

Vancouver, Washington, US

Collegiate Basketball Official working in the NWAC North and West.

Beaverton, Oregon, US

I mentor new referees--typically MS and HS students--who are just learning their craft and work with coaches to understand how to interact with officials in a constructive manner.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Officiate athletic events while monitoring the safety and fairness of the game. Ensure that rules are followed and infractions are penalized. Communicate with players, coaches, and peers to provide information and use it to make decisions and solve problems while in a stressful environment. 2019 Class 5A state championship umpire @ first base.

Officiated high school basketball in the Portland area.

Oregon City, Oregon, US

Provided content for website and internal communications.

Portland, OR, US

Provided coverage of sports news in the Portland metropolitan area and statewide for the state's largest newspaper.

Rosemont, IL, US

Complete technical writing projects as required by client.

Olympia, WA, US

My role is delivering positive stories about sports figures in Clark County, Washington, for a community social network that details what it’s like to live, work and play in the region.

Vancouver, WA, US

I report on high school football games to assist the staff with providing the best coverage of local sports in the region.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Create business descriptions for Best of... rankings.

Boston, MA, US

Optimized quality assurance across critical trademark and branding issues, spelling, grammar, and readability by expertly reviewing content supporting a contract project.

Houston, Texas, US

In this role, I was responsible for editing new and updated web content for the Support team to ensure it meets our client's TM&B standards, as well as Microsoft Manual of Style and internal style standards. I also worked on content health management, assisting teams to identify and improve upon poorly scoring articles by customers.

Houston, Texas, US

In this role, I was responsible for editing new and updated web content to ensure it met our client's TM&B standards, as well as met Chicago Manual of Style and internal style standards. I also created metadata for video and PDF assets, and I created copy for an internal resource center.

As a contract worker, I assisted the Oregon Health Authority's Office of Equity and Inclusion on communications projects; responsibilities include writing articles for the Office’s newsletter, editing the 2013 annual report for republication, designing the 2014 annual report

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Resolved technical issues for customers; authored both internal and external help articles.

Portland, Oregon, US

Collaborated on communications projects for the Center for Diversity & Inclusion; responsibilities included writing and editing articles for the Center’s semi-annual newsletter

Write on a freelance basis for a community journalist website.

Performed writing, copy editing. and layout duties for 40,000-circulation daily newspaperCovered multiple events and activities while becoming a trusted source utilized by fellow professionals throughout the stateProven ability to write stories, edit copy and lay out sections under daily deadline pressure, ensuring a better than 95% deadline.

Nampa, ID, US

Researched, interviewed, developed requirements, and wrote stories for 19,000-circulation newspaperTook photographs, edited copy, designed, and laid out sections for publication

As only person on sports staff, researched, interviewed, developed requirements and wrote stories, took photographs, edited copy, designed, and laid out the weekly section for publicationCovered Falls City government, organized community calendar and community briefs sections