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Alexandria, Virginia

• Create marketing content for campaigns to maximize investing, portfolio, and wealth management solution conversions • Contribute to individual direct response marketing campaigns that have brought in up to $8 million in net cash• Produce long-form sales copy, content marketing via email or external channels, direct mailings, ads, advertorials, and product creation/fulfillment• Specialize in business analysis, financials, investing, and technology (particularly AI, blockchain, cyber security, big data, and ecommerce)

Alexandria, Virginia

• Oversaw client management and sales of product to over 600,000 premium subscribers• Brought in over $300,000 in phone sales in 2015, $500,000 in phone sales in 2016, and $750,000 in 2017• Contributed copy to emails, marketing and retention campaigns; analyzed email KPIs • Prepared financial advisory video content to increase proficiency with product• Acted as subject matter expert on market trends, investing concepts, and options and derivatives trading • Walked members through products to ensure complete grasp of financial solutions available

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Lead filings of PCT, Foreign, and National Stage applications including §371 applications to USPTO. • Collaborate with over 20 attorneys and foreign associates to oversee proper protection of utility patents throughout the entire patent prosecution process. • Work with a team of five in all aspects of foreign filing operations.• File over 150 applications within the firm’s fiscal year.• Complete day-to-day operations of the International department, including formality requirements for all applications, delegating and organizing work amongst team members, and reviewing and approving all the work reported from the department.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Aided in all aspects of foreign and domestic design patent filings for the recognized global law firm leader in design patent prosecution. • Assisted in the preparation and filing of over 900 design applications with the USPTO and foreign patent offices.• Composed, edited and proofread documents for filing with the USPTO, as well as internal and external correspondence.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

•Organized and maintained filing system for design team applications.•Completed remaining requirements of design applications to assist in timely filing.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

•Researched, prepared, wrote and reported stories for both Web and print editions of the newspaper. Served as a photographer and prepared multimedia (news clips) and informational graphics. •Covered a wide range of topics, from college baseball, arts and entertainment, and state politics.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

•Researched, prepared, and wrote stories within a tight deadline for the sports section of the school newspaper. Published stories included various recaps, previews, and opinion pieces regarding college athletics. Responsibilities included attending games and interviewing sources for the print edition.•Self-edited and submitted pieces to Sports Editor for approval.

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Served as a staff writer at The Daily Gamecock, served as Writer, Photographer, Editor, and Copy Editor at The Carolina Reporter. Minor.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

Education record