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Kirkland, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, US

Austin, Texas, US

Works closely with the festival director to curate a diverse lineup of 40+ films. Assembled and managed entire team of screeners. Screens 100+ hours of films in the process and scouted films outside our submission pool. Functions as the point-person for filmmaker relations and assisted onsite day of festival.

Flagstaff, Arizona, US

Worked as an integral part of the festival’s main team to curate a 40+ film lineup for our shorts-focused international film festival. Scouted films outside our submission pool and served as a liaison between festival management and scouted filmmakers.

Santa Barbara, US

Santa Barbara, US

Works closely with festival programmers, assisting them in a variety of duties before and during festival. Interviews filmmakers at 15+ screenings. Oversees team of programming interns.

Santa Barbara, US

Provides coverage for submissions and offers recommendations for acceptance. Keeps track of accepted films and filmmaker info via spreadsheet. Interviews filmmakers in front of live audiences at on-site festival screenings; conducts research to come up with questions to ask interviewees. Helps things run smoothly on-site at the festival.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Proofreads, copy edits, and line edits manuscripts and provides direct feedback to authors. Manuscripts range from novels to memoirs to nonfiction instructional guides.

Chicago, Illinois, US

In my work as a freelance photographer, I have photographed music festivals, premiere parties, red carpet events, conferences, film and music video shoots, and portrait sessions.

Santa Barbara, CA - California, US

Functioned as the receptionist for the entire department and assisted with their daily duties of selling tickets, coordinating with promotors and linked organizations, including the city’s opera and premiere ballet company. Sold and distributed tickets at will call day-of-show while assisting house manager with event flow.

Los Angeles, US

Worked with production company’s executive and marketing departments to create a campaign to promote an independent, feature-length documentary during its theatrical run by engaging with local and niche communities in both large and small markets.

Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US

Served as a go-to assistant for Executive, Tech, and Operational Directors. Contributed to the scouting and selction of films. Involved with filmmaker relations. Oversaw festival's intern program; duties included delegating creative tasks, leading discussions about the films, and mentoring college students on how to navigate the film festival world.

West Hollywood, California, US

Greets and interacts with customers. Runs escape rooms from the backend, giving customers hints and guiding them through the experience. Performs receptionist and sales duties.

Provides coverage for screenplays, pilots, and novels, assessing their overall quality and determining whether they are the right fit for the company or not. Creates original pitches and pitch decks.

Chicago, IL, US

Gives tours of the school to prospective students, applying public speaking skills on a daily basis. Does administrative work for admissions department and applies customer service skills when helping prospective students and their families. Part of the hiring process for prospective employees.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Writes articles and takes supplementary photographs, with an emphasis on arts & culture and citywide events, where research skills are required on a daily basis. Copy edits and proofreads coworkers' articles. Received promotion in May and now responsible for supervising all multimedia staff members. Part of the hiring process for prospective employees.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Critiques submissions, evaluates their overall quality, provides feedback, decides what material will appeal most to readers and best represent the journal, proofreads and copy edits submissions, conducts interviews with authors and uploads them to website.

Los Angeles, California, US

Responsible for providing script coverage for submissions, including short and feature films, TV pilots, spec scripts and finished films, and providing feedback and suggestions.

Scouted new artists for the agency to connect with, created and edited press kits/EPKs, created an animated logo for the company's podcast, created mock-up merch designs for artists, edited artists' podcasts (video and audio)

As editorial board member for Hair Trigger 43, duties include critiquing submissions: evaluating the overall quality of story material, based on plot, development, and story movement; assessing plot for the length of the submissions, determining inconsistencies or plot-points in need of development; crafting revision guidelines, if warranted; and deciding.

Provided constant assistance to artists before, after, and throughout their performances. Helped out at the box office and took photos for the venue. Responsible for preparing the venue for shows, cleaning up afterwards, and performing miscellaneous tasks.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Took photos at concerts directly for the venue. Maintained a strict twenty-four hour or less turnaround time so the venue could post the photos on social media immediately.

Santa Barbara, US

Responsible for communicating with filmmakers in a professional setting and ensuring their needs were met while representing the festival's hospitality department.

Evanston, IL, US

Responsible for ghostwriting, proofreading, and copy editing articles for organization's website with a diverse community of intersectional women in mind, as well as producing, filming, and editing promotional videos and helping plan and manage events.

Bachelor'S Degree, Creative Writing/Screenwriting

Non-Degree Seeking