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During my last semester at USC, I became a blogger for USC's official student run blog, Trojans360. As a blogger, I pitched and developed article ideas centered around student life and wellness. In the short time I was there, I produced and submitted many different types of blog posts and accumulated over 1000 views on our website. My fellow bloggers and I.

Greater Los Angeles Area

In my role as intern coordinator, I planned semester-long curriculum for a team of 40 interns that were hired by my fellow staff members and I. The curriculum included technical training, on-air review sessions, and DJ shadowing to prepare the interns to pass a DJ evaluation before hosting their own show. With the interns, I oversaw the development of each.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Every week, I produced and hosted an hour-long radio show that centered on a theme I chose at the beginning of each semester. My radio show has taken on many forms: curating playlists for literary characters, highlighting underrepresented artists, dedicating playlists to friends and family, and interviewing amateur chefs while teaching them origami. For.

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As a News Assistant for NPR's radio news magazine program "Weekend Edition", I brainstormed, researched, and pitched segment ideas and potential guests at twice weekly pitch meetings. After receiving my assignments for the week, I coordinated interview logistics with our guests across time zones and facilitated remote tapings through Zoom. I wrote scripts.

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Before my role with "It's Been A Minute With Sam Sanders", I had never worked in a newsroom or used audio editing tools. During my time there, I learned how to produce and edit audio for two- and three-way conversations, and game segments of podcast episodes using editing software. I also learned SEM Rush, a SEO tool, so I could create episode headlines.

Huntington Beach, California, United States

As the writing team intern, I prioritized multiple RFP and RFIs with short deadlines and fast turnaround times. My first assignment was to co-author a bid proposal for a government contract valued at $120 million in spend. I was entrusted with completing RFx questionnaires and developing materials highlighting the talent acquisition capabilities of their.

Greater Los Angeles Area

For three years, I worked as an administrative assistant to the dean’s office of USC’s engineering college, Viterbi. Although my main duties were to coordinate meeting room reservations through Microsoft Outlook, I supported other departments within Viterbi: conducting research for faculty affairs, drafting letters and copyediting the awards website for.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Bloom Boutique is a student run non profit organization at the University of Southern California that promotes fashion sustainability by collecting clothing donations from students, curating the clothing, hosting pop-up sales, and donating all of the proceeds to the Downtown Women’s Center. As the director of community outreach and operations, I.

Greater Los Angeles Area

As USC Nikkei Student Union’s culture night director, I produced “Danketsu,” a variety show that promoted visibility of Japanese-American culture through cultural performances and short films. For the show, I wrote and produced a short film focusing on the parallels between border detention centers and the history of Japanese-American internment. After.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Being an orientation advisor gave me the opportunity to serve over 7000 students and guests at 15 orientation events, advising hundreds of incoming students from various academic disciplines. I joined a team of four of my peers to lead the first off site orientation program in San Mateo, CA, providing support to out-of-town students and their families..

Greater Los Angeles Area

I found my place in the late night entertainment space as an MC and a show lead for a concert company, Sofar Sounds, that hosts secret gigs every day. The first show I served as MC was hosted in a yoga studio, and I closed my final show inside a shed behind a law firm. With every show I ran, I had the opportunity to explore a new part of Los Angeles and.