Skills

Leadership Communications Associate, Washington Trails Association (2014-) Managed internal content for Washington Trails magazine, from conception of content to final copyediting. Coordinated organization’s annual photo contest—and 2,600+ submissions. Served on WTA’s fun committee and single-handedly planned annual holiday party. Presented informative and entertaining lessons on grammar to entire organization and served as resident copy expert. Lead Copywriter, Pure Home (2013-2014) Coordinated work assignments for 3-person writing team. Coached individual writers on brand voice and quality of copy; copyedited their work. Developed and disseminated extensive style guides to increase cohesion of company communications. Presented fun and entertaining...

Non-Profit Experience Communications Associate, Washington Trails Association (2014-) Trail Maintenance Volunteer, Washington Trails Association (2013-) Respite and Companionship Volunteer, Providence Hospice (2012-2013) Youth Venture Mentor, Ashoka (2012-2013) Volunteer House Mom, Casa Guatemala Orphanage (2010) Translator, Habitat for Humanity Guatemala (2010) German, English, and Writing Instructor, Fayetteville Tech. Community College (2009) Volunteer Medic, Hearts for Haiti (2009) Cleveland VA Hospital Volunteer (2008-2009) Gulf Coast VA Hospital Volunteer (2007-2008) Craft Care Specialist and Program Administrator, Help Hospitalized Veterans (2007) Manager of Hurricane Katrina Relief, First Presbyterian Church of Bay St. Louis...

Business & Marketing Continuing education class: Content Marketing Fundamentals (C.C. Chapman) Account Manager, DimpleDough    DimpleDough is a start-up technology company providing card customization solutions to retail and banking industry leaders such as American Express and AMC Theatres.   Sold DimpleDough customization solutions to other companies and managed large accounts. Charged with relationship building and representing the company at industry events, including trade shows. Brainstormed new marketing ideas and wrote marketing content. Developed and managed the Greater Good program, whereby employees donated their time and talents to the Cleveland Food Bank and the Sudanese Lost Boys of Cleveland. Craft Care Specialist and Program...

Languages English (Native speaker) Taught English and Writing at Fayetteville Technical Community College (NC) Spanish (Intermediate) Had four years of Spanish training Lived in Guatemala for three months Spoke Spanish as a volunteer house mom at Casa Guatemala Orphanage Translated for construction teams with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala German (Intermediate) Had three years of German training Taught German at Fayetteville Technical Community College (NC) Lived in Austria and Germany for 14 months Carried out job functions in German at IBM Germany (Stuttgart) Carried out job functions in German at Tchibo Global Headquarters (Hamburg) French (Beginner) Had one year of French...

Editing Professional Certificate in Editing (UW) Style guides:  Chicago (primary), AP (secondary) Freelance and in-house content management experience Freelance and in-house editing experience (corporate, non-profit and literary) Skilled in developing and maintaining house style sheets Internal Content Manager for Washington Trails magazine Book Review Editor for Washington Trails magazine Former Centerspread Editor for The Rising Tide

Computer Skills Mac and PC proficient Microsoft Office proficient Powerpoint Excel Word Outlook Document and graphic design InDesign (Intermediate) Continuing education class: Up and Running with InDesign (Deke McClelland) Photoshop (Intermediate) Continuing education class: Up and Running with Photoshop for Design (Deke McClelland) Illustrator (Beginner) Acrobat Pro (Intermediate) Online systems Salesforce.com (Intermediate) WordPress (Intermediate) Exact Target (Intermediate) Magento (Intermediate) Base Camp (Intermediate) Sea Monkey (Intermediate) Plone (Beginner) Programming HTML coding HTML...