Work experience

 

Arts and Entertainment Intern, Northern Virginia Magazine; Chantilly, VA | January 2016 – May 2016

• Wrote weekly for online edition, including Q&As with local musicians and features on local entertainment

• Wrote features and took photos for print edition

 

Social Media Coordinator, Gistory; Columbia MO | Summer 2015

• Developed and implemented social media strategies for an online news startup

• Managed organization's Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn pages

• Created a Tumblr account to expand Gistory's social media presence and attract Millennial readers

• Designed infographics with Adobe Indesign and Visage

• Analyzed social media performance to more accurately target posts and content across all social media platforms

 

Editor, MOVE Magazine; University of Missouri, Columbia MO | April 2014 – March 2015

• Recruited and trained new writers

• Found and pitched stories to staff writers

• Coordinated interviews with notable members of the local and national arts and entertainment community

• Pitched photos and graphics to appropriate editors

• Oversaw section layout and edited copy for weekly print and online publication, including three

  double issues per semester

• Managed publication’s social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) 

• Won a Missouri College Media Award for the 2014 MOVE Food special issue

 

Intern, Connection Newspapers; Alexandria, VA | Summer 2014

• Covered various local arts and entertainment stories, including concerts, community events and resident profiles

 

Senior Staff Writer, Columnist, MOVE Magazine; University of Missouri, Columbia, MO | August  2013 – April 2014

• Created and wrote a weekly feature for MOVE Magazine as well as various other articles for The Maneater

• In Spring 2014, became a columnist at MOVE Magazine

• Was one of MOVE’s True/False Film Festival correspondents; wrote movie reviews and interacted with readers on social media