MA Multimedia Journalism — University of Oregon, Portland, OR.

BA Journalism — University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hungry Man Productions, Culver City, CA. Office Manager and Intern Coordinator

  • Manage heavy scheduling for executive producers and production teams

  • Coordinate meetings and maintain professional communication with agencies, directors, writers, and producers

  • Manage and evaluate submitted material ranging from scripts and outlines to resumes and applications

  • Interview and hire interns. Manage and explain their daily responsibilities in the office and on set to ensure continuing the company’s operations and culture

  • Bridge communication between all departments

  • Schedule agency introduction, pre-production, and treatment calls, and gather detailed notes of the conversation

  • Schedule and organize production teams and fittings

  • Assist in various tasks like loading, logging and wiping hard drives, and submitting credits and production information for awards

  • Work on set of award-winning commercials while assisting various departments

Exile Edit, Los Angeles, CA. Receptionist (Oct 2023 - February 2024)

  • Maintained professional, clear communication through daily phone and email correspondence

  • Coordinated schedules and sessions for editors, producers and clients

  • Tracked, logged, and filed all finances in FileMaker

  • Worked closely with producers to file and organize expenses for each job and the specific budgets

  • Generated comprehensive expense reports

  • Delegated tasks among production assistants to maximize efficiency in the office

  • Eager to assist and assume responsibility for all production assistant tasks when appropriate

  • Proactively exceed editor, producer, and client needs and requests

Hungry Man Productions, Culver City, CA. Office Intern, Production Assistant (June 2023-Oct 2023) 

  • Read and discussed treatments and scripts

  • Learned from and work with award winning directors and producers 

  • Assisted visiting agency and production teams with project at hand

  • Assisted in office by maintaining general order/cleanliness, answering phone, running errands, organizing documents, logging hard drives, and other daily tasks

  • Assisted on set by enthusiastically being available for whatever task at hand- finding and bringing equipment, standing in, moving cars, picking up trash, etc.

Studio ATAO, remote. Video Editor (May 2023-Sept. 2023) 

  • Gathered and compiled all assets in Adobe Premiere Pro to create explanatory videos about agricultural systems

  • Timed sequences to music and audio voiceover 

University of Oregon Communications, Portland, OR/remote. Content Strategist (June 2023-Present)

  • Worked with Eugene-based communications team to create content for UO Portland

  • Wrote stories, took photos, created videos, and social media content  highlighting UO Portland

Eugene Weekly, Eugene, OR. Editorial Intern (June 2022-Sept. 2022)

  • Interviewed sources, wrote, and edited weekly stories about events and people in Eugene

  • Beats included local musicians, obituaries for the homeless, where to find naloxone resources, and an in-depth look at Eugene’s history with the LGBTQIA+ community

Omaha Jewish Press, Omaha, NE. Freelance Writer (May 2020-Sept 2020)

  • Wrote and published article focused on Deaf individual, promoted awareness of added communication barriers COVID presented for Deaf community

  • Wrote and published feature about an Omaha doctor, focused on power of community in uncertain times 

Omaha Magazine, Omaha, NE. Editorial Intern (Summer 2019) 

  • Wrote and published two feature stories on a rising local comedian in Omaha, and a University of Nebraska, Omaha professor teaching abroad on a Fulbright scholarship 

  • Created and formatted weekly newsletters and monthly event calendars with local updates

SCHOOL EXPERIENCE  

Flux Magazine, Eugene, OR. Writer (Jan. 2020 - June 2022)

  • Developed long-form feature story on climate change impacting Oregon exports

  • Edited and led front-of-book production

  • Developed long-form feature story on Eugene high school students fighting for period equity

  • Led extensive interviews with high school activists and school board members

  • Investigated inequities created by inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products

  • Placed third in 2020 Gold Circle Awards for in-depth news/feature stories

Oregon Daily Emerald, Eugene, OR. News Reporter (Fall 2020 - Dec. 2021 )

  • Pitched, wrote, and published weekly news focused on University of Oregon student body and Eugene community

  • Created punchy social media captions for stories

  • Reported during weekly breaking news shifts

  • Collaborated with editors, photographers, writers

CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE  

Nekter Juice Bar, Eugene and Portland, OR. Shift Lead (July 2021 - May 2023) 

  • Create upbeat and efficient work environment for customers and coworkers

  • Make products while maintaining store cleanliness, working the cash register, and staying positive with customers and employees