CV
CREATIVE STRATEGIST
July 2023 - Present
At the same company as my previous role, I now lead and manage video production projects from creative brainstorming through delivery, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget. This also includes working directly with clients to understand their needs and to build relationships. I pitch, write, and direct our company's creative projects. And I love what I do.
May 2022 - July 2023
WRITER AND DESIGNER (FREELANCE)
April 2021Â - February 2022
MARKETING SPECIALIST
I worked as both a script and copywriter at a video marketing company in Salem, MA. Using Donald Miller's StoryBrand guidelines, I wrote assets for clients based on the needs of their own customers. I also designed any auxiliary graphical content that was needed. A significant part of my job is collaboration and consultation.
In 2021, I worked for a large government contracting tech company. I drew original graphics and I wrote for both internal and external communications, including social media content and copy, company materials and resources, email communications, campaigns, and blogs.
January 2022 - March 2022
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
I was the lead Production Designer for a short film called The Afterlife Coach in Los Angeles. I was an avid scheduler and buyer, and used the Google creative suite for the master organization of our set pieces. This gig unfortunately was cut short due to COVID-19, and the production was canceled in March.
April 2018 - September 2019
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
As head of the Creative Team, I directed my college's live late-night comedy show, Exit 17 Live. I collaborated with my writers, crew, and cast to produce high-quality original content, made up of videos, music, and live sketch bits. Exit 17 Live is very popular on campus and my goal was to keep the humor clever, decent, and new.
September 2018 - July 2019
VIDEOGRAPHER / PHOTOGRAPHER
On campus, I held various gigs doing promotional video work for departments such as our outdoor education program, and also the Masters of Science in Financial Analysis program. I shot photos and videos, edited them, and produced content for social media in formats such as Instagram and Facebook.
January 2018 - October 2019
MANAGER
This job was for the Communications Department equipment room. Managing consisted of taking inventory, cleaning, and checking out film equipment for students. In doing this job, I developed skills such as efficient e-mail communication and organizing data on online programs.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
September 2023
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTER FINALIST
This recognition is for my screenplay, Speed, in the category of short screenplay. The screenplay is about a kid learning to drive, where the subject in frame is the speedometer, the entire time. Longline: A quiet seventeen year-old endures driving lessons by two disunited, overbearing parents, who approach challenges at different paces.
December 2021
DE&I CHANGEMAKER AWARD
This is one of the few Annual Merit Awards at Highlight Technologies. The DE&I Changemaker Award is awarded to the Highlight employee who most demonstrated the dedication to improving Highlight’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the year, who engages with multiple groups at Highlight, working creatively and collaboratively with others to implement change.
May 2020
COMMUNICATIONÂ ARTSÂ
CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The award goes to seniors who have had outstanding achievement in the Communication Arts department at Gordon College. It was awarded to me for my leadership in the department, the breadth of my projects, and my ambition to continue my work beyond Gordon College.
April 2018
CONNECTHER FILM FEST - PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
This $2,500 award was for my film Talk Up the Talk, about the importance of proper sex education in schools. The film needed to reach a certain threshold of popularity through self-promotion on social media, and then was picked out of the Top 10 by the festival judges.