Career

Internship Experience

Urban Arts Space  January 2022-May 2022

Writing Intern

  • Produced a copy deck to organize the semester’s exhibitions and for content to be easily accessed
  • Created the organization’s first style guide to create a standard style and promote consistent language
  • Composed UAS’s first set of press releases and a list of media contacts to advertise exhibitions

CityScene Media Group  January 2021-November 2021

Editorial Assistant

  • Wrote over 40 web exclusives and 10 print mini features
  • Conducted interviews
  • Reached out to Columbus residents for quotes and stories
  • Researched article ideas
  • Fact checked and edited peers’ writing

Vocalize Columbus   August 2020-February 2021

Chief Marketing Coordinator

  • Created social media presence on three different platforms, increasing volunteers by 50
  • Designed biweekly emails to volunteers and clinics on Mailchimp
  • Sent ads to be included in 5 different organizations’ emails, resulting in increased attendance

Mortar Board National Senior College Honor Society  October 2019-August 2020               

Communications and Social Media Assistant                       

  • Produced content for quarterly magazine the Forum, reaching 60,000 readers
  • Determined content themes, ran social media campaigns, and created and scheduled over 350 posts for each of the company’s 4 social media platforms
  • Recorded, maintained, researched, and presented ROI
  • Expanded engagement rate of followers from 15% to 126%
  • Added more than 600 total followers
  • Conducted research on blogs and designed the company’s blog, writing more than 10 articles

Research Experience

The Ohio State University Department of History May 2020-June 2020

Student Researcher with Dr. Thomas F. McDow’s Research Collaborative

  • Conducted independent research on how African demographer Dr. James P.M. Ntozi’s work influenced the Ugandan government’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
  • Collected data from government documents, scientific journals, and news articles
  • Compiled a research portfolio including a Wikipedia article, biosketch, list of relevant publications by Dr. Ntozi, and an interpretive essay

Volunteer Experience

The Journal Literary Magazine Reader December 2019-January 2022

  • Reviewed over 140 submissions of short fiction and nonfiction
  • Read 5 full length novels and selected 1 to be a semifinalist for Non/Fiction Prize

Buck-I-Serv Volunteer March 2020

  • Removed invasive species from Appalachian Trail and Cherokee Mountains
  • Learned about the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Honors and Awards

The Ohio State University Eminence Scholarship Full cost-of-attendance merit award given to 25 incoming freshmen each year

Jacobson Short Story Award For the best short story by an Ohio State English major undergraduate.