Experience

Artrepreneur

• United States
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editorial Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Establish content strategy and manage the editorial calendars for digital publications. Collaborate with leaders, team and partners to develop newsletters, social media campaigns, marketing materials, co-branded content and more. Establish content strategy and manage the editorial calendars for digital publications. Collaborate with leaders, team and partners to develop newsletters, social media campaigns, marketing materials, co-branded content and more.



Freelance Writer

• Savannah, Georgia Area

• Freelance writer and editor

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  Bylines in Romper, Garden & Gun, the Bitter Southerner, Savannah Magazine, Savannah Homes, the Savannah Morning News and more. I also provide editorial consulting services, from content marketing to book manuscripts. Bylines in Romper, Garden & Gun, the Bitter Southerner, Savannah Magazine, Savannah Homes, the Savannah Morning News and more. I also provide editorial consulting services, from content marketing to book manuscripts.



Savannah College of Art and Design

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editorial Director

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2022

  I lead a staff of writers and copy editors for the full range of SCAD print, web and digital communications, including for exhibitions at SCAD Museum of Art and SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film; signature events like the SCAD Savannah Film Festival and SCADstyle; the academic catalog and recruitment materials; content for scad.edu, scadmoa.org, scadfash.org and other university web platforms; internal student, faculty and staff and external parent and industry communications; and much more.

• Senior writer and editor

  • Aug 2015 - Jan 2018

  Within SCAD's creative direction department, I lead a team of enrollment communications writers and editors in producing scripts, ads, brochures, course catalogs, Web copy and more — all designed to recruit talented artists and creatives to visit, apply and enroll. In collaboration with graphic designers, photographers, video producers and others, we create work that reaches audiences all over the world through SCAD's four global locations, and is often paired with groundbreaking technology — including augmented and virtual reality —that takes content to a whole new level. Show less

• Writer and editor

  • Dec 2013 - Jul 2015

  I brainstormed, polished and delivered brand-building copy that reached students from orientation to commencement and beyond, with assignments ranging from national ad campaigns to speeches, guides and alumni profiles.Among other responsibilities, I served as lead writer for SCAD signature events such as the Savannah Film Festival, aTVfest, Sidewalk Arts Festival, Career Fair and Out to Launch, ensuring the highest standards for print, Web and marketing materials.



The Island Packet

• Hilton Head Island, SC

• Reporter

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2013

  I covered beats ranging from culture to crime and courts — as well as the occasional "alligator on the loose" story — through multiple platforms at the Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette, the daily McClatchy-owned newspapers of Beaufort County, SC. I used social media and the website to break news on tight deadlines, while completing award-winning investigative projects in the long term, earning First Place for Reporting In Depth at the S.C. Press Association Awards. I covered beats ranging from culture to crime and courts — as well as the occasional "alligator on the loose" story — through multiple platforms at the Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette, the daily McClatchy-owned newspapers of Beaufort County, SC. I used social media and the website to break news on tight deadlines, while completing award-winning investigative projects in the long term, earning First Place for Reporting In Depth at the S.C. Press Association Awards.



McClatchy

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Intern reporter

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2010



The Diamondback

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter, News Editor, Editor in Chief

  • Sep 2006 - May 2010



Republican-American

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern reporter

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009



The Washington Post

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Copy aide

  • Jun 2008 - Jun 2009