Experience

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  Brightly Creative.

  • Content Director

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  Brightly creative.

  • Content Director

    • Sep 2019 - Present

    Works with top clients in the food and beverage industry with branding, social media, content marketing, editing, blogging and digital marketing strategy.-writing focus includes white papers, blogs, social media, blogs, case studies, research, digital marketing, trade show coverage

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  Stahr Custom Communications

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Owner, Stahr Custom Communications

    • May 2012 - Present
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Works with clients in branding, social media, content marketing, editing, blogging and digital marketing strategy fields. Client list includes companies in real estate; digital marketing; health care; food and beverage; and education.

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  English First; Caledonian; Karinthy Frigyes Ujpest Bilingual School; Always Learning Center

  • Chicago, Prague, Budapest, Jinan

  • English Second Language Teacher

    • Feb 2014 - Present
    • Chicago, Prague, Budapest, Jinan

    I teach English as a foreign language to worldwide adult learners in both classroom and online settings. Also provide private lessons and have taught in three international locations.

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  Shaker Recruitment Marketing/The Arland Group

  • St. Louis, MO/Greater Chicago Area

  • Senior Content Director

    • Nov 2012 - Aug 2018
    • St. Louis, MO/Greater Chicago Area

    • Edited internal/external content for approximately 15 B2B/B2C clients; provided final approval of marketing copy for multi-million-dollar corporations; gathered and wrote content for quarterly e-newsletters• Worked directly as social media manager for 15 national and local high-profile clients to achieve top platform ROI• SEO content; long-form white paper writing; blog strategy • Wrote content for the National Honey Board's subsidiary sites of almost 200,000 followers, newsletter strategy and research; traveled to trade shows and video shoots on the board's behalf• Developed and delivered internal PPT presentations and training • Developed style guides, branding standards • Worked as part of digital media team; created media content calendars

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  VAPE Magazine

  • Worldwide

  • COO/Editor in Chief

    • Sep 2013 - Jan 2016
    • Worldwide

    • Served as editorial director for No. 1 B2B/B2C magazine for worldwide vaping industry published 6 times annually, 200,000 subscriber base, average 200 pages• Represented magazine at international conferences; served as keynote speaker at VAPEXPO Moscow• Managed freelance teams of more than 50 writers, designers • Served as marketing/social media director; boosted 100% growth • Wrote first-ever China and Europe editions of the magazine, serving as lead writer, interviewer, researcher of more than 80-page count• Pre-approved layouts for final review; set deadline budgets