Experience

The Pokémon Company International
• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee
• Digital Writer

  • Jul 2020 - Present


Independent

• Uganda
• International Trade and Development

• Author

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  I self-published my first novel, "Scourge of the Righteous Haddock" in August of 2013. My second novel, "Vestal" was published in the spring of 2016. My third novel, "The Wheel Diver," is available at www.thewheeldiver.com. All three are young adult fantasy novels. The first two novels are available on Amazon. I've utilized my experience working with artists, designers, and editors to produce work that neither looks nor reads as though it was self-published. My goal is to produce work that not only matches the work being produced by major publishing houses, but to exceed their efforts in terms of courage, creativity, and willingness to experiment. Show less



MetaMed Marketing

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  Writing web pages, press releases, and promotional articles and copy editing websites for various private medical companies around the United States. Writing web pages, press releases, and promotional articles and copy editing websites for various private medical companies around the United States.


Leafly
• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Senior News Editor

  • Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

Funko
• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 700 & Above Employee
• Marketing Copywriter

  • Apr 2018 - Jan 2020


Colliers International

• United States
• Real Estate

• Content Marketing Writer

  • Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

  I produce and edit blogs, internal communications, research reports, white papers, and ads. I produce and edit blogs, internal communications, research reports, white papers, and ads.



Rightside

• Australia
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Content Marketing Writer

  • Apr 2015 - Jan 2017

  Producing content and marketing materials including blogs, press releases, marketing kits, coloring books, ebooks, use cases, and white papers for the marketing, business development, and HR departments. Specifically, producing three blog posts per week for the company blog (www.rightside.news) on subjects ranging from thought leadership to office culture. Participating in Team Culture, which is a volunteer-based group that organizes events such as scavenger hunts, bubble soccer matches, pecha kucha presentations, etc. Show less



New Times, Inc., San Luis Obispo

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Aug 2010 - Apr 2015

  If you've never worked in a newsroom, I'm not certain I can quite describe the experience—the challenge of producing 52 issues per year, in addition to 13 themed special issues in an era of ever-diminishing resources and cutbacks. It's the most thrilling, and exhausting, ride imaginable with the absolute best and strangest people you'll ever meet. Despite our diminishing resources, we reached for the moon. We produced a cover story told in graphic novel form, organized photo shoots featuring bulls and bathtubs and sunrise unicorns, an honest-to-god row boat in the Elks pool (for our Brides issue, of course). We won awards, which were never the main point, but were nice, I suppose. We played hide and seek in the office. We made mockumentaries. We did the best we could. Show less

• Arts and Entertainment Editor

  • Mar 2006 - Aug 2010

  In my capacity as Arts and Entertainment Editor, I was responsible for roughly half of the paper including two weekly features, film listings and reviews, a lengthy music column, the calendar section, and two arts-themed special issues per year.



San Louie

• United States
• Medical Practices

• Editor & Co-founder

  • May 2010 - May 2012

  San Louie is what I like to describe as a side quest. While working full-time for an alternative newsweekly, along with several incredible collaborators, I helped found, write, organize, and edit a quirky, stunning quarterly magazine that showcased the Central Coast's creative talent. I worked with the very finest writers, photographers, illustrators, designers, and other visual artists the Central Coast had to offer to create a beautiful, thoughtful, and unexpected product. In print, no less. San Louie is what I like to describe as a side quest. While working full-time for an alternative newsweekly, along with several incredible collaborators, I helped found, write, organize, and edit a quirky, stunning quarterly magazine that showcased the Central Coast's creative talent. I worked with the very finest writers, photographers, illustrators, designers, and other visual artists the Central Coast had to offer to create a beautiful, thoughtful, and unexpected product. In print, no less.