Experience

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  Technician

  • United States
  • Newspaper Publishing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Managing Editor

    • Apr 2023 - Apr 2024

    - Works with Editors-in-Chief to lead a team of over 140 staff members with a $115k annual operating budget.- Authors top-performing articles on Technician's website, contributing to its monthly average of 131.9k pageviews and 49.2k unique users.- Conceptualizes and oversees long-term investigative projects.- Submits 70+ public records requests at the local, state and federal level to enhance reportingthrough data and primary sources.- Developed newsroom culture to integrate journalism techniques that cater to the modern media landscape, including using self-taught data journalism skills.- Streamlined newsroom operations by creating precise documentation for organizational policies and processes.

  • Brand Manager

    • Apr 2023 - Apr 2024

    - Boosted Technician’s TikTok following by over 200% in 30 days.- Implement social media strategy for Instagram that resulted in a 9% growth in followers in 90 days.- Designs visuals optimized for social media engagement with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.- Devised social media branding guidelines to ensure consistent content.- Collaborate with section editors to create story packages that utilize multimedia elements and effectively drive users to the Technician website.

  • Assistant News Editor

    • Apr 2022 - Apr 2023

    - Edited 10+ articles for print and online content weekly according to AP Style.- Assisted news editor to lead a team of 20 reporters.- Created SEO copy to be featured on the Technician website, Twitter and Facebook.- Wrote news, features and live-coverage articles weekly to meet deadline.

  • Staff Writer

    • Feb 2022 - Apr 2022

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  Department of Computer Science, NC State University

  • Communications Writer

    • Sep 2022 - May 2023

    - Craft compelling news stories regarding technical concepts for a wide audience.- Compose copy for the Department of Computer Science website, monthly newsletter andmarketing materials in alignment with brand voice.- Conduct interviews with faculty, students and alumni to develop thorough, impactful featurestories and profiles.

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  WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2

  • Podcast Host

    • Apr 2022 - May 2023

    Record and edit a weekly segment for Eye on the Triangle, a podcast about news in the Triangle, for WKNC, NC State’s student-run radio station.

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  Urban Outfitters

  • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

  • Sales Associate

    • Nov 2021 - Jun 2022
    • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

    - Maintained an organized and clean work environment during the peak holiday season rush.