Experience

Harper Creative

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Work with designers and customers to develop strategies and for web and advertising content.Produced copy for customers that adheres to corporate standards and objectives.Reviewed, proofread, revised, and edited copy for accuracy and client compliance.Researched prevailing trends in branding for new projects and clients. Work with designers and customers to develop strategies and for web and advertising content.Produced copy for customers that adheres to corporate standards and objectives.Reviewed, proofread, revised, and edited copy for accuracy and client compliance.Researched prevailing trends in branding for new projects and clients.



Archive of St. Louis Punk

• Curator and Founder

  • Jan 2010 - Present

  The archive began as part of my graduate work in history in 2010. My plan was to make the artifacts of the St. Louis punk scene available online for anyone to use at any time. I began with my own collection and the collection of my friends. The archive now includes over 300 pieces of music history including, t-shirts, cassettes, local zines, newspaper clippings, contracts, ticket stubs, photographs and other artifacts. The related St. Louis Flyer Project has grown to over 600 pieces of punk advertising including posters and flyers.The archive is a resource for local historians and musicians. Artifacts from the archive have been included in a new book on the history of music in St. Louis. I am currently curating a collection of Jet Lag Magazine, a local punk zine that ran from 1980 to 1991 using the archive collection as the basis of the new book. The archive is maintained using the digital collections software Omeka.



Edwardsville School District

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Teacher

  • Aug 1999 - Present

  2019-2030Roving elementary, secondary, and special education instructor. Long term and short term instructor in all subjects and all grade levels. Special attention to Advanced Placement and Special Education classes. 2011- 2019Instructor – Madison County Juvenile Detention FacilityDesign curriculum and teach all subject to juveniles who are incarcerated in Madison County, ILSubject include; math, social studies, English, science, computers, grammar and composition.1999-2011 Media Specialist Edwardsville High SchoolSupervisor of Media Center/Library serving 2400 students and 200 teachersSupervisor of district-wide distance learning programSupervisor of full time staff and student workersSupervisor of and maintenance for two computer labs and av library/equipment Designed and taught custom research units at the request of classroom teachers Conducted curriculum development and education theory research at the request of administrationPerformed web data mining and open source research Thorough knowledge of library processes and techniquesOther Duties Included – circulation, acquisitions, cataloging, weeding, interlibrary loan (Gatenet and Illinet), collection development and management, grant writing, web design and Instruction, bibliographic instruction, basic pc repair and software maintenance, and problem solving



Boxing Clever Records and Books

• New Projects Manager and Marketing Coordinator

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

  Worked with bands to arrange promotion and coverage in print and web publications.Research and perused new book projects and publishing opportunities.Corresponded with rights holders and their representatives regarding use of their material in future projects. Worked with bands to arrange promotion and coverage in print and web publications.Research and perused new book projects and publishing opportunities.Corresponded with rights holders and their representatives regarding use of their material in future projects.



Saint Louis University

• Philippines
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Government Documents Assistaint, Pius XII Memorial Library

  • Oct 1997 - Aug 1999

  Processed and maintained current and historical government document collection dating back to 1789Processed monthly and annual statistics for the Government Printing Office Hired, scheduled, and evaluated student assistants Designed and maintained the Government Documents websiteAssisted faculty and students in research involving all aspects of government documents and developed research strategiesOther duties included – weeding, shifting, customer service, database searching, corresponding with GPO and other depository libraries, maintaining department computer cluster, creating displays compiling recently Received government documents of note