Experience

Nourishing Hope

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and Communications Specialist

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Jen creates powerful and meaningful content to support Nourishing Hope’s mission of providing food for today, and hope for tomorrow. With fresh media and content creation, Jen shares the stories of the over 200,000 Chicagoans served each year at Nourishing Hope. When neighbors seek food, housing assistance, free mental health care, and social services– Jen reports on the impact Nourishing Hope has on enriching and supporting the lives of our underserved neighbors. Learn more about Nourishing Hope (and engage with Jen’s work in digital design and management) on their website: www.nourishinghopechi.org



Playmakers Laboratory Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member // Development Committee Chair // Teaching Artist

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Jen is a Company Member with Playmakers Lab. Playmakers Lab empowers young people to share their stories with creative writing and playwriting classes in Chicago Public Schools. Within the company, she is a Teaching Artist, Performer, Director, and Social Media Contributor. She also chairs the Development & Marketing Committee and serves on the Board of Directors as the Company Representative. Jen is a Company Member with Playmakers Lab. Playmakers Lab empowers young people to share their stories with creative writing and playwriting classes in Chicago Public Schools. Within the company, she is a Teaching Artist, Performer, Director, and Social Media Contributor. She also chairs the Development & Marketing Committee and serves on the Board of Directors as the Company Representative.



Northwestern Settlement

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Relations & Development Coordinator

  • Jun 2021 - Nov 2022

  At Northwestern Settlement, Jen championed the efforts of the Development department: crafting thoughtful and impactful communication to donors and sharing the powerful impact of the 130-year-old organization's comprehensive social services. About Northwestern Settlement: Northwestern Settlement works to disrupt generational poverty by nurturing, educating, and inspiring young people and their families. At Northwestern Settlement, Jen championed the efforts of the Development department: crafting thoughtful and impactful communication to donors and sharing the powerful impact of the 130-year-old organization's comprehensive social services. About Northwestern Settlement: Northwestern Settlement works to disrupt generational poverty by nurturing, educating, and inspiring young people and their families.



Absolutely Chicago Segway Tours

• United States
• Leisure, Travel & Tourism
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Tours & Communication // Operations Manager

  • May 2016 - Oct 2021

  Name a task in the Segway Tourism industry. Jen is an expert in it. Marketing, Communications, Sales, Customer Service and Support, Training Personnel, Data Analysis, Scheduling, Client Development, Leading Tours in English and Spanish, and the fun one-- Segway maintenance and repairs. That's right. She can take a Segway apart. Repair it. And put it back together, gliding more smoothly than ever before. Name a task in the Segway Tourism industry. Jen is an expert in it. Marketing, Communications, Sales, Customer Service and Support, Training Personnel, Data Analysis, Scheduling, Client Development, Leading Tours in English and Spanish, and the fun one-- Segway maintenance and repairs. That's right. She can take a Segway apart. Repair it. And put it back together, gliding more smoothly than ever before.



Lucky: A Musical

• Chicago, IL

• Producer, Director

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2019

  Producer and Director of the SOLD OUT RUN of the award-winning new show, LUCKY: A MUSICAL. *Winner of the 2019 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Award for "Most Promising New Musical" and "Best Lyrics" Producer and Director of the SOLD OUT RUN of the award-winning new show, LUCKY: A MUSICAL. *Winner of the 2019 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Award for "Most Promising New Musical" and "Best Lyrics"



Essex Estate Services LTD

• Chicago, IL

• Copywriter, Digital Sales

  • Mar 2016 - Aug 2018

  - Appraising vintage and antique goods through digital research. - Maintaining an ongoing digital sale catalogue, data entry. - Copywriting sales script, cataloguing inventory with photos. - Uploading inventory to multiple virtual stores using iVendere software. - Training personnel on iVendere best practices. - Organizing inventory, assisting with order fulfillment, shipping, and customer service. - Appraising vintage and antique goods through digital research. - Maintaining an ongoing digital sale catalogue, data entry. - Copywriting sales script, cataloguing inventory with photos. - Uploading inventory to multiple virtual stores using iVendere software. - Training personnel on iVendere best practices. - Organizing inventory, assisting with order fulfillment, shipping, and customer service.