Experience

TheatreSquared

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Apprentice

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Arkansas Writers In Schools

• United States
• Writing and Editing

• Educator

  • Sep 2019 - May 2023

  • Planned and implemented poetry-writing workshops for K-12 students in the state of Arkansas. • Generated prompts based on contemporary poets and classical poetry traditions. • Planned and implemented poetry-writing workshops for K-12 students in the state of Arkansas. • Generated prompts based on contemporary poets and classical poetry traditions.



University of Arkansas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2019 - May 2023

  • Instructor of record for two sections of English composition, world literature, and/or creative writing per semester. • Worked within a pre-existing curriculum to both meet program requirements and engage with students in a manner consistent with personal teaching philosophy. • Instructor of record for two sections of English composition, world literature, and/or creative writing per semester. • Worked within a pre-existing curriculum to both meet program requirements and engage with students in a manner consistent with personal teaching philosophy.



McLean & Eakin Booksellers

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bookseller

  • Sep 2010 - Jan 2023

  • Children’s and Young Adult literature specialist. • Provided reader’s advisory services to children and adults. • Reviewed newly published literature for the store newsletter. • Assisted with children’s event programming, book signings, and author talks. • Designed and implemented thematic window and table displays. • Children’s and Young Adult literature specialist. • Provided reader’s advisory services to children and adults. • Reviewed newly published literature for the store newsletter. • Assisted with children’s event programming, book signings, and author talks. • Designed and implemented thematic window and table displays.



The University of Arkansas Press

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Intern

  • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

  • New title research: read and reported on upcoming manuscripts to formulate a marketing plan. • Compiled outreach data to widely publicize and sell new titles. • Wrote and edited copy and designed promotional graphics for the press’s website and Instagram account. • Sorted sales data and combined with research to compile reports on the influence of social media factors on the press’s two major poetry series. • Submitted press titles for consideration for major awards. • New title research: read and reported on upcoming manuscripts to formulate a marketing plan. • Compiled outreach data to widely publicize and sell new titles. • Wrote and edited copy and designed promotional graphics for the press’s website and Instagram account. • Sorted sales data and combined with research to compile reports on the influence of social media factors on the press’s two major poetry series. • Submitted press titles for consideration for major awards.



The Arkansas International

• Publicity & Outreach Director

  • Feb 2020 - Nov 2022

  • Responsible for overseeing all publicity and outreach operations for the magazine, including social media, promotion and advertising, website management, and events.• Worked with outreach and development team members to shift issue launches and other promotional events into the digital realm due to COVID-19.

• Fiction Reader

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2022

  • Member of a team of magazine staffers who read through all fiction submissions in order to recommend acceptance or rejection.• Served on the contest reading team for the 2020 Emerging Writer's Prize in Fiction.



Two Friends Books

• Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Programming & Events Intern

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Founded, organized, and oversaw the inaugural Ozark Writers’ Festival in Bentonville Arkansas, a two-day event celebrating Arkansas writers through readings, signings, and networking. • Responsible for author outreach and scheduling for the 2021-2022 author visit season. • Created a pitch deck and met with local organizations to raise funds to bring celebrated writers to Northwest Arkansas. • Founded, organized, and oversaw the inaugural Ozark Writers’ Festival in Bentonville Arkansas, a two-day event celebrating Arkansas writers through readings, signings, and networking. • Responsible for author outreach and scheduling for the 2021-2022 author visit season. • Created a pitch deck and met with local organizations to raise funds to bring celebrated writers to Northwest Arkansas.