During the past eleven years, I’ve worked as a content creator. I’m experienced in research, writing, relationship building, photography, filming, editing, and distribution. My work as a project manager started in 2016 while obtaining my MFA in Cinema Directing. I honed my ability to bring creative vision, technical camera skills, workflow and budget management, and team leadership to the table. Since graduation in 2018, I have worked as a creator and project manager.

In 2021, I became a 200-hour RYT and started teaching restorative yoga and meditation. The homepage of this site shares tools to relieve stress and cultivate balance.

For joy, you’ll find me playing with my chocolate lab ThunderBear, reading a rom com, or cackling with my friends while on a walk or drinking tea.

Production Manager | Dotdash Meredith
Des Moines, Iowa ◦ July 2022 – now

• Produce Health and Real Simple brand newsletters using Dreamweaver and Iterable

• Serve as the single point of contact for production of all project initiatives and revisions for Health and Real Simple brand newsletters

• Ensure email production and quality assurance processes are followed correctly and completely and supporting documents are properly kept for all email campaigns

• Preview newsletters for quality assurance prior to account team review

• Monitor email trends and advise on best practices

Marketing Project Manager | Lutheran Services in Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa ◦ February 2020 – July 2022

• Managed the daily workflow of the Marketing team and the development of print, digital, social, and advocacy projects and materials for LSI’s six service lines

• Created, and improved execution of, annual marketing plans to help achieve the business goals of LSI service lines

• Produced, directed, and distributed LSI films and multimedia projects; led work with external vendors to achieve the creative vision

• Managed and crafted content for LSI's main Facebook and LSI's Foster Care Facebook - increased followers by 44%; led creation of LSI Global Greens' Facebook and Instagram

• Managed Facebook ads for LSI’s six service lines

• Developed and implemented monthly metrics reports

• Provided input for the LSI brand and all external marketing materials, helping ensure a consistent and effective brand message was achieved

Digital Content Coordinator | SEIU  (Contract)                        
Des Moines, Iowa ◦ May 2019 – Jan. 2020

• Created daily content from graphics to video for nationwide social channels, email campaigns, and web pages; based content on daily labor market research

• Developed and implemented social media strategy for injecting Fight for $15 campaign narrative into 2020 political cycle

• Managed and created content for Iowa Fight for $15 Facebook and Twitter accounts

• Covered live events via live tweeting and videography

Communications Specialist | EMBARC  (Contract)      
Des Moines, Iowa  ◦ Sept. 2018 – May 2019

• Produced, directed, shot, and edited audiovisual multimedia pieces to bolster fundraising campaigns to support refugees in Iowa 

• Created and managed content for Facebook, Twitter, and email blasts for largest annual fundraiser that sold out of tickets

Filmmaker and Producer
What Remains | Bonn, Germany | May - June 2018
Produced, directed, shot, and edited documentary short film on CARE International's Climate Heroine Antje Grothus’ fight to save the remaining 10% of a forest from an energy company determined to cut what remains

American Life | Chicago, Illinois | May 2017 - Dec. 2018
Directed and co-wrote fiction short about 17-year-old Michael who uses boxing for moments of escape from the violence surrounding him in his Chicago community
Best Short, Boston Film Festival, 2019

70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green | Chicago, Illinois | May 2017 - May 2018
Increased the feature length documentary’s Facebook likes 56% and Twitter followers 59%; wrote and edited email blasts to educational institutions about hosting screenings

Happy Tragedy | Chicago, Illinois | Aug. 2017 - Jan. 2018
Produced, directed, and shot documentary short film about how a young man navigates his first few months living with HIV, while not giving up on his dream of acting
Winner, First in the Nation Film Festival, 2020

Teaching Assistant | Columbia College Chicago                             
Chicago, Illinois ◦ Aug. 2016–June 2018

• Assisted Cinema and Television Arts professors in teaching seven undergraduate courses in Documentary Storytelling, Documentary Production, World Cinema, Screenwriting, and Transmedia

Online Organizer | Iowa CCI                                                          
Des Moines, IA  ◦ April 2014–Aug. 2016

• Created digital content and managed email marketing, social media, and websites; assessed content needs based on monthly metrics

• Grew Facebook likes 173% and Twitter followers 193%; tripled email list via integrated communications plan and multivariate testing

• Completed 6-month strategic communications training with New Media Mentors

Production Skills

Camera Operation: Canon 60D, 80D, 7D Mark II; Sony PMW-EX1R, X70, FS7

Location Sound: Zoom F4 Multitrack Field Recorder, Zoom H4N Pro, wireless lav mics, boom mics

Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign

Additional Skills

Software: PowerBase CRM, Mailchimp, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Asana, Dreamweaver

Writing: News and press release, advocacy, screenwriting, email newsletters, social media

Marketing: Email marketing, social media, campaign management and ideation

Planning: Project planning, event planning

Filmography
Director/Videographer: What Remains documentary short
Bonn, Germany (June 2018)
Official selection, 2019 Chicago Feminist Film Festival

Writer/Director: American Life fiction short
Chicago, Illinois (October 2017 – Dec. 2018)
2018 Albert P. Weisman Award; 2018 Columbia College Production Fund Award; Best Short Film, 2019 Boston Film Festival

Director/Videographer: Happy Tragedy documentary short
Chicago, Illinois (August 2017 – Jan. 2018)
2018 Manifest Urban Arts Festival screening, Chicago

Writer/Director: Falling Stars fiction short
Chicago, Illinois (Jan. – Feb. 2017)
Official selection, 2018 Chicago Feminist Film Festival; 2017 Columbia College Production Fund Award

Education
M.F.A. Cinema Directing
Columbia College Chicago  | Chicago, Illinois | 3.9 GPA  | December 2018

B.S. Journalism + International Studies
Iowa State University  | Ames, IA | 3.82 GPA  | May 2013