Resume (scroll down for portfolio)

Objective: Full time or freelance position that will allow me to exercise my strong writing, editing, design, and communications skills in support of a company or organization located in Portland, Oregon

Areas of Experience: Writing, editing, music, advertising, graphic design, critical analysis, instruction, boardsports

Attributes: Creative, work with little supervision, learn quickly, strong communication skills, extremely attentive to detail, organized, professional, trained in Adobe CS3, Entourage, MS Office, strong knowledge of design elements

Editing & Writing Experience
LAB 9: Senior Medical Editor, New York, NY, 02/2008–Present
Copy edit and fact check scientifically complex educational and promotional pieces for pharmaceutical products; Collaborate with writers and art directors to develop branding, style, and consistency for clients; Energetic and self-motivated to create high-quality print and web materials.

LOOSE RECORD: Writer, New York, NY 06/2006–Present
Coordinate with photographers to write up live show reviews and band performances online; Write album reviews and interview musical artists.

THREE IMAGINARY GIRLS: Writer, Seattle, WA, 11/2007–Present
Review new independent music artists and albums

CLINE DAVIS & MANN: Medical Editor, New York, NY, 05/2005–02/2008
Streamlined data-heavy paragraphs to impose rules of style, grammar and consistency; Member of “Work Green” team to reduce company’s carbon footprint and educate workforce; Agency voted Med Ad News 2007 Agency of the Year.

Multimedia Experience
PITCHFORK.TV: Administrative Assistant, New York, NY 02/2008 – Present
Establishing and maintaining important contacts with (inter)national record labels; Managed clearance releases for video usage and filming rights using Excel; Trained Pitchfork.tv summer interns.

SPIN/VIBE MAGAZINES and FOX FILMS: Intern, New York, NY Summer 2000
Facilitated induction of new company administration and policies; Budgeted administrative expenditures; Simplified organization and storage procedures; Gained insight into marketing procedures by collaborating with publicists and other media personnel.

Other Work Experience
DOCTORS OF THE WORLD–USA: Development Intern New York, NY 11/2004 – 04/2005
Archived digital photos using Photoshop; Edited grant proposals, newsletters, and fundraising information; Organized fundraising events and aided in their execution; executed searches using Raiser's Edge software.

Education
PARSON’S THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY — 2006-2007
Certificate in Graphic Design
Learned elements of graphic design including layout techniques using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Classes included typography, color theory, and graphic design.

REED COLLEGE, Portland, OR — Bachelor of Arts in English, 1998-2003
Thesis: “William Carlos Williams: Patients and Poetry,” a study of how Williams’ use of poetic language was inspired by his working class medical patients. Curriculum included pre-medical classes, History of Ancient Greece and Rome

L’UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE BRETAGNE, Rennes, France — 2001-2002
All classes taken in French, focus on French history, philosophy and literature; taught English to French students

Interests/skills: Writing, literature, poetry, music, “art”, snowboarding, surfing, riding bikes, sustainability, health, travel, fluent in French, recently climbed the Grand Teton

Copywriting and Layout Design

The following images are pieces that I have either created or directly contributed to.

BURTON comp ad [9/9/2008]: I wrote the copy for this Burton comp ad using a predesigned layout. I also chose the eyebrow font and the arrangement of the blocks in InDesign.



BELIZE ESCAPE advertorial [9/18/2008]: I picked up the layout for this advertorial for a retreat presented by Natural Health magazine, created the copy and placed the images myself. I also picked up new photos and edited them in Photoshop before relaying the piece out in InDesign.



SHAPE magazine comp advertorial [9/30/2008]: I contributed all of the copy, creating identities of the characters and developing the full article, using a predesigned layout.



I write music reviews for a couple of websites, the following is a live show review of the Dirty Projectors at South Street Seaport in August, 2008. It can also be found online at: http://icecreamman.com/review/detail/dirty-projectors-white-williams-state-street-seaport



Here is a live review of The Cribs at Music Hall of Williamsburg and can be found online at: http://www.looserecord.com/2008/03/live-review-cribs-at-music-hall-of.php



This is a review of the band Pela. Also located at: http://www.looserecord.com/2008/03/live-review-pela-at-music-hall-of.php


Zyvox Visual Aid [2007]: a 50-page piece detailing MRSA infections and their treatment. Not a pretty sight, but sort of punk rock when you think about it. For this piece I helped to create headlines and body copy in addition to editing. I worked on Zyvox and the Pfizer Antibiotics Portfolio for more than a year.



Here are a couple of the interior pages of the Zyvox piece. Consistent branding, use of images, and copy style is extremely important across all pieces in a product's ad campaign, which demonstrates a strong attention to detail.