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I currently work as a Marketing Assistant for the athletic department at Washington State University, where I create and promote strategic content for marketing and donor development. I’ve had a tremendous impact on the continued and perpetual rebranding of Cougar Athletics, and I want to obtain a job that relies heavily on the concepts I’ve learned in Pullman, along with the skills I acquired as a journalist and math major.

At WSU, I lead the marketing and video campaign for our development arm, the Cougar Athletic Fund. Since arriving in Pullman, our annual athletic scholarship fund has increased $1.2 million - more than a 25 percent increase. I produce written and video content for social media and our websites, and then analyze our web metrics via Hootsuite and extrapolate trends, which has helped me obtain a keen understanding of the content that sports fans appreciate and consume. Additionally, I help identify different groups of fans, and help craft an outreach strategy tailored specifically to each group.

Prior to moving to Pullman, I worked as an entertainment law reporter for a niche legal publication, the Los Angeles Daily Journal. There I wrote more than 200 articles for a sophisticated audience of legal professionals, covering litigation, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy proceedings and business trends affecting the Southern California entertainment industry. Working at the Daily Journal afforded me the opportunity to build not only my writing skills, but my inter-personal and verbal skills as well. During an interim period between obtaining my Master’s degree from USC and my time at the newspaper, I worked as a featured columnist for Bleacher Report, covering the 2011-12 college football season. I produced both assigned and original content, and was the most read blogger on the website between the months of September and February.

I have experience in implementing marketing programs and campaigns for a Pac-12 university's athletic department and measuring their effectiveness. My work at WSU, along with my experience in journalism, has given me excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills, and my background in Mathematics has given me the ability to view problems, tasks and opportunities analytically. I am proficient in creative software such as Photoshop, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Avid, to name a few. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2009, I’ve lived and breathed writing, communication, sports and social media. As a result, I can be the jack-of-all-trades that you’re looking for – someone who can write copy and edit a video in the morning, and then discuss numbers and trends in the afternoon.





- Develop strategic content for the Cougar Athletic Fund, which saw increase from $4.7m to $5.9m in annual donations
- Overhauled and developed new membership levels and benefits plan for Cougar Athletic Fund, projected to generate additional $400,000 in annual donations
- Identify distinct groups of potential donors and help implement specific, targeted campaigns to solicit donations
- Interview current donors, alums and former athletes to promote and produce retrospective and instructional videos on ways to contribute money to the Athletic Fund
- Organize, plan and conduct twice-monthly Athletic Fund Development Team meeting, which includes SIDs, athletic directors, and marketing, web, and ticket departments
- Oversee team of two interns, helping with broadcasting, writing, interviewing and editing skills
- Produce promotional content for social media; helped increase Facebook likes 16.6% and Twitter followers 46.6% from FY 12-13 to 13-14


Marketing Assistant

- Wrote more than 200 stories covering litigation, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, and trends involving the entertainment legal industry
- Wrote profiles on federal and state judges, attorneys, arbitrators, and general counsel of the largest California companies
- Developed professional relationships with public relations personnel, attorneys, recruiters and marketing specialists 
- Compiled and produced monthly and annual management reports, which were presented to publisher and shareholders
- Wrote, reviewed and edited press releases sent out to listserv of attorneys, general counsel and public relations personnel


Entertainment Law Reporter

- Served as teaching assistant for undergraduate film classes ranging from 20 to 250 students in size
- Helped foster students’ skills in argumentative essay writing, reading comprehension and critical and analytical thinking
- Taught classes including “International Cinema Post World War II”; “Race, Culture, Sports and Media,”; “History of Rock and Roll”; “Intro to Film,”; "Intro to New Media"; and symposiums in film and television.
- Graded tests, quizzes and essays, and met with students during office hours to answer questions and address concerns
- One of only two Master's level students asked to teach an individual section of undergraduates


Teaching Assistant

-Read scripts and provided coverage. 
-Wrote treatments of existing manuscripts, comic books, and magazine/newspaper articles. 
-Oversaw general day-to-day office operations; scheduling and rolling calls.

Development Intern

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