Social Media Experience
I have more than two years of experience in Social Media and interactive marketing. I worked as both the Social Media Coordinator and Motion Graphics Video Producer for Triad Media in Parkville, Mo. My job was to help clients build, maintain and promote e-commerce websites using social media and interactive marketing strategies. I helped clients create accounts for Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Digg and other social media, and I advise clients on how to use them. And I wrote copy for hundreds of e-mail campaigns, news releases, article submissions and blog posts – strategically optimized for search engines.
Motion Graphics Video Experience
I’ve produced more than 50 commercials as my company’s Motion Graphics Video Producer. I manage the entire video production process: I help clients develop ideas for their commercials, and then I write the script; I schedule an actor or actress for the shoot; I film the talent using a green screen, teleprompter and professional lighting; I edit the video sequence in Adobe Premiere; I clean up the audio in Adobe Soundbooth, I key out the green and add special effects in After Effects; and I export the video, upload it to video sharing websites, and embed it on to the client’s website.
News Reporting and Editing Experience
I earned my journalism degree from the University of Kansas with a dual emphasis on both News & Information and Strategic Communication. On the News & Information side of my degree, I worked as a beat reporter and editor for the University Daily Kansan. As a reporter, I covered the Business and City Government beats, which earned me the Angelo Scott Award for Outstanding Reporting, and a promotion to Senior Multimedia Reporter.
I also worked for a semester as an editor for the Kansan, copy editing news stories for the newspaper and website. I wrote headlines, teasers, photo captains and blurbs for stories, and I helped with the design and layout of the daily publication using Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop.
Public Relations Experience
On the Strategic Communication side, I served as the Public Relations Director of a six-person marketing team in 2009 that won “Best Overall Campaign” at the University of Kansas. I designed a social networking website using Ning as the platform; produced a video for the client’s online LawrenceMarketplace.com page; and wrote the Executive Summary for our team’s campaign proposal to the client.
I also served as the Public Relations Chair for the KU Students for Global Awareness coalition. I was in charge of developing content to promote events, and pitching stories to the University Daily Kansan of newsworthy international student events.
Al Jazeera English Experience
I had the opportunity to intern for Al Jazeera English during the summer run-up to the 2008 Presidential Election. I helped AJE Host Ghida Fakhry prepare for interviews with politicians, experts and foreign diplomats. I participated in daily conference calls from the Obama and McCain campaigns, and summarized them for planning meetings. I worked in the political unit, research unit, video production unit and booking department.
Below is a short documentary Al Jazeera’s staff allowed me to produce using the network’s equipment to film interviews with senior AJE producers, a former U.S. Ambassador for Counter Terrorism and a former special adviser to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
