This resume page outlines my professional experience, along with my education and collegiate experience. 

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My Resume

My Objective

Creative and detail-oriented copywriter with a passion for crafting compelling and engaging content. Adept at developing strong ad copy that drives brand awareness, customer engagement, and conversions across digital and print platforms.

Since getting laid-off in November 2024, actively seeking a new role in content creation. Looking to leverage creative storytelling skills and marketing expertise to build impactful campaigns that will resonate with target audiences while aligning with a company’s branding and goals.

Professional Experience

Content Writer, AfterMath, Ad Agency

  • Wrote and copyedited on a variety of ad formats including emails, social media and websites

  • Coordinated content planning and execution for internal agency needs

  • Engaged with agency’s audience via social media channels while responding to messages

  • Tracked content performance using analytics tools and making adjustments as needed

  • Researched topics, competitors and target audiences across industries for client brand needs

  • Assisted in developing content strategies to meet our clients’ marketing goals

  • Conducted content audits and implemented strategy or content changes based on findings

  • Collaborated with designers and other agency departments to produce multimedia content

  • Responsible for contributing ideas during brainstorming sessions with the entire creative team

Marketing Copywriter, Inbound Ignited, Marketing Agency

  • Researched, wrote and optimized client and internal blogs to SEO specifications

  • Redesigned content for agency’s website and followed the Growth-Driven Design framework 

  • Wrote social media posts for clients’ brands in addition to internal agency’s platforms

  • Arranged client meetings to strategize, collaborate and update on projects as needed 

  • Earned Hubspot certifications in Inbound Marketing, Hubspot CMS, Content Marketing and more

Media & Marketing Assistant, Zimmer Communications

Zimmer Radio Group, Fuze32 (in-house ad agency) and Inside Columbia (local magazine)

are proprietary businesses of Zimmer Communications located in Columbia, MO.

Media Assistant, Zimmer Radio Group

  • Processed new radio order forms while stewarding national and regional campaign spots

  • Scheduled traffic orders for regional and national agencies with 50+ clients per month

  • Managed 40+ political election ad campaigns and 15 station profiles per FCC regulations

Marketing Assistant, Fuze32

  • Conducted market research to identify effective media placements in clients’ outside markets

  • Collaborated with creative services to develop strong radio ad placements in outside markets

  • Communicated with multiple media agencies to implement advertising in clients’ outside markets

  • Researched and wrote SEO-driven blogs and whitepapers for several client’s websites

Contributing Writer, Inside Columbia Magazine

  • Interviewed with local businesses and individuals maintaining relationships in the community

  • Authored original articles for upcoming issues after interviews before publishing deadlines

  • Edited various pieces for the magazine and the corresponding web pages for the blogs

Freelance Writer, Remote

  • Wrote blog content for different industries with clients in law, hospitality and B2B printing services

  • Edited brand content on social platforms or websites to keep tone and voice consistent

  • Proofread emails, press releases, documents and other new or current media as needed

Mar. 2022- Nov. 2024 Remote, U.S.

July 2021- Nov. 2021 Remote, U.S.

May 2020- June 2021 Columbia, MO

April 2019- Mar. 2020 Remote U.S. and Columbia, MO

Education

Bachelor of Arts & Science from the University of Missouri at Columbia, MO

  • English major with a creative writing emphasis

  • Minors in Art & Classical Humanities

  • Work part-time (about 20 hours/week) in addition to classes and activities

  • Selected for a “Study Abroad” global leadership service trip in January 2018 visiting Montezuma, Costa Rica for 2 weeks. Service project was working closely with the local turtle hatchery working to help endangered turtles

・COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE・

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Involvement Ambassador, Center for Student Involvement

  • Vice President of Operations 

Editorial Team, EPIC Literary Magazine

  • Associate and Design Editor

  • Fiction Editor

Communications Intern, University of Missouri Ellis Library

Fiction Intern, The Missouri Review

Aug. 2015- May 2019

Apr. 2016- May 2019

  • Term: Feb. 2018- Mar. 2019 

Aug. 2018- May 2019

  • Term: Jan. 2019- May 2019

  • Term: Jan. 2018- May 2018

Apr. 2018- Dec. 2018

Aug. 2017- Dec. 2017