Mar 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

• As the Content Marketing Manager at QuickStart, I spearhead the development, management, and implementation of a high-output, holistic content strategy across blog, email, and social media channels to promote technology education and career advancement in cybersecurity, data analytics, and software engineering. Through strategic planning and collaboration with crossfunctional teams, I help execute online and offline campaigns to reach a wide audience of tech career advancers, changers, and starters.
• My efforts were recognized with the Employee of the Quarter award for Q3 and Q4 in 2023.

Mar 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Meridian, Idaho, United States · Remote

• In this role, I helped lead content marketing efforts for the detox supplement brands of CellCore Biosciences (B2B) and Microbe Formulas (B2C) to boost audience engagement and promote health & wellness through highlighting the body's natural detox functions and foundational medicine of gut microbiome products.
• With an understanding of health-coded language and regulatory compliance training, I worked with writers and editors to create educational consumer-driven content across company-wide web pages. To execute brand consistency, I also collaborated with designers for visual assets, optimized articles for SEO, oversaw email copywriting sends, as well as produced consumer and practitioner lead magnets for online and in-person events, such as ECO (Exponential Clinical Outcomes).

Mar 2021 – Nov 2021 · 8 mos · Remote

• In my role as a Content Manager + Copywriter at Koda Brands, I crafted engaging blog, social media, and PR content for diverse beauty brands, ensuring alignment with target audiences within the industry. I optimized SEO content for various platforms, tracked performance metrics, and cross-functionally collaborated with global team teams to boost global brand awareness.

Jan 2021 – Aug 2021 · 7 mos · Ottumwa, Iowa, United States · Hybrid

• • Taught Business Communication, Technical Writing, and English courses

Jul 2020 – Mar 2021 · 8 mos

• Communicate and market the training program with prospects and clients in a comprehensive manner through Email Marketing, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram
• Responsible for creating strategic social media content and lead generation for marketing business
• Directed and managed content written for team projects, business inquiries, and SOP's for coaching curriculum
• Developed comprehensive copywriting and storytelling strategies with high-value content
• Started Email Marketing drips through Mailchimp to communicate directly with audience and focused on increasing improving open rates, click through rates, and conversion rates
• Built webpages as well as created full funnel for businesses, from website creation, SEO plugins, landing page creation with email captures
• Strategized paid search campaigns to target relevant keywords and attract targeted audience
• Optimized campaigns through negative keyword expansion, adding exact match to campaigns, finding search terms that converted
• Ran Google Ads for websites to get targeted traffic to websites with the goal of getting conversions such as leads and sales
• Created Facebook Ads and strategized for top, middle, and bottom of the funnel campaigns
• Created separate audiences to target and scaling such as 1% Lookalikes of past purchases, Customer Lists, and Interest Audiences
• Optimized campaigns by pausing non performing ads, ad sets, and broke apart ad sets by devices or demographics to find the best performing audience segments

Aug 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• • Mentored and instructed successful honors students in their projects

Jan 2017 – Nov 2021 · 4 yrs 10 mos

• Aided students in their written assignments
• Helped students edit their grammar, sentence structures, and prose

Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs

• Taught English Composition, Leadership, and World Mythology courses
• Constructed an accessible format in English Composition courses for over 300 DMACC students for both online and in-person learning

Jul 2016 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs · Des Moines, Iowa Area

• After a rewarding career as a competitive swimmer for 13 years, I had the privilege of coaching swimmers of all ages, focusing on technique, race strategies, and mental development. I supported athletes in achieving their goals and creating a positive training environment. Collaborating with fellow coaches, we enhanced training programs to help swimmers reach their full potential.

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 4 mos

• Online Publications:
• The Content Collateral - Substack Newsletter
• “Descent into Wilderness: Katabasis of Displaced Heroism in Charles Brockden Brown’s Edgar Huntly” (Electryone, 2020)
• Luna Station Quarterly Blog: "Musings on Heroism"
• “The Heroic Swimmer” SwimSwam (May 13th, 2017)
• “Happiness” Sketch Literary Magazine (vol. 77, no. 1, Fall 2014) - Poetry
• “Living Waters” Sketch Literary Magazine (vol. 76, no. 2, Spring 2012) - Nonfiction

Aug 2014 – May 2020 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Iowa State University

• In my role as an English Instructor at Iowa State University, I successfully taught Business Communication and English Composition courses to a large student body, reviewed and led student-made business proposals, and effectively managed business writing and communication practices.
• Guided over 400 undergraduate students in developing strong communication skills
• Reviewed and provided feedback on numerous student business proposals
• Successfully instructed students in the principles of business writing