Resume

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Content Marketing Specialist | Milliman MedInsight | Remote - Based in Seattle, Washington July 2022-Current

  • Led content marketing strategy for product launches, collaborating with product marketing team

  • Manage content and sales enablement management system, Highspot, supporting revenue team with sales conversations

  • Proofread highly-detailed technical content written by subject matter experts, third-party vendors and contractors

  • Led content creation, including press releases, social media, paid advertising, internal communications, webpages and more

  • Launched and designed content marketing project plans for marketing campaigns

  • Manage relationships with vendors and marketing interns for content creation

Marketing Specialist | Turtle Bay Exploration Park | Redding, California Feb. 2022-July 2022

  • Supporting marketing initiatives for Turtle Bay Museum, the Sheraton, and Mosaic Restaurant

  • Strategizing weekly social media content for Facebook and Instagram for four accounts

  • Creating in-house communications including: member newsletter, presentations, flyers, etc.

  • Creating and monitoring a wide variety of email marketing campaigns

  • Ensuring design and layouts of emails are optimized, user and mobile friendly

Marketing Contractor | Green Truck Grocery | Portland, Oregon Feb. 2021-Feb.2022

  • Defined company’s distinct brand voice through clear, engaging content

  • Developed copy for variety of deliverables (website, social media channels)

  • Proofread projects for grammatical accuracy

  • Added metadata to the website, including alt text, etc. 

Associate Editor  | Fresh Cup Magazine | Portland, Oregon October 2019-October 2020

  • Reported on the global coffee and tea industry news for feature-length articles

  • Managed daily content for company’s social media accounts

  • Curated and wrote weekly email digital newsletter called The Filter

  • Developed new social media strategy

  • Pitched promotional advertising opportunities for the company with advertising clients

    Features Editor  | Forest Grove News-Times/Hillsboro Tribune | Forest Grove, Oregon August 2018-October 2019

  • Interviewed sources in the Washington arts community and community members for articles

  • Maintained social media accounts, posting content to the web

  • Met daily deadlines; wrote three to six features (arts, theater, music) articles a week

  • Edited freelance articles for AP Style

  • Created weekly online/print community calendar

  • Collaborated with designers to create print pages proofs

Front Desk Associate | Blooming Moon Wellness Spa | Portland, Oregon                May 2018-August 2018

  • Managed spa’s activity calendar of clients for estheticians and massage therapists

  • Managed and curated email marketing for the business

  • Ensured front-of-house hospitality, including welcoming guests and answering phones

Video News Writer  | United News International | Portland, Oregon Nov. 2017 - May 2018

  • Researched daily international news and wrote six to nine news scripts a day for news videos

  • Collaborated in a start-up company environment

  • Fact-checked and copyedited briefs for accuracy

Advertising Sales Representative  | WWU Student Publications | Bellingham, Washington  Jan. 2016 - June 2017

  • Sold advertising space to local businesses

  • Reached out to potential clients and maintained current client accounts

  • Brought new advertisers into original client base

Editor-in-Chief  | The Western Front | Bellingham, Washington June 2016 - Sept. 2016

  • Managed and assigned tasks to a newsroom staff of 10 editors and 20 reporters

  • Made decisions on overall creative content, stories and artwork for weekly publication

  • Previous positions on staff: reporter, news editor, features editor and online content producer from March 2015 - June 2016

Editorial Intern  | Bellingham Business Journal | Bellingham, Washington   June 2016 - Aug. 2016

  • Wrote feature stories on Whatcom County business owners

  • Researched business licenses and created daily news briefs

  • Copy edited pages prior to print

SKILLS

Software and tools: Adobe InDesign, Canva, Highspot, Mailchimp, MyEmma, Hootsuite, WordPress, Squarespace, SharePoint, Salesforce

Marketing and communications: Email marketing, B2B and B2C copywriting, UX copywriting, social media management, SEO principles, competitive research, graphic design, vendor management, AP Style, proofreading

EDUCATION

Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA | Sept. 2013 - June 2017

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a minor in International Studies, graduated cum laude

Content Marketing Institute Certification

VOLUTEERING

  • Merchandise table attendant every April since 2015 for “April Brew’s Day,” the annual fundraiser for Max Higbee Center, a Bellingham nonprofit providing recreational services to teens and adults with developmental disabilities.

  • Thrift store volunteer at YWCA in Bellingham, Washington