Experience

• University of Louisville

  English Instructor

  Taught two courses per semester on critical reading, research, and composition that were undergraduate degree requirements
  
  Created lectures, handouts, visual presentations, and course syllabi to teach essentials of argument, structure, and style
  
  Taught research techniques including navigating scholarly, literary databases such as LexisNexis, JStor, Factiva and Project Muse using boolean keyword searches.
  
  Managed and resolved classroom issues by mediating discussion that ensured respectful, insightful conversation between students

• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

  Admissions Recruiter

  Presented to potential medical school applicants at colleges and universities throughout the country using an interactive slide deck
  
  Built relationships with potential applicants through social media platforms, emails, and telephone calls
  
  Created and maintained detailed travel itinerary
  
  Directed outreach to university undergraduate programs to create a pathway where prospective underclassmen can apply for admission into medical
  
  Crafted recruitment materials such as brochures, newsletters, and informational packets
  
  Editor of The Pulse, a glossy Student Affairs magazine published monthly for LECOM students and alumni

• Sara's Restaurant

  Kitchen Manager/Cook

  Rectified customer grievances
  Managed jobs and delegated duties within the kitchen
  Created and managed the weekly shift schedule
  Mediated all employee disputes

• ESPN Films

  Development Production Assistant

  Develops documentaries and podcasts by researching and writing treatments on historically-driven topics where sports intersect with issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
  
  Works with production teams to shepherd projects from the idea phase through the final product.
  
  Scouts storytelling talent in film and audio by following industry publications, film festivals.
  
  Guides content distribution and programming strategy across television, social and digital platforms. Facilitates the integration of ESPN Films into the ESPN+ OTT (direct to consumer) product.
  
  Conducts archival research within ESPN’s tape library and obtains licensing rights and clearances from sports leagues, television networks, and private collections.
  
  Evaluates pitches from filmmakers, audio producers, and journalists. Facilitates contract negotiations with production companies by establishing budget guidelines and expectations for deliverables such as rough cuts, promotional excerpts, and behind-the-scenes footage.
  
  Expanding development process across other ESPN storytelling brands such as E:60, a flagship weekly newsmagazine, and SC:Featured, news feature unit.
  
  Directs external pitch ideas throughout the company’s storytelling brand to best match style to content and maximize news value.
  
  Curates a weekly newsletter highlighting the best longform sports journalism and documentary film, as well as podcasts featuring innovative storytelling, use of sound, and topic selection ranging from scene-rich audio documentaries like Atlanta Monster to scripted audio dramas such as Fruit.
  
  Maintains a database of emerging filmmakers that highlights women and people of color.

• ESPN

  Production Assistant

  Trained in the highly selective Content Associate Program rotating through roles at Sportscenter, the flagship program of ESPN
  
  Functioned under tight deadlines and reacted to rapidly changing crew needs throughout live broadcasts
  
  Cut show elements, such as video b-roll, highlights, and teases using the editing software Quantel
  
  Wrote shot sheet scripts for anchors to read during game highlight segments using AP ENPS (electronic news production system)
  
  Screened, logged, transcribed and clipped footage of games and press conferences to aid in production of show segments, news stories, and films
  
  Ensured script delivery to anchors in timely and accurate fashion by updating and sorting script packs and feeding digital scripts into the teleprompter
  
  Crafted digital copy and produced single play highlights optimized for ESPN.com, the ESPN app, and social media platforms
  
  Pitched segment ideas and conversation points during production meetings