CU Boulder / The Coloradan
Managing Editor [2020-22] [2024-25]
In 2020, I was contracted by the University of Colorado Boulder to step in as Managing Editor of their alumni magazine, the Coloradan, during a staff member’s parental leave. It was such a good fit, I continued to edit and write for the magazine after her return. Then, we did it all over again in 2024.
My work running this magazine exemplified the adage: “Taking a job you feel unqualified for is the only way to become qualified.” Without any prior large-scale editorial experience, I jumped into the driver’s seat of a print and digital publication with readership in the hundreds of thousands, steering production schedules, content assignments, editorial flow, and countless relationships with freelancers, designers, and staffers.
The position tilted my expertise from writer to editor, tuning my eye to the many paradoxes of publication: the macrocosm in a detail; the overarching narratives contained in a single story; the long-range strategic impact of even a seasonal publication. Beyond the work, the people on this team stand out the most. They challenged me, sharpened me, and believed in me both as a person and as a writer. It remains one of my favorite jobs I’ve ever had.
Bloomberg Media
Segment & Booking Producer [2022-24]
I was never consciously one of those people who dreamed of “making it big in the big city,” but in 2022 I found myself stuffing two unwieldy Ikea bags into a taxi at La Guardia and pointing towards Brooklyn. Within the year, I accepted a position at Bloomberg TV as a segment producer. I had no prior television or broadcast experience, but the executive director who hired me told me that if I could “walk and chew gum at the same time,” I could do this job. Turns out, I could do both. I started on the network’s politics show and, within six months, was promoted to the morning block where I continued working on segments and also took on the role of booker.
During my time at Bloomberg, I wrote scripts, cut video and audio, and generated graphics for live television; booked and managed guests for multiple shows; assisted in the rebranding and relaunch of the network’s flagship morning show, Surveillance; worked countless special coverage events and holidays; and received perhaps the most hard-won compliment of my life from the network’s most infamously hard-to-please anchor (see text image, right).
In the end, the intensity required from this job was not a suited match for my sensitive little spirit or commitment to a personal life. However, I am grateful for the grit it sifted out of me and the bonds I forged rolling into work at 3am. After all, did you really live in New York if a cab driver never misunderstood your delineation between, “Good morning” and, “Good night”?
Scribe Media
Ghostwriter & Author Marketing Specialist [2020-22]
Besides being two of my favorite words strung together, “ghostwriter” was something of a dream-job-turned-real-job when I stepped on board with Scribe. On a contract/freelance basis, I worked with executives, entrepreneurs, and industry experts to create marketing materials based on their nonfiction manuscripts. Besides a fine-tuned ear for voice and tone, this position put a premium on relationship-building and interviewing. I earned the trust of dozens of authors to craft blogs and articles for high-profile media outlets, social media campaigns, podcast scripts, and email materials, as well as supplementary material for publication (workbooks, etc).
Working with Scribe was like saying, “Wait, you’re going to pay me to do that?” Not only was the experience itself valuable, I also had the pleasure of learning some of the finer points of coding, cybersecurity, SEO, fitness, nutrition, and critical social justice theory.
Endeavors
Sr. Content Writer [2019-22]
A non-profit organization based out of San Antonio, Texas, Endeavors has an intimidatingly wide scope: providing programs and services for “vulnerable populations across the United States,” including communities affected by disasters, people with disabilities, veterans, and military families. As the head of content, I created and maintained calendars for both internal and external communications—social media, blog posts, PR materials, annual reports, website copy, internal and external email campaigns, etc. I also served as ghostwriter for several c-suite executives and board members, collaborating with these voices to craft messaging for op-eds, press releases, internal announcements, etc.
This experience was incredibly valuable to me both as a writer and strategist. Because Endeavors seeks to reach so many different kinds of audiences (from wealthy donors to marginalized populations), the messaging for each piece of content had to be both thoughtfully direct and sharply multilayered. The goal was not just to generate clicks, but to build trusting, mutual relationships across the spectrum. This position equipped me with skills to better understand not just what a piece of content can accomplish immediately, but who it can speak to and why.
Keller Williams / Skyward Media
[Content Writer] 2014-19
In 2014, as a freshly graduated English major, I was offered a contract to write blog content for a Texas branch of Keller Williams (subcontracted under Skyward Media). This opportunity showed me, “You actually can make a living off writing”—especially when it’s about luxury properties with original farmhouse beams and sun-soaked hardwood floors.
This work began as a few blog posts for a small branch, then grew into full content and social media management for upwards of five regional branches, including San Antonio, Boerne, and New Braunfels. I was given the run to play on the playground of “fun content,” so I wrote a lot of listicles (local neighborhoods as wine varieties, historic homes as Myers-Briggs personality types, etc) and established the platform as a go-to community hub for local news and events. In 2018, my work with Keller Williams San Antonio earned an honorable mention in the Real Estate Marketing Awards (REMA) for “Best Real Estate Company Blog.” It was the only regional blog on the list.
