Experience
Inc. | Assistant Editor | New York, NY | May 2016-Present
Inc. | Editorial Assistant | New York, NY | May 2015-April 2016
Freelance | January 2014-Present
Omaha World-Herald | Newsroom Messenger | Omaha, NE | January 2015-April 2015
Inc. | ASME Editorial Intern | New York, NY | June-August 2014
The Creightonian | Opinion Editor | Omaha, NE | January-December 2014
Omaha Publications | Editorial Intern | Omaha, NE | September-December 2013
- Serve as the Assistant Editor for Inc.com’s Innovate section
- Manage and edit a stable of approximately 30 contributors for Inc.com. Responsible for promoting their pieces on Inc.’s social media accounts, and coaching contributors on writing headlines and articles optimized for the Web
- Recruit approximately 5 new contributors each month to write for Inc. Innovate
- Write 1-3 posts per week for Inc.com. Beats include workplace research, and up-and-coming entrepreneurial “Hot Spots”
Inc. | Editorial Assistant | New York, NY | May 2015-April 2016
- Wrote 1-2 posts per day for Inc.com. Beats included Shark Tank and workplace research
- Assisted the editor-in-chief with scheduling appointments, booking travel accommodations, and occasional research
- Solicit and publish content from partner websites and authors on Inc.com
Freelance | January 2014-Present
- ESPN - Assisted Omaha-based ESPN reporter Paula Lavigne with research for Outside the Lines. Freelance reporter on June 2015 story, “Lawyers, Status, Public Backlash Aid College Athletes Accused of Crime”
- Inc. – Assisted with fact-checking for May 2015 print issue
- Silicon Prairie News –Reported pieces on the Omaha startup/tech climate
- Omaha Publications – Wrote 500-800 word reported pieces for Omaha Publications’ various magazines. Pieces covered family and children’s issues, as well as newsworthy Omaha citizens.
Omaha World-Herald | Newsroom Messenger | Omaha, NE | January 2015-April 2015
- Performed organizational duties necessary for the newsroom’s function
Inc. | ASME Editorial Intern | New York, NY | June-August 2014
- Met weekly with editors at top magazines as part of the ASME program
- Assisted with fact-checking for Inc. 500 print issue
- Produced stories from the July/August and September issues for the web
- Pitched 2-3 story ideas weekly, ended with eight bylines on Inc.com
The Creightonian | Opinion Editor | Omaha, NE | January-December 2014
- Edited five opinion columnists and designed the layout for the opinion page
Omaha Publications | Editorial Intern | Omaha, NE | September-December 2013
- Wrote six feature stories and FOB content for Omaha Magazine
Skills
Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver), Microsoft Office, HootSuite, Content Management Systems (Drupal, WordPress), Website Analytics (Omniture, Chartbeat), Social Flow, LexisNexis, Video Editing (Final Cut Pro), German (Conversational)
Education
Creighton University | Omaha, NE | May 2015
- Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, News Track | German Minor | Honors Program
