JOB EXPERIENCE              

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Visual Artist & Private Art Instructor                                                           Bunch of Art                        

2016 – Present 

• Live painter for events and weddings

• Fulfill custom painting orders and customer experience

• Teach private painting classes and lessons

• Manage marketing and outreach to current and future audiences

• Manage budget and reconciling monthly expenses 

• Manage all other operational tasks for this business

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Content and Communications Strategist

Spirit Box, LLC

2020-Present​

• Providing high school students with real world experiences and hands on learning experiences

• Creating a wholistic communications plan with current customers 

• Capturing and nurturing new leads

• Managing social media, writing blog posts, and email communications

• Project manager and writer on Spirit Box Academy Curriculum

  • Developed a 5 Unit Curriculum and wrote over 40 modules​

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Content Creator: Excel Creative

2019 - 2020

• Create social media content for 7 different clients

• Design compelling social posts that are tailored for each client's brand

• Increase engagement on client's social platforms

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Adjunct Professor: Drury University 

July 2019 | July 2020

• Social Advocacy: Nonprofit and Civic Leadership Master's Program.

  • Teaching nonprofit leaders how to advocate and spread awareness about their organization. ​

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Events Coordinator: Lost & Found Grief Center

2018 - 2019

• Organized and orchestrated all events

  • Evening of Hope: Dinner and Auction​ ($480,000)

  • Run and Remember: 5k and Awareness Event (over 300 runners)

  • Golf Fore Hope: Golf Tournament ($30,000)

  • Game Day: Indoor Tailgate ($27,000)

• Attain sponsors for each event

• Market events through social media marketing

• Events are Lost & Found's largest revenue stream. I set revenue goals that were met and exceeded for each event.

 

Graduate Assistant: Community Outreach and Leadership Development     

2016 – 2018

• Facilitate yearly fundraising event Soak Up Springfield. This event is a business and nonprofit showcase. 

• Facilitate the “Drury Impact Project” and “Project Panther”  

• Developed Real World Leadership, a leadership program for students to learn leadership skills for when they graduate. 

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Art Instructor and Intern:  Montereau Retirement Community                     

June 2014 - 2016                              

Intern in Activities and Wellness summer in 2014 and 2015

• Created the Summer Arts Program and taught classes once a week in each center of Montereau 

• Created art curriculums for each center and created the Montereau Art display to display residents’ work

• Hosted and planned a Summer Arts Festival to display resident art

• Created a resident-led arts council: The Montereau Arts Council

Office Assistant in the Administration Office 

Summer 2014

• Data entry: Completed entering all 2014 resident data into Montereau’s system

• Filed resident documents, scanned insurance and legal documents

• Contacted all residents who did not complete the resident data form

Salon Concierge 2014 – 2016

• Scheduled salon appointments for all centers of Montereau.

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Founder, Director “CPR for the Arts” Art Camp                         

Summer of 2011 and 2013

• Created camp for 6th-9th graders  

• Created curriculum, procured guest artists for a variety of mediums

• Advertised throughout community to fill camp to capacity

• Partnered with Montereau (2013)

• Introduced a knitting club with residents and campers

• Hosted art show for residents and campers’ families highlighting the camper’s work

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Arts Administration Office Assistant at Drury University                   August 2012 – May 2014

• Assisted with the running of the Drury Gallery on C-Street

• Assisted with the planning of the Self Employment in the Arts Conference by creating a marketing plan

• Assisted with weekly arts therapy sessions for kids with disabilities called Special Artist Academy

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Resident Assistant at Drury University                                             

August 2015 – May 2016

• Community building and retention of Drury freshmen

• Resolve roommate conflicts and dorm policy enforcement