Education
- University of Florida
- Gainesville, Fla. ◊ Sept. 2004 - May 2008
- B.S., journalism
- B.A., English
- Honors Program graduate | GPA: 3.97
Skills
- Languages / Libraries
- XHTML
- CSS
- PHP
- JavaScript
- ActionScript 3.0
- Textpattern, Wordpress
- Drupal
- Software
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe InCopy
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- QuarkXpress
- Coyote SII
Experience
- Web design and development
- 187 Media Studio, Chicago, IL
- Jan 2009 - present
- Freelance work on artists' portfolios, product/event promotion and site maintenance with a focus on non-traditional layouts that integrate existing APIs and custom multimedia content.
- Web designer
- Graduate School of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville
- Aug. 2008 - Oct. 2008
- Created multiple sets of page templates integrating Flash and JavaScript with HTML. Incorporated graphic animation using existing JavaScript libraries. Worked in tandem with a Web developer from a remote location.
- Acquisitions department intern
- University Press of Florida, Gainesville
- Aug. 2007 - Dec. 2007
- Handled daily correspondence with authors and secured readers to peer review manuscripts at this scholarly and trade book publisher for the State University System. Basic duties included database maintenance, sending form letters, processing reader payments, and drafting analytical editorial comments for quarterly board meetings or advanced-contact requests.
- Managing editor
- The Independent Florida Alligator, Gainesville
- Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2006
- The Alligator is the nation's largest student-run, independent daily college newspaper. The managing editor works full-time assisting the editor with overall direction and approval of editorial content. Responsible for editorial payroll, maintaining newsroom morale, and facilitating communication among writers and editors in the sports, entertainment and news sections. During this time, the Alligator published a series of stories the week before Danny Rolling's execution. Read an article about us in the Communigator, the college's alumni magazine.
- Copy editing intern
- The Miami Herald
- June 2006 - Aug. 2006
- Worked evening shifts on the news desk, writing headlines and editing local and world news including 1A stories. Also, I adapted feature headlines and summaries for online search-engine optimization.
- Copy desk chief
- The Independent Florida Alligator
- Dec. 2005 - Feb. 2006
- Worked as slot. Main duties included assigning stories to the desk, maintaining work flow and back-checking stories for AP style, taste and accuracy. Trained copy editors and worked gently toward individual improvement to build a stronger desk overall.
International Studies
- Pretoria/ Cape Town, South Africa
- History of indigenous peoples and apartheid [2007]
- Japan
- Phenomenology with modern and traditional Japanese architecture [2006]
- Dublin, Ireland
- Irish theater and North Irish politics [2005]
- Athens, Greece
- Classical Greek architecture and cultural field studies [2005]
- Mérida, Mexico
- Anthropology and Spanish at La Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán [2004]
Recognition
- John Paul Jones Jr. Magazine Writing Award
- Presented by the UF College of Journalism and Communications
- April 2008
- John V. Lombardi Scholar at UF
- Honor awarded to eight students in the state of Florida annually. Applicants are picked based on leadership potential, talent, dedication to education and service to the community.
