Gigs
Lead Copywriter, 10/24 - 11/25
Copy and strategy lead across SEO content development, influencer partnerships, and digital magazine editorial direction
Edelman — New York, NY
VP Creative Director, Copywriter, 10/22 - 10/24
Team lead across American Psychiatric Association Foundation, Advil, Sensodyne, Benefiber, Theraflu, Flonase, Emergen-C, American Heart Association, new business
Associate Creative Director, Copywriter 4/21 - 9/22
Instructor, 1/23 - present
Copywriting Craft
Chicago Portfolio School — Chicago, IL
Instructor, 1/18 - 6/22
Honing Your Craft: Copywriting, Integrated Campaigns
FCB Global — Chicago, IL
Senior Copywriter, 1/18 - 11/20
Lead copywriter with the health and wellness practice and new business team. Team lead for multiple brands,
integral in reviewing, presenting, and producing work
The Escape Pod — Chicago, IL
Copywriter, 11/15 - 11/17
Copywriter developing and managing social content, radio, tv, and conceptual development across multiple brands and new business
FCB Global — Chicago, IL
Associate Copywriter, 4/15 - 11/15
Cutting my teeth in brand campaign creative development and execution, and new business across health and wellness clients
Smarts
University of Cape Town
Master of Arts in English Literature and Modernity
Dissertation: “From Detonation to Denotation: Aestheticizations, Memory, and Empathic Readings in Trauma Narratives”
Marquette University
Honors Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
Awards
Anthem Awards Health Awareness 2024 - Bronze - American Psychiatric Association Foundation “You Make the Call”
Anthem Awards Health Community Engagement 2024 - Bronze - American Psychiatric Foundation Association “You Make the Call”
PR Newswire Healthcare + Pharma Communications 2022 - Best in a Crisis winner for Advil COVID #AfterMyShot campaign
One Show 2020 - Merit - Moving Image - Janssen “The Last Episodes”
London International Awards 2019 - Finalist - Craft - Janssen “The Last Episodes”
New York Festival Global Awards 2019 - Bronze - Pharma film craft for “Out of the Dark”
New York Festival Global Awards 2019 - Bronze - Pharma film craft for “Super Powers”
Certification
National Council for Mental Well-being
Mental Health First Aid
Training to identify, understand, and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges in the workplace.