Jamie Royce

Experience

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  F+W Media, Inc.

  Jun 2007 - Sept 2007

  Editorial Intern, Family Tree Magazine

  Website management: • Formatted raw content for the web, including digital version of print issue• Updated front page and paywall content• Wrote and posted blogs and solicited guest postsSocial media management:• Curated content and created posts• Engaged followers and replied to comments• Managed contests and giveawaysContent creation:• Wrote columns and features for print and online issues• Created online-exclusive content as a bonus for digital subscribersCopy editing:• Utilized AP Style and house style• Extensive researching and fact checking of feature articles Show less

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  The News Record

  Jan 2008 - Jun 2010

  • Managed writers and cartoonist• Featured a diversity of opinions, often conflicting, and published letter to the editor• Edited stories for content, clarity and copy, as well as wrote headlines• Produced content and curated the weekly staff editorial• Managed social media accounts• Wrote articles for all sections of the paper, including news, politics, sports and entertainment • Examined grammar, analyzed diction and structured stories• Utilized AP style• Verified reports, researched and fact checked stories

  • Opinion Editor

    Aug 2008 - Jun 2010

  • Copy Editor

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
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  WAIF FM

  Apr 2009 - Jan 2010

  Host, Alternating Currents

  • Rotating weekly host of the longest, continuously running LGBTQ+ radio show• Curated musical content, interviewed guests, and shared LGBTQ+ news stories• Managed broadcast production and advertisements

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  MEDIA BRIDGES CINCINNATI INC

  Jan 2010 - Aug 2012

  Host of Alternating Currents

  • Rotating weekly host of the longest, continuously running LGBTQ+ radio show• Curated musical content, interviewed guests, and shared LGBTQ+ news stories• Managed broadcast production and advertisements

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  F+W Media, Inc.

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Managing Editor, Family Tree Magazine

  Operations management:• Responsible for the day-to-day operations of each issue, seven yearly• Finalized and approved each issue• Corralled freelance writers and junior editorsContent creation and editing:• Wrote columns and features for print and online issues• Compiled and edited book content and supplemental products• Created online-exclusive content as a bonus for digital subscribers• Extensively edited genealogist-written content for technical jargon• Utilized AP Style and house styleWebsite management:• Managed digital platform, including blogs, social media, and digital newsletter• Formatted raw content for the web, including digital version of print issue• Updated front page and paywall content• Wrote and posted blogs and solicited guest posts• Collaborated with other departments to produce books, monetize digital downloads, coordinate ad buys and market products Show less

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  Windy City Times

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Reporter and Photojournalist

  • Conducted interviews and covered events for Chicago’s LGBTQ+ newspaper• Photographed parades, rallies, performances and other events

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  Cincinnati Magazine

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Fact Checker

  • Verified client information and researched articles for the custom publishing division• Confirmed names, addresses, phone numbers, websites and other contact information

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  Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

  Feb 2018 - now

  Antiracist reading group professional development:• Trained and managed up to 21 facilitators of 17 discussion groups, for a total of 250 participants yearly• Developed curriculum, created discussion prompts, and implemented supplemental materials to enhance the learning experience• Created created and administered program assessment toolEvent management:• Curated, planned and executed Chancellor's Diversity Speaker Series, hosted at the Madam Walker Legacy Center, both in-person and livestream • Negotiated contracts, managed venue and agent relations, sourced ticketing, organized security and created marketing materials• Worked with a diversity of speakers, including author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, journalist Anand Giridharadas, Nightline host JuJu Chang, and comedian Negin Farsad• Grew speaker series attendance by 50 percent• Negotiated intercultural challenges and potential accessibility issues relative to each eventMarketing and creative initiative management:• Produced and oversaw all publications, digital outreach, newsletters, logos, promotional materials, and website content for the division• Quadrupled email list subscribers• Upgraded to Salesforce Marketing Cloud for email and subscriber management• Utilized innovative outreach strategies and interactive contentEmployee resource group coordination:• Guide and liaison for seven faculty and staff affinity councils, encompassing Black, Latinx, APIDA, LGBTQ+, Veteran, Jewish, and Muslim communities• Assisted group leaders with logistical hurdles – such as resource management, procurement and travel – while advising on more visionary challenges – such as revising bylaws, planning programming, and advocacyRelationship management:• Partnered with campus and community stakeholders to create intersectional educationinitiatives and culturally competent programming• Through relationships, secured promotional and fiscal support for outreach initiatives Show less Event process management:• Created a multi-tiered system for approving campus special events, allowing for agile response to the changing COVID-19 safety protocols• Reviewed and approved all campus events during the COVID-19 pandemic, collaborating with multiple campus- and system-level offices and administrators to gain stakeholder approval• Responsible for booking campus event spaces, coordinating client/planner interactions, and ensuring COVID-19 safety protocols were followed during approved eventsHiring management:• Overhauled existing search and screen process to create division-wide procedures and strategies for effective recruitment of qualified candidates• Diversified recruitment by integrating implicit bias training for search committees, standardizing the interview process, and advertising on identity-specific job boards• Maintained compliance with federal requirements, including Title IX• Utilized talent acquisition software to streamline hiring processProject management:• Worked with Center for Young Children administrators to meet National Associationfor the Education of Young Children standards for full accreditation• Served as liaison between organizations and stewarded applications and documentation Show less Marketing and creative initiative management:• Produced and oversaw all publications, digital outreach, newsletters, logos, promotional materials, giveaways, and representation at events• Worked with students to design resource manuals, including the Trans Survival Guide, Serving Transgender Students guide, and LGBTQ+ Guide to IUPUI• Utilized innovative outreach strategies and interactive content• Increased follower counts on social media by 50 percentOperations management and staff supervision: • Managed overall strategic plan for student staff, student programs, and outreach• Recruited, hired and managed a team of up to seven people• Responsible for assigning staff daily tasks and monitored long-term projects• Lead team-building, training and coaching initiatives, as well as performance assessmentEvent management:• Planned, marketed and assessed events with up to 700 attendees, including Harvey Milk Dinner, Lavender Graduation, and IUPUI x Indy Pride• Grew event attendance by 25 percent per year, on averageProject management:• Oversaw Qmmunity, LGBTQ+ Residence-Based Learning Program, collaborating with Housingand RA to provide support and educational programming to LGBTQ+ students• Awarded more than $50,000 in grants — responsible for writing proposals and reports,ensuring deliverables were metRelationship management:• Partnered with campus and community stakeholders to create intersectional educationinitiatives and community-specific programming• Fostered relationships with funders to encourage subsequent grants and donations• Secured promotional and fiscal support for outreach initiativesStudent support and advocacy:• Served as mental health first responder and met with students in crisis, often related to identity-based hardships• Triaged students to relevant resources, mentored them through self- advocacy, and coached them through situations outside of the university• Complied with mandatory reporting pursuant to Title IX Show less Marketing and creative initiative management:• Produced and oversaw all publications, digital outreach, newsletters, logos, promotional materials, giveaways, and representation at events• Created social history outreach strategy for students by profiling LGBTQ+ historical figureson social media, a low-cost way to reach students where they already areEvent management:• Planned, marketed and assessed events with up to 700 attendees, including Harvey Milk Dinner, Lavender Graduation, and IUPUI x Indy Pride• Planned the Hoosiers Out Together Conference, including securing sponsors, communicatingwith attendees, coordinating presenters and producing printed materialsRelationship management:• Served as LGBTQ+ community liaison, attending community advising committees and serving as adiversity consultant for campus• Created and lead diversity inclusion trainings, focusing on intersectionality, gender identity and sexuality in relation to student development• Oversaw Qmmunity, LGBTQ+ Residence-Based Learning Program, collaborating with Housingand RA to provide support and educational programming to LGBTQ+ students• Through relationships secured promotional and fiscal support for outreach initiativesStudent support and advocacy:• Served as mental health first responder and met with students in crisis, often related to identity-based hardships• Triaged students to relevant resources, mentored them through self-advocacy, and coachedthem through situations outside of the university• Complied with mandatory reporting pursuant to Title IXOperations management and staff supervision:• Managed overall strategic plan for student staff, student programs, and outreach• Recruited, hired and managed a team of up to 12 people• Responsible for assigning staff daily tasks and monitored long-term projects• Lead team-building, training and coaching initiatives, as well as performance assessment Show less

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program Manager

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Auxiliary Services Special Projects

    Jul 2019 - Oct 2021

  • LGBTQ+ Center Communications Strategist and Student Liaison

    Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  • LGBTQ+ Center Interim Director

    Feb 2018 - Sept 2018
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  Indianapolis Public Schools

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  Special Educator

  • Served students with autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome and OHI in a lower elementary, inclusion classroom• Coordinated services and programs for assigned special education students• Used functional behavior assessments to manage behavior issues• Created unique interventions and support for special education students as instruction transitioned to online during the COVID-19 pandemic• CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certified (Blue Card)• Complied with mandatory reporting pursuant to Title IX Show less