Experience

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  Center for reproductive rights

  Sept 2006 - Jun 2007

  Production assistant

  Managed vendors across design, writing, and production aspects of our print publications including annual reports, development newsletters, and e-newsletters. Coordinated website redevelopment project between internal resources and external designers. Maintained brand consistency across publications and ensured each was properly targeted. Assisted in the writing and editing for online and print collateral, responsible for design and layout of material using Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Trained new employees on the use of this software. Managed departmental financial records and coordinated annual budget preparation. Show less

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  Dc comics

  Jun 2007 - May 2010

  Print & online advertising

  75+ comic books published monthly. Sales team sold ads in 3 tiers with custom publishing. I managed all ad and some custom pub campaigns.• Ad trafficking including: insertion, title selection and quality assurance.• Primary liaison between Advertising and other departments and resources including DC Production, MAD Magazine Production, Creative Services, Editorial, Marketing, and freelancers. • Solely responsible for managing client online advertising campaigns, including scheduling, impression monitoring, interfacing with external ad services unit, calculating available impressions pool, and making mid-course adjustments to suit client preferences and requirements.• Managed financial record-keeping and reporting for all print and online advertising, managing circulation and impression tallies for the calculation of client expectations and sales commissions. • Project manager for special projects including custom publishing for clients (i.e. DC-created advertisements, custom activity pages, complete branded comic books), multi-advertiser sweepstakes, holiday advertiser gift guides, and newsletters.Interfaced with key advertisers including Microsoft Xbox, 2K Games, Random House, Warner Home Video, Focus Features, and Magnolia Pictures, coordinating ad requirements, scheduling, collecting feedback.Assisted sales staff in sales pitches and completing RFPs, providing key information and new advertising products to entice and retain customers.Coordinated department administration including logistics support (travel, expenses), managing the advertising library, distributing sample books to advertisers, etc. Continually took on additional responsibilities to service the changing advertising environment and product mix at DC. Show less

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  Dailycandy

  May 2010 - Jun 2011

  Client services

  15 editorial emails sent daily to subscribers. Sales team sold ads on emails, on the DailyCandy site, and sponsored ‘dedicated’ emails. I managed all campaigns for West Coast clients.* Primary liaison between DailyCandy and its advertising clients, sales, and sales planning personnel for the west coast and midwest regions.* Project manager for standard and custom advertising campaigns across DailyCandy’s website and 15 daily emails, balancing DailyCandy’s branding and style requirements with client sales goals. * Manages ad inventory daily, finalizing placements, coordinating with traffickers, and testing daily emails to ensure client tags were functioning and competitive separation requirements were met. * Helps develop new products by aiding requirements gathering, quality assurance testing, design, and piloting implementation with clients. Show less

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  Self-employed

  Aug 2011 - Apr 2016

  Author

  • In 2014, my first short story, Stolen Legacy, was published in the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Anthology.• In 2016, I published my first full-length novel, Skyline. The story follows a trio of time travelers as they endeavor to undo the greatest disaster of their time without undoing their own personal history.• Self-motivated and diligent, creating my own timelines and editing myself several times before going to others.

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  Botanico inc

  Feb 2016 - Jul 2019

  Boutique retail cannabis known for its staff expertise and high-quality selection. I grew from budtender to GM within 2.5 years* Tightened up shop’s opening, closing, and operating procedures, while cutting unnecessary costs.* Took over accounting and payroll procedures, implementing standards and checks to minimize errors.* Improved profit by nearly 100% year over year by encouraging stronger sales from staff, providing stronger discounts, and a robust selection to match Botanico’s boutique feel.* Oversaw new management of second dispensary on an aggressive, regulation-enforced timeline.* Successfully trained successors as my job grew.* Worked with legal counsel, architects, and the city and state to modify premises and change ownership. Show less

  • General Manager

    Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Purchasing Manager

    Mar 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Manager

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Budtender

    Feb 2016 - Feb 2017
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  Polymath consulting

  Aug 2019 - Feb 2020

  Sales executive

  Marketing tool for authors to sell their books in a increasingly-crowded marketplace.• Made several warm calls daily, researching prior to ensure an easy but focused dialogue leading into a pitch.• Swiftly gained familiarity with complex product.• Reviewed prior calls to maintain tone, phrasing, and clarity of message.• Helped to refocus product as “low-hanging fruit” dwindled.

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  Sendswag

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Junior developer / advisor

  Startup for a robust creative app for an antiquated market. I leveraged my familiarity with the market to provide core app needs.• Ideated core needs for new startup• Wrote React, CSS, JS code for a new app.• Developed product list for SendSwag vendors

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  Unify labs

  Feb 2020 - May 2020

  Sales executive

  SAAS for the Cannabis industry that streamlines reporting, marketing, and management by tying into retail location's POS.• Prospected and cold called clients on daily basis• Developed script/process for prospecting clients.

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  General assembly

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Software engineering immersive student

  Throughout this 12-week immersive program, I completed over 500 hours of coursework, and was trained by some of the industry's leading development experts.Curricula units include: Front-End Development, Full-Stack Development, Front-End Frameworks, APIs.Skills, Tech & Languages: HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, Node, Express, Git, GitHub, Python and Django.

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  Strive

  Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

  Junior software engineer

  Startup focusing on training leaders to become better leaders.- Implemented Storybook and imported current pages/components for better dev use.- Worked on archival process of database entities.

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  Franklincovey

  Apr 2021 - now

  • Software Engineer

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Junior Software Engineer

    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022