While I was the Marketing Manager at HTD and World Interiors, I created email designs, designed graphics and wrote content for the social media content for both brands.


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“Product Spotlight | Home Trends & Design Summer 2022”
Working with the marketing team in collaborated with Furniture Lighting & Decor magazine, we to created this interactive sponsored ad page. I wrote the copy for the product descriptions. Regrettably, the ad content was removed by the publisher once the ad-spot was concluded.

Prior to High Point Furniture Market Fall 2022, I wrote a press release about HTD’s upcoming showcase. Continue reading…
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My position at Loop1 primarily focused on social media content creation and management.
However, I did write an article about the monetary impact of cyber attacks and data breaches:


The Cost of Cyber Attack

Cyber Security - Loop1 LLC

I also worked with a member of the Loop1 engineering team to copy-edit, design, and publish the following articles regarding SolarWinds and IT Security best practices.

A Healthy Active Directory Makes For a Healthy Environment

Keeping Your Network Secure-a Q&A with our Loop1 Engineer

Q&A with our Loop1 Engineer on Keeping Your Servers Secure

 

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While I was at Gannet Newspapers (formerly GateHouse Media), I’ve had the opportunity to get my writing published. Some stories were created within the company’s CMS.
However, here are a few that were created using Storify (service ended May 2018). The following are screenshots of the original articles:

“‘I need loyalty; I expect loyalty.’ Former FBI Director James Comey testifies

Classes canceled after stabbing incident left 1 student dead and others injured

Rain, flooding, and destruction as Hurricane Matthew continues on its path

Prince dead at 57: Initial reactions

Houston woman stuck in traffic causes a scene in her birthday suit

Additionally, I created data visualizations using Tableau to add more elements to the stories I syndicated.

More data visualizations can be viewed at my Tableau profile.

 

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My position at Super Cheap Signs allowed for several opportunities to write both short and long-form content.  Here are some examples of long-form content I designed while at supercheapsigns.com:

Recycle and upcycle your yard signs

Driving customers to your business

 

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For example of my press release writing, the following is a press release

I wrote for Vulcan Gas Company’s 2014 New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball event:

Vulcan Gas Company press release 2014

 

 

 

 

While I attended the  graduate school, I was a part of SXTXState. SXTXState is a joint effort between Texas State University and SXSW Interactive, which granted graduate students to attend SXSW Interactive panels to write about new and emerging technology and media.

 

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At SXSW Interactive 2012 for the panels I attended, I conducted interviews, took photos, and made short video clips covering the event:
The iPad theater: The convergence of film and interactive media

Beyond Dance Dance Revolution

What Left 4 Dead can teach us about kids’ games

Beyond a thousand words: Accessible complex data

 

 

During my undergraduate studies at UTSA, I wrote a few articles for the student newspaper The Paisano.

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Suck It San Antonio – SISA offers great bubble tea and hookah

Studying jazz trombone can lead to many possibilities