Poetry
free verse, cento, epic, miniatures
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Prose
fiction, ghost writing, playwriting, script writing
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Editing
developmental, substantive, content, line, copy, proofreading
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Advertising
social media ads — linkedin, facebook, youtube, twitter, reddit, pinterest (all types)
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Marketing
brand tone & messaging, website, direct mail, CRM, journal material (cover wrap/cover tip), apparel
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Creative Direction
following strategy/concept in copy and design, working with vendors, delegating conference performances, managing and promoting events, series and collectives
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Work Experience
2022 - Present imre, Copy Supervisor
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2021 - 2022 imre, Senior Copywriter
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2020 - 2021 imre, Copywriter
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2019 - 2020 imre, Junior Copywriter
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2014 - Present Freelance Editor
2017 - 2018 Quraysh Ali Lansana, Creative Director & Events Manager
2017 Chicago Agent Magazine, Editorial Associate
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2016 F News Magazine, Freelance Writer
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2015-2016 Art Urbane, Staff Writer
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2013-2014 Lightning Flash, Staff Writer
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Education
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2014-2018 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Pursuing a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Writing
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Summer 2013 Barnard College
Four-week Intensive writing workshop
Summer 2012 Duke University
Two-week Intensive writing workshop
Publications
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2017 Untitled Magazine, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Bi-Annual Collaborative
Publication
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2016 De Nue Exhibition Catalogue, De Nue Student Union Galleries Chicago, IL
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2016 Mouth, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Writing Annual Literary Journal
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2015 Mouth, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Writing Annual Literary Journal
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2014 Copacetic, Long Reach High School Literary Publication
Public Commissions
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2017 WE Day Illinois, Performance Poet, Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL
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2016 Identity and Definition, Pop-up poet, Woman Made Gallery Chicago, IL
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2016 Rap 101, Feature Poet, Iridium Chicago, IL
Exhibitions
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2016 Shared History , South Side Community Arts Center Chicago, IL
Awards
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2020 Storyteller, imre Awards 2020 , Baltimore, MD
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2014 First Place Poetry in Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, Columbia, MD