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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

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