A creative collaborator who writes, edits, and directs productions and publications

SKILLS

Customer service, research, writing, copyediting, developmental editing, project organization and management, public reading and speaking, basic HTML, and digital audio editing and recording

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in English – Creative Writing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Screenwriting Certificate – University of Washington Continuing Education, Seattle, WA

Editing Certificate – University of Washington Continuing Education, Seattle, WA

Audio Production Certification – University of Washington Continuing Education, Seattle, WA

EXPERIENCE

MERCHANDISING AND VENDOR SUPPORT – January 2021 – December 2023, Zulily, 2601 Elliott Ave #200, Seattle, WA

Duties: Directly supported business partners through live chats and through a ticketing system. Handled elements of training, troubleshooting, and advised on best practices in order to help our business partners set up products, connect to their internal contacts, and resolve supply chain issues. Wrote and edited wiki articles on standards, procedures, and specific vendor needs. Performed testing on new user-facing features.

DATA ENTRY SPECIALIST – July 2017 – January 2021, Zulily, 2601 Elliott Ave #200, Seattle, WA

Duties: Executed various aspects of data entry and compilation. Built, edited, and uploaded documents received from vendors. Downloaded and uploaded vendor images. Maintained communication with buyers and assistant buyers in order to make decisions that best suited the merchandising team’s goals. Remained flexible and willing to change strategies as business needs dictated. Edited instructional materials used to train new hires.

DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR – 2011, 2012.  Contact for References

Duties: Provided substantive, critical feedback on the structure, themes, characters, tone, style, voice, and syntax of book-length manuscripts to ensure they met professional standards, occasionally revising passages. The books were Seattle’s Luna Park, by Aaron J. Naff, published by Arcadia Publishing for its Images of America series and Summerhawk by Peter Schmit, published by Quadrivium Books.

RETAIL BOOKSELLER AND STORE INVENTORY MERCHANDISER – July 1995 – April 2017. Half Price Books, 4709 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA

Duties: As Store Inventory Merchandiser, reordered new merchandise; completely restocked display tables every week; coordinated tasks with store manager, regional inventory manager, and store staff of 20 employees; maintained inter-office and inter-company communication.

Also, performed retail customer service duties such as register operation, cash handling, and answering customer questions in store and on phone; stocked material; assessed and bought used material from the public.

AUDIO DRAMA PODCAST PRODUCER – October 2006 – April 2009. NeoHooDoo Studio. Founder: Derek Fetters.  Contact for References

Duties: Co-wrote 13 episodes of an audio program that were featured on the internet and college radio. Other duties involved directing a cast of 11 actors, managing a technical staff of 5, team building, technical troubleshooting, and basic digital audio recording and editing.

ROLE-PLAYING GAME CONTENT WRITER – 2004 & 2006. EOS Press – Weapons of the Gods. Contact for References.

Duties: Developed setting and character material for a table-top role-playing game licensed from a popular Chinese martial-arts graphic-novel series. Designed entire city-setting for adventures to take place in, as well as the characters and conflicts the players may encounter, which comprises 1/3 of the completed text for The Weapons of the Gods Companion.  Researched Chinese history, culture, religion, and folklore.

FICTION EDITOR – July 1997 to December 1998. Glyph: Monthly Tales of Highbrow Pulp. Labor of Love Studios. Contact for References.

Duties: Reviewed 10 to 20 short story submissions a week to judge appropriateness for publication in the magazine.  Coordinated with writers throughout the editing process.

EDITORIAL INTERN – Summer 1995. The Comics Journal. Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA.

Duties: Wrote copy for magazine, such as captions and sidebars for features; carried out editorial research, which included phone interviews and library fact-finding; and wrote reviews and articles.