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Experience

Gamucatex (2023 - Present)
Game Writer
- Work with different teams to establish the narrative direction of the game.
- Create characters that work within the parameters of the game’s world.
- Take and receive notes that I incorporate on a micro- and macro-level.
- Create dialogue and plot lines that match the game’s tone and setting.

Freelance Writer (2022 - Present)
- Write everything from blogs to scripts to website copy, depending on the client’s needs.
- Work with a variety of different teams all over the world and maintain deadlines.
- Produce content on time and within budget.

Pandaz Media (2022 - 2023)
Ghostwriter
- Worked with editors to ensure style matched client’s needs perfectly.
- Wrote on a strict deadline, producing material weekly to keep on schedule.
- Took notes and revisions from multiple teams and incorporated them into the material in a seamless fashion.

Freelance Production Assistant (2021 - 2022)
- Performed COVID screening, ordered, logged, and distributed PPE to all cast and crew, and ensured compliance.
- Managed all PAs and background actors as a Key PA.
- Coordinated travel for principles on shoots and secured vehicles required for transporting equipment vital to shoots.
- Organized meals for the cast and crew on shoots.
- Handled routine managerial duties, including timekeeping, task delegation, and documenting verbal reprimands.

Education

Pepperdine University
MFA - Writing for Screen & Television

Baylor University
BA - Journalism (News & Editorial)

Certificates

The Narrative Department
Game Writing Masterclass

Placements

Quarterfinalist - ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition 2021
Top 100 - Table Read My Screenplay Austin 2021
Semifinalist - Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition 2022
Quarterfinalist - Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition 2023
Quarterfinalist - Page Turner Genre Screenplay Competition 2023
Quarterfinalist - Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition 2024
Semifinalist - Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition 2024

LinkedIn

  • Pepperdine University (2018 - 2021)
    Writing Consultant
    - Tutored individuals and groups of students on their academic papers and presentations.
    - Wrote and presented writing workshops for students.
    - Expanded awareness of office services through social media and marketing materials.

    Athletic Department Media Team
    - Filmed games for volleyball, water polo, basketball, and baseball.
    - Worked with outside media teams to keep production graphics up-to-date.

    Teacher’s Assistant
    - Administered tests, graded materials, and addressed student concerns throughout the duration of classes.
    - Aided professors in gathering and collating class materials.

    Captivate Entertainment (2019)
    Production Intern
    - Provided script coverage for all original content submissions.
    - Monitored the desk at the office on the Universal lot for all incoming calls and rolled calls.
    - Advised management on scripted projects during the selection process.
    - Developed and pitched decks for original projects to studios.
    - Managed expense reporting.
    - Researched story concepts and talent for active projects in development.
    - Distributed meeting materials to the CEO.
    - Analyzed news articles that could potentially serve as the basis of a television show or feature film.

    Facebook (2017 - 2018)
    Data Integrity Specialist
    - Contracted through BCForward in data integrity.
    - Duties fall under a non-disclosure agreement but include using proprietary software and scheduling and executing international meetings.

    American Football Coaches Association (2012 - 2017)
    Media Relations Assistant
    - Created copy for the website, including press releases and biographies of trustees.
    - Scheduled meetings and conference calls for all departments.
    - Wrote and issued press releases, articles, and speeches by interviewing sources and conducting exhaustive research.
    - Supported administrative duties, including screening and manning phones and maintaining databases.

    The Cameron Herald, Thorndale Champion, & Rosebud Lott News (2011 - 2012)
    Sports Editor
    - Led the sports sections of several weekly newspapers and covered other local events.
    - Handled administrative duties for our sister paper, The Rosebud Lott News, by taking calls, selling ads, paginating the paper, and ensuring its timely release.

That’s me! At Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. Space Cat courtesy of Kenji Yanobe at Kyoto Artists’ Fair!

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