Work Experience

Oklahoma Center for the Humanities

Special Projects Coordinator / December 2022 - Present

  • Coordinate logistics and manage vendors for weekly events, monthly exhibit openings, and other multi-day projects like theatrical and musical performances and festivals

  • Write and send press releases and manage media relations (average 3 press hits per month)

  • Create monthly budget reports for the Director

  • Create social media content and maintain social media calendar

  • Manage team of graduate assistants and staffing schedules

Griffin Communications – KOTV News on 6

5PM Newscast Producer / March 2021 - November 2022

  • Produces 30 minute newscast covering local news 

  • Maintained highest Nielsen ratings out of all newscasts during the time period

  • Covered global COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, campaigns and elections, severe weather, two Presidential visits, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial and 1921 Race Massacre Mass Graves Search

  • Edited video using Avid Media Central

4PM Newscast Producer / January 2020 - March 2021

  • Number 1 newscast at time period

  • Increased Nielsen ratings during time as producer

  • Produced hour long newscast with local and national stories and live guest segments

  • Coordinated and produced guest segments

  • Covered global COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump visit, protests and riots, severe weather

  • Produced 1 year anniversary newscast with talk show-like segments and commemorative package

  • Edited video for show using Avid Media Central

Weekend Newscast Producer / October 2019 - January 2020

  • Produced 30 minute newscast covering local and national news on weekends

  • Wrote stories and cut video for weekday newscasts

Associate Producer / July 2019 – October 2019

  • Wrote national news stories for evening newscasts

  • Coordinated and produced guest segments

  • Assisted Executive Producer in launching new 4PM newscast

Talk Film Society

Podcast Producer / November 2020 - November 2022

  • Co-Created Dream a Little Deeper, a critical retrospective on Disney films

  • Researched social and cultural movements, animation history, Walt Disney History, and theory

  • Recorded and edit episodes using Adobe Audition

  • Identified, scheduled and interviewed multiple guests for each episode

  • Logged interviews and identified significant sound

  • Created and implemented social media advertising plan

BBC (World Service) 

Freelancer / October 2018

  • Recorded audio interview and wild track for program “World Hacks” 

  • Maintained communication between interviewee and producers in London throughout interview

TUTV Media Lab

Director / May 2017-January 2018; June 2018-May 2019

  • Created, wrote, directed, produced, Foley, and edited The Zetas podcast

  • Directed over 50 live-to-tape newscasts and produced 3-hour livestream for 2018 Midterm Election and 2019 Academy Awards

  • Led weekly producers’ meetings, personnel management, and technical issue troubleshooting

  • Communicated production goals and adjustments with entire team

Field Producer / January 2018-May 2018

  • Contributed to weekly studio show with on-location package series, “Goings on Across the Pond”

Head Producer / January 2017- May 2017

  • Led package production initiative 

  • Served as videographer, audio engineer, writer, producer, and on-screen talent for all personal and coworkers’ packages

Sports Producer / August 2016-January 2017

  • Researched sports news and wrote weekly script for sports broadcast

  • Created monthly packages about university sporting events and athletes

FleishmanHillard, Research and Analytics Intern / May 2018 – August 2018

  • Analyzed primary research data to draft qualitative and quantitative reports for clients

  • Conducted secondary research to write reports for new business requests

  • Led intern class in creating a strategic communications plan for pro-bono client

NASA Johnson Space Center, Strategic Communications Intern / June 2017-August 2017

  • Composed social media report based upon online research, a survey, and a focus group, to improve program’s social media presence

  • Drafted public engagement section for new Strategic Communications Plan

  • Orion spokesperson for NASA outreach event at Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, New York City. 

Awards

  • Public Humanities Award for Leadership in Practice and Community (2024, Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes)

  • Heartland Emmy Award for Evening Newscast in a Medium-Sized Market (2023, Heartland Emmys)

  • Heartland Emmy Award for Team Coverage (2023, Heartland Emmys)

  • Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage for Television | Small Market (2023, Radio Television Digital News Association)

  • Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast for Television | Small Market (2023, Radio Television Digital News Association)

  • Breaking/Spot News in a Television Broadcast (2023, Great Plains Journalism Award)

Education

The University of Tulsa- Honors College, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Bachelor of Arts – Double Major: Communication and Creative Writing

GPA: 3.94/4.00

Strengths

  • Exceptional project manager; team player; quick learner; market research; strategic communications; video production; Adobe Creative Cloud; project leadership; Avid Media Central; Avid Pro Tools; Audacity; organization and project planning; strong verbal and written communication skills; collaborating, and teamwork; strong research skills; Microsoft Office