portfolio: 2009

Northwest Herald, McHenry County, Ill.
(centerpiece design by Dave Lemery)

about

My career has taken me in many unexpected and interesting directions, and I'm not done yet. I am grateful to have had opportunities to work in roles related to research, recruiting and human resources, international education, marketing, and media and publishing. I currently work in higher education recruitment and admissions.

Taking a brief trip backward in time, my first role upon returning to the U.S. included information services, corporate blog coordination, library resource and archive management, materials collection, and special projects for an international (U.S.-headquartered) computational research company.

In Taiwan, I focused on recruitment and onboarding of international English teachers as well as staff development, team management, human resources, social media management, content creation and editing, and marketing. I have also published two children's storybooks via HESS International Educational Group.

Previous to my work in Asia, I had great opportunities to work as a copy editor and/or designer for newspapers, magazines and web publications based in Arizona, Illinois, and Texas.

This portfolio includes some of the more visual materials from these endeavors.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with an English minor from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Education degree with a concentration in international teaching from Framingham State University.

Full resume and references are available upon request. Thank you.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Kids focus of grief camp

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Fox lock hours decried

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Testing to focus on severe cases

Sunday, April 26, 2009

MCC welcomes wind study

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Man must register as arsonist

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Judge strikes down J'burg SSA

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Public bus used to drive guests

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Bills lead to Easter in lockup

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Family laments loss in fatal DUI

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Recycler to slash services

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Candidates seek change

Saturday, March 21, 2009

6 months jail for fleeing fatal crash

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Quinn set to increase taxes

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Dalby allegedly part of scheme

Saturday, February 28, 2009

College in 'great hands'

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Murder suspect shoots himself

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Learning to be still

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Wisconsin fire raises questions

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