Work Experience

Curatorial Intern

Sauder Village, October 2024 - April 2025

  • Requested historical record submissions from managerial staff.

  • Appraised historical record submissions of various media types.

  • Created institutional archive collection.

  • Arranged, described, and properly housed institutional archive collection.

  • Created finding aid for institutional archive collection.

  • Created records transfer guideline.

Editor

Freelance, July 2011 - Present

  • Provide developmental and line edits for creative nonfiction, short fiction, novel-length works, novellas, and novels.

  • Suggest improvements to authors and assist in implementing changes.

  • Check facts and for storyline consistency.

  • Assisted in beta reading the modern dark fantasy, Fractured Masks by DL Wainright.

Administrative Assistant

EEI Global, October 2019 - March 2020

  • Created and maintained visual resources archive for client- and show-specific graphics.

  • Collaboratively organized, updated, and maintained local inventory of materials for use in trade show booths, as part of a small team.

  • Streamlined and organized process for preparing and returning shipments for clients and large trade shows.

  • Organized and updated filing system.

  • Distributed job orders and maintained local jobs calendar.

  • Collaborated with purchasing department to maintain supplies for local office and warehouse.

Sales Associate

The Home Depot, February 2018 - October 2019

  • Provided excellent customer service, assisting customers in determining project needs, locating materials, and safely loading purchases.

  • Assisted service desk with returns, customer orders, and directing phone calls.

  • Maintained, replenished, and organized stock in garden department, including seasonal displays.

  • Assisted training new associates.

  • Assisted in organizing and updating backstock counts for biennual inventory in Summer 2018.

Sales Associate

Petco, May - December 2016

  • Provided excellent customer service, helping customers assess their needs and locate relevant products.

  • Maintained floor inventory and reorganized shelves and displays.

  • Maintained healthy habitats for reptiles and other animals in store.

  • Ran weekly interactive events for customers and their dogs.