Freelance

2020 – Current

Currently helping an array of wonderful agencies with:
- New business pitches
- Brand strategy
- Consumer insights
- Cultural trends
- Competitive landscape

Agencies:
- SPCSHP (formerly known as Big Spaceship)
- Sockeye
- Sparrow
- Landor and Fitch
- Industry
- Inmoove (Argentina)

North

Strategist

2016 – 2020

WORK: Positioning, persona creation, identity workshops, world-building, product architecture and ideation, content strategy, brief creation, communication plans, new business pitches, in-depth, interviewing, content analysis, cultural trends, consumer insights, competitive landscape.

CLIENTS:
BANKING | Chase, Umpqua
SPORTS | Under Armour, Columbia Sportswear
GEAR | Hydro Flask, Stanley
ENTERTAINMENT | Focus Features, Oscilloscope Films
FOOD | Pacific Foods, Beyond Meat, Icelandic Provisions, Green Valley Creamery, Meyenberg
BEVERAGE | Peet’s Coffee, Guayaki, Mighty Leaf, Humm Kombucha, Rising Springs
EDUCATION | Johnny Carson Center for Media Arts
PDX ICONS | New Seasons Market
SOCIAL IMPACT | Oregon Futures Lab, ColorPAC, Melinda Gates
ENERGY | Electrify America, Northwest River Partners
ALCOHOL | Hood River Distillers, Anchor Brewing, Pyramid Brewing
CANNABIS | Legends, Flow Kana

University of Oregon

Masters in Strategic Communication

2014–2016

Focused my thesis work on LAIKA Studios and their place in culture, specifically for Generation Z.

Oregon Public Broadcasting

2012-2013

Associate Producer for Oregon Lens

  • Attended local festivals in search for NW films

  • Maintained a relationship with local filmmakers and organizations

  • Presented a detailed list of chosen films for summer broadcast

On-air host for Oregon Lens

  • Hosted the student edition of OPB's Oregon Lens.

  • Presented various films created by students from the Pacific NW

Multimedia production intern

  • Took photographs for OPB News' senior journalists

  • Created websites for different projects

  • Wrote articles for OPB News and Arts & Life

  • Created videos, slideshows, and interactive maps for several articles.

Portland State University

Bachelors in Communication Studies

2012-2013

Got my Bachelors while also running Portland State’s television station (with a newborn in hand).