Summer 2011

Community Marketer

TNT, Turner Broadcasting Company

• Contract position managing social media marketing for TNT’s summer lineup of television programs, including Franklin & Bash, The Closer, Rizzoli and Isles, Falling Skies, Leverage, HawthoRNe and Memphis Beat.

• Strategized social media content calendars by working with Marketing, PR, and production companies.

• Developed longterm social publishing strategies in an interdisciplinary team setting.

June 2010 > May 2011

Graduate Research Assistant/Project Co-Director

Georgia Institute of Technology

• Pitched growBotGarden.com project, which became the topic of a GT class and several NSF-funded participatory design workshops, culminating in an artist commission at the prestigous 01SJ Festival in San Jose, CA.

• Planned and led “robotics for organic farmers” workshops and discussions.

Nov 2007 > present

Organizer

(using the pseudonym “Lady Rogue”)

rogueApron & Lady Rogue Business Network

• Launched rogueApron, Atlanta’s original underground supperclub. Used social media strategy to build a mailing list of 2,500, sell out events in minutes

• Landed live interviews on CNN, and articles in ReadyMade, Budget Travel & dozens of magazines, blogs, and radio appearances [pressM].

• Coordinated flash-mob style crowdsourced events, including dinners, movie screenings, farm workdays, protest picnics and “Chef to School” programs.

• Serve on Communication Board of Georgia Organics and cultivateATL, a young Atlantans in food advisory board.

• Launched Lady Rogue Business Network, a 500+ member entrepreneur network in Atlanta. Plan & coordinate events including mixers, socials, workshops and marketplaces.

February > August 2007

Web Director

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies [AAN]

Project architect, conceptualized redesign of AltWeeklies.com utilizing tag-based folksonomy and and topics pages. (process blog)

• Web Publishing Best Practices Blogger, Web.AAN.org

• Social Media Manager, set up & maintain Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, delicious.

• Community Conversations Editor, for 2007 AAN Convention at Portland2007.AAN.org, setting up blog, recruiting community writers, and assisting with the creation of a web to print community-sourced newsletter.

Oct 2004 > August 2006

Web Editor (Corporate)

Creative Loafing

• Online producer & manager for all CL-owned newspaper sites & forums.

• Multimedia editor for all CL blogs, podcasts and special publication site.

• Project manager for two company wide CMS transitions. Corporate software trainer for
employees in satellite cities.

• Legal paperwork & budget manager.

Oct 2004 – Feb 2005

Food Editor/Staff Writer

• Food editor & columnist for Tampa & Sarasota, Fla. Creative Loafing papers (formerly Weekly Planet). Promoted within 90 days of employment.

Jan 2003 > July 2004

Food Editor/Staff Writer

San Antonio CURRENT

• Restaurant database project manager

• Section editor, diversifying content, assigning stories, managing writers

• Editorial internship program manager.

Also: Calendar Editor [Mar-Dec 2003] & Editorial Intern [Jan-Mar 2003]

Apr 2008 – Aug 2009

Line Cook

Brick Store Pub, Decatur GA

• Experienced with high-volume, fast-paced modular kitchen setups

• Comfortable in multiple line positions, including fry, sauté, grill, cold station and expo

• Fastidious storage and produce manager

March 2007 – present

Head Cook

rogueApron, Atlanta, GA

• Conceptualized menus in tandem with independent homebrewers, work with local farmers to source ingredients, wrote recipes

• Managed a team of volunteer cooks to produce dinners for 100+ diners in residential kitchens with minimal equipment

Winter 2007

Cook/Volunteer

Cafe 458, Atlanta, GA

• Volunteer cook for nonprofit restaurant whose proceeds benefit the Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency, a nonprofit agency whose mission is to help homeless men and women achieve self-sufficiency

Winter 2006

Prep Cook

Nah Nah Bah, Lagos, Portugal

• Prep cook for American-style breakfast, lunch, and dinner bar