VoyceMe

-Analyzed 2x works from clients and authors to ensure that stories, in written format, met high standards of quality (e.g. grammar, formatting, plot consistency, and character development).
-Maintained a strong understanding of genre conventions and audience expectations in webcomic series and traditional manga.
-Collaborated weekly with the Art Director and VoyceMe's Creative Team to ensure consistency and coherence across projects.
-Implemented the company's branded storytelling style while respecting individual artistic creativity. 
-Aligned weekly with authors and communicated effectively to clarify storylines, character motivations, and world-building elements.

Narrative Analyst

-Satisfactorily completed 2x client projects and 3x author projects, meeting their brand, narrative, and other writing-related specifications. 
-Wrote scripts up to 60 panels long. Created characters, dialogue, chapter plans, and 12x full-scripted chapters to easily be translated into a webcomic.
-Transcribed 3x series, translating the final product to a detailed script format. 
-Satisfactorily completed 5x Story Bibles, including worldbuilding sheets, character sheets, macro & micro outlines, and style guides.

Scriptwriter

-Actively engaged in line-editing and story-editing for 2x webnovels and 9x webcomic series. 
-Aligned weekly with 9x authors about conceptual, grammatical, and other editing-related fixes as well as upholding submission deadlines.

Editor

-Direct and produce SM videos and posts that utilize current trends, audio, and messaging. 
-Research and analyze trending content across multiple social media platforms.  
-Create and implement social media strategies for VM-specific content to promote the pilot and OG series. 
-Manage and post relevant and trending content on VM's official Twitter & TikTok accounts as well as series-specific micro-accounts.

Social Media Management Intern

-Launched 1x webcomic series. 
-Reviewed weekly story pitches and webnovel submissions for the Content Acquisitions Manager. 
-For 3x webcomic series, satisfactorily completed the pilot series run. 
-Held biweekly meetings with the CEO, Dylan Telano, and fellow interns to ideate and create story characters and chapters.

Creative Writing Intern (Manga, Anime, Games)

Wattpad

-Created a collaboration contest between Wattpad’s @Action and @Adventure Profiles. 
-Performed interview scouting and mythological article writing for @MythandLegend. 
-Created prompts for the #Prompt-Ninjas.

Wattpad Engagement Ambassador

Appvertiser - Mobile App Marketing

-Contributed 1x article per week for various content types: guides, blogs, courses, interviews, and case studies. 
-Interviewed content experts for a range of topics: influencer marketing, UA, & ASO.
-Collaborated with the company’s in-house creative team for content assets. 
-Implemented revisions from the Head of Marketing.

Copywriter Intern

GameRant.com (Game Rant)

-Pitched, researched, and contributed a minimum of 25 articles per month.
-Worked under tight deadlines and submitted articles for publication on time.
-Reported to the Lead Anime Features Editor and implemented feedback efficiently.
-Successfully maintained a contracted freelance schedule.
-Fulfilled company-specific formatting standards (e.g. back links, SEO/SMO content, and photo specifications).

Anime Features Writer

First Colony Bank

-Reconciled general ledger accounts on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis through the use of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. 
-Prepared financial reports through the Financial Compass modeling application for use by the Board of Directors and monthly staff meetings. 
-Gained a basic understanding of analyzing and submitting vendor management due diligence reports through Venminder. 
-Gained a basic understanding of reviewing limited-term service and product contracts. 
-Updated and created new financial procedures/manuals for daily, weekly, and monthly use for the financial analyst position. 
-Gained a basic understanding of FIS products such as ImageCentre, IBS Insight, and the Client Portal.

Financial Analyst

Furman University

Wrote and uploaded detailed, easy-to-read course notes in a timely manner after every class meeting for students with learning disabilities from the SOAR (Student Office for Accessibility Resources) office.

SOAR Notetaker

-Led virtual tours for prospective students and families.
-Collaborated with counselors to complete individual projects (e.g. assisting with a Fun Facts assignment for incoming freshmen, updating information for an international student fair, researching new diversity scholarships, and analyzing social media pages and creating ideas for further engagement).
-Learned and implemented new technological skills within Excel and Slate.
-Improved verbal communication skills and collaboration skills through meetings with supervisors, completing projects with fellow interns, and outreaching to prospective domestic and international students through email. 
-Improved written skills through writing three blog articles on the Furman University admissions website.

Furman Summer Admissions Intern

I am a storyteller. With my overly-imaginative mind, I've crafted countless story ideas (realized and unrealized) in my school notebooks, Wattpad, and Microsoft Word, since I was in middle school.

I am an anime enthusiast. Consuming over 500+ anime, 100+ manga, and 50+ webcomic series, I have uncovered the complex yet intricate narrative storytelling elements woven into these stories. 

I am an editor. Years of AP writing courses, collegiate seminars, and remote writing experiences, serve as the underlying reason behind my dedication to sound grammatical and structural standards and conventions.

Want to know more about my writing journey? Check out the "Experiences" section, or DM me!

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