Online Résumé

» Primary | writing and editing | web development, design, and consulting | illustration and graphical design

» Secondary | sound recording, production, and editing | video editing | photography

» Software | platforms Mac OS X, Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux | page design Adobe InDesign, Quark
graphics Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop | audio/visual Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro

» Web Development | content management systems Drupal, MediaWiki, WordPress
laguages and markup PHP, HTML/XHTML/XML, CSS

» Four Kitchen Studios | fourkitchens.com | company blog: blog.fourkitchens.com

Creative collective based in Austin, TX, co-founded by yours truly. Projects I helped launch under the Four Kitchens umbrella are listed below

GetOpenID | getopenid.com

• Our very own OpenID server. (OpenID is a decentralized identity system that allows you to maintain one username and password that will work across thousands of sites, blogs, and message boards.)

ReconcilingStories.org | reconcilingstories.org

• ReconcilingStories.org invites gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender United Methodists and their friends and family to submit stories about their faith journeys and their fights for equality and justice.

» That Other Paper | thatotherpaper.com

Publisher and editor November 2006–present

• Oversaw or contributed to all aspects of launching a new publication in the Austin market, including marketing, website development, and staff management

» Official Publications | Office of the Registrar, UT-Austin

Electronic Publishing Specialist July 2005–August 2006

• Designed and prepared the University's catalogs for print and online use
• Helped migrate the Registrar's Office to InDesign-based document creation
• Designed various electronic documents and graphics for print and online use
• Maintained various sections of the Registrar's website and upgraded several pages to XHTML/CSS

Student Associate October 2004–July 2005

• Designed various electronic documents and webpages
• Employed while attending class full-time and editing the Texas Travesty (see below)

» Texas Travesty | texastravesty.com

Student humor magazine at UT-Austin and three-time Chronicle "Best of Austin" winner (circulation: 30,000)

Editor-in-Chief May 2003–May 2005

• Supervised all design aspects of the publication, including graphics, page layout, and web design
• Wrote monthly editorials, several articles, and collaborative material
• Created fictional columnist "Grover Manheim" and authored his (inexplicably) popular "It's a Manheim's World" feature
• Extensively edited all written material, frequently rewriting submitted work
• Created a style sheet to achieve a distinct design scheme
• Designed and maintained the magazine's website

Managing Editor May 2002–May 2003

Design Director May 2001–May 2002

Staff Writer October 2000–May 2001

» Seminar: Advanced Expository Writing | Spring 2005

UT-Austin's most rigorous writing and editing seminar (Rhetoric 325M)

• Wrote weekly essays on prompted topics while line-editing 17 students' papers
• Intensively studied language usage and style to compose clear, effective prose

» Guttersnipe Gazette | link unavailable

Bi-weekly online magazine published during high school (circulation: 3,000)

Editor-in-Chief and Founder Fall 1998–Spring 2001

• Wrote a significant amount of material for each issue, both serious and satirical
• Designed and maintained the magazine's website

» Personal project: recording northern Minnesota | Summer 2005

Traveled northern Minnesota for six weeks to research possible stories, record interviews, and compile oral histories

• Documented several public events as they unfolded; interviewed organizers and participants in the field
• Recorded my grandmother's oral history, focusing on her years as a newlywed during WWII

» Internship: Dudley & Bob Morning Show | KLBJ 93.7 FM, Austin | Summer 2003

Austin's no. 1 local morning drive program

• Wrote comedy material for air
• Edited audio clips for rebroadcast
• Recorded and archived each day's show

» Production course: Radio Fundamentals | Summer 2005

UT-Austin's introductory radio production course (Radio-TV-Film 337)

• Field recording, interviewing, studio production, and mock "on-air" experience
• Working knowledge of audio equipment (mics, soundboards, DAT and MiniDisc, Pro Tools)

» Radio-TV-Film, Bachelor of Science | UT-Austin | May 2005

• Graduated Phi Beta Kappa with High Honors
• Focus on radio production

» Psychology, Bachelor of Arts | UT-Austin | May 2005

• Graduated Phi Beta Kappa with High Honors
• Lifetime member, Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology)
• Minor in German