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About Me

A San Francisco native living in Paris since 2004.

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I'm a bilingual creative with excellent language and writing skills and a strong desire to explore the humor within everything. I have experience in education, edutainment, social media, content creation, voice work, creative direction, storyboarding, advertising and communications in multi-lingual environments. Above all I feel the need for expression and humor, no matter what form.

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Between 2004 and 2023, I was the lead creative at Gymglish,  participating in content creation, marketing, communication, tone and pedagogy for their personalized courses online.

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My interests have interests. In brief: politics, cooking, music, podcasts, comedy, basketball, culture, languages, dogs, wine, social justice and more... 

Chief Editor of Creative Content
Gymglish

Apr 2004 - Feb 2023

Primary author and editor of creative content for original language lessons at Gymglish .

 

Writing & Editing:

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  • Universe building, storytelling and character development for narrative elements of the courses Gymglish, Frantastique, Hotel BorbolloÌ€n, Wunderbla, Saga Baldoria.

  • Lead author of the Rich Morning Show, cartoon English lessons for kids and beginners.

  • Lead author of the Word of the Month, a humorous monthly look at the news in the headlines in English in partnership with LeMonde.fr.

  • Lead author of The Word of the Month print edition book in collaboration with CALEC.

  • Creation of original written content and copy editing for Gymglish.com, DelavigneCorp.com, AIGF.org, thewordofthemonth.com, vatefaireconjuguer.com, and partner pages at LeMonde.fr, Liberation.fr, LeParisien.fr etc.

  • Pedagogical mapping and creation of questions, corrections, explanations and lessons for selected Gymglish products.

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Voice and multimedia:

 

  • Voice acting and direction for audio scenes and animation for all Gymglish courses.

  • Podcast and radio segments: Un Jour, Une Question (FranceInfo), Story Time with Andrew & The Word of the Month Out Loud (Instagram)

  • Storyboards, ideation and scripts for teasers and communication projects.

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Communications, Marketing and Social Media:

 

  • Creation of original marketing content designed for social media.

  • Edited and contributed to Gymglish social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

  • Created and copy edited content for social media and communications.

  • Created unique, offbeat content for internal communications and onboarding of new team members.

  • Created slogans for social network campaigns, goodies and promotions.

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Management:

 

  • Managed small team of authors and writers in the content team at Gymglish.

  • Managed creative team in charge of producing narrative content, images, videos and marketing needs.

  • Edited and validated tone and copy for marketing and communications internally and externally.

  • Contributed farfetched ideas at board meetings.

English Teacher
Academy, Private

Oct 2002 - Oct 2003

- Taught English to groups of Korean students ranging from 6-15 years old.
- Built lesson plans, coursework and led discussion groups for students learning English as an additional language.
- Taught conversational English to adults and children in private tutoring sessions

Education

Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, University of Redlands

BA, English

(1998 - 2002)

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Urban School of San Francisco

(1994 - 1998)

Licenses & Certifications

Master Class - Writing for television

Skills

Oct 2002 - Oct 2003

Social Media • Proofreading • Translation • Editing • Creative Writing • Blogging • Copy Editing • Language Teaching • Voice Acting

Honors & Awards

Nov 2022

Publication of the Word of the Month book

Lead author of the Word of the Month book, published in association with CALEC, 2022.

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