Entertainment Experience.

GiveDirectly - DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS - 2021 - Present

  • Run creative direction (storytelling, editorial writing, social media, video production) for direct cash non-profit.

  • Oversee photography and video teams in 11 countries across 3 continents.

  • Build recipient-centered storytelling processes to uplift the voices of people living in poverty

Untiled documentary project - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - 2022 - Present

  • Oversee creative production and financing of short housing-rights documentary for TIME Magazine

  • Secured funding from TIME, Pulitzer Foundation, & Economic Hardship Reporting Project

It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart - CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WRITER, DIRECTOR - 2018 - 2020

  • Helped develop, write, direct, and produce the 22 minute pilot presentation to sell the show

  • Served as a co-executive producer, writer, and director on the one season series, directing three of the eight episodes.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee - SENIOR FIELD PRODUCER & SEGMENT DIRECTOR & CONTRIBUTING WRITER - 2015 - 2019

  • Pitching, writing, and developing field segments for the weekly comedy satire show.

  • Producing and directing field shoots with a correspondent and crew.

  • Leading editing and VO writing for post-production.

  • Worked with a team since the show's beginning to develop the voice and style of field act

  • Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing on a Variety Special (2018)

NBC Comedy Pilot -  WRITER, CREATOR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - 2015

  • Wrote and executive produced a scripted comedy pilot for NBC as part of their NBC Playground competition.

  • Penned the script and oversaw a cast and crew of 40+. Worked closely with NBC development execs.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert & The Colbert Report - RESEARCHER - 2013 - 2015

  • Researched news stories, fact checked scripts, and sourced information for the writing staff on both shows.

  • Researched and contributed questions (plus some jokes) for guest interviews and field segments.

  • Made writing contributions for show’s Twitter account

Above Average: The Kicker - WRITER - 2015 - 2017

  • Contributing weekly headlines and articles to Above Average's sports comedy site

College Humor 2 - WRITER & DIRECTOR - 2014 - 2015

  • Writing, directing, and producing original web sketches for College Humor's CH2 Channel

GQ Magazine Online - WRITER - 2014 - 2015

  • Creating original scripts for humor web series and other comedy content

UCB Theater's Sketch Night - WRITER - 2013 - 2014

  • Wrote stage sketches for the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater's weekly sketch night.

Education. 

Harvard University - Cambridge MA

BA in Sociology in 2011

Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater - New York, NY

Advanced Study Improv Acting and Sketch Writing

Skills and Memberships.

Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere) Final Cut Pro, Final Draft, and I Excel at Word.

Proud member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA-E) and the Directors Guild of America (DGA)

Headshot.

College Yearbook photo