Resume

Haley A. Hodges

Experience

Alaska SeaLife Center – Seward, Alaska
Marketing and Communications Intern
JUNE – AUG 2022
  • Served as a photographer and videographer capturing content for social media, website and blog postings, and event promotion
  • Created and edited content for the newly rebranded blog
  • Surveyed and created new signage around the facility 
  • Participated in weekly visitor services duties greeting and directing private tour groups
Ginger Bowen Fine Art – Niwot, Colorado
Marketing Assistant
JULY 2019 – MAY 2022
  • Assistant to a local artist focusing on organization, competition applications, inventory management, and digital presence
  • Developed a marketing plan for streamlining website usage, online sales, and brand recognition
Zebulon Solutions, LLC – Longmont, Colorado 
Marketing Specialist 
JUNE 2018 – AUG 2018, MAY 2019 – MAY 2022
  • Spearheaded the redesign of zebulonsolutions.com
  • Created new promotional materials following the rebranding of the company
  • Produce copy, edit blog posts, and manage social media
  • Worked with and hired third parties for graphic design and advanced coding items
Drake Political Review – Des Moines, Iowa
Editor-in-Chief
JAN 2017 – MAY 2019
  • Worked collaboratively with writers and staff to create a bi-annual nonpartisan political magazine
  • Led, organized, and communicated with both staff and writers as the Editor-in-Chief
  • Created and continued to build drakepoliticalreview.com
  • Responsible for coordinating all aspects of production from budgeting to production to printing
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation – Des Moines, Iowa
Communications Intern
MAY 2017 – JAN 2018
  • Work in the office of a conservation non-profit protecting and restoring Iowa’s land, water, and wildlife
  • Responsible for writing blog posts, creating web pages, managing social media sites, coordinating the Hagie Heritage Award nomination process, and other office tasks

Additional and Short Term Experience

  • Photographer, cub reporter, and social media manager for the Left Hand Valley Courier in high school
  • Staff writer for the features section and photographer for Drake University’s newspaper, the Times-Delphic
  • Managing Editor for Urban-Plains.com, managing content creation and organizational responsibilities 
  • Interned with CBS News during the second democratic presidential debate in November of 2015

Skills Summary

  • Adobe Creative suite 
  • Microsoft Office suite
  • AP and MLA style writing and editing
  • Email marketing
  • Advertising
  • Graphic design and layouts
  • Creative writing 
  • Web design and management
  • Photography
  • Social media profiles and analytics
  • Organizational leadership
  • Event planning, coordination and management
  • Customer service
  • Budgeting

Education

Drake University – Des Moines, Iowa
AUG 2015 – MAY 2019
  • Graduated Cum Laude with a B.A.J.M.C in News, a B.A. in Writing, and University Honors
Maynooth University – Maynooth, Republic of Ireland
JAN 2018 – JUNE 2018
  • Study Abroad experience outside of Dublin during my junior year of college
  • Received a certificate in Irish Cultural Heritage
Niwot High School – Niwot, Colorado
AUG 2011 – MAY 2015
  • Graduated with a 3.9 unweighted GPA
  • Attained the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma
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