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