Sydney Leever

• Create Disney-themed written content for Disney Food Blog and All Ears Net with a combined 1.5 million readership • Uphold journalistic integrity while creating useful and fun narratives • Utilize SEO to boost reach and engagement • Edit photos for articles using Adobe Lightroom

• Create Disney-themed photographic, social media, and video content for Disney Food Blog’s 1.4 million followers • Produce large amounts of content quickly while maintaining high attention to detail • Create content for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube

• Write featured articles for hyper-local lifestyle magazine while consistently meeting tight deadlines • Frequently proofread and fact-check to ensure accuracy and journalistic integrity

• Work as a barista at Disney Parks Starbucks locations in EPCOT and Hollywood Studios • Provide guests with quality service and memorable dining experiences • Model the 5 Keys of safety, courtesy, efficiency, inclusion, and show • Attend courses by Disney communications, marketing, and career development professionals

• Write, proofread, and edit a quarterly newsletter for neighborhood HOA for email distribution to 600+ residents • Created a newsletter at the request of HOA board to inform neighbors and combat local misinformation • Craft informative articles monthly on neighborhood news and events for board approval • Create compelling copy including layout design and advertisements while consistently meeting tight deadlines • Design flyers for community events including garage sales, holiday gatherings, and charity fundraisers

• Instruct English, math, science, history, and elective classes (average 25 students per class) for grades K-12 • Incorporate digital technology into learning instruction, including laptops and SMART boards • Implement teacher lesson plans to optimize students' understanding of curriculum material • Maintain classroom control and monitor students to ensure a respectful and curious learning environment

• Edit and proofread 3 to 10 manuscripts a week resulting in a 92% return rate for authors • Structural editing – work through major structural issues with plot, pacing, character, and genre • Line editing – improve phrasing, tone, precision, repetition, and accuracy of language and structure • Copy editing – improve grammar, consistency, and clarity • Communicate with 5 to 15 authors a week over the course of their work to help them achieve goals • Fiction genres – horror, mystery, thriller, fantasy, science fiction, romance, literary fiction, poetry • Non-fiction genres – query letters, academic papers, research papers, rhetorical analyses, recipes, personal essays, opinion articles, travel guides, podcast scripts, book reviews, music reviews, movie reviews

• Manage and create content for social media platforms, notably Facebook and Instagram, for a local bakery • Photograph and edit product photos daily using Adobe software to enhance quality and correct imperfections • Create event posters and infographics with Canva 2 to 3 times a month • Develop social media strategy and communicate with target audience to achieve an 8% growth rate on Instagram • Research algorithms and social media strategy for Instagram and Facebook

B.A., Rhetoric and Writing Minor in Business Creative Writing Certificate • Coursework included fifteen total writing courses and six business courses • Formal training in AP, MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles • Specialization areas — nonfiction writing and editing, fiction writing and editing, publishing, query letters