Taylor Grothe

I am a professional author with a specific interest in horror, thriller, and magical realism. I am represented Larissa Melo Pienkowski of Jill Grinberg Literary Management.

Direct control of all messaging, marketing, and advertising for luxury barre studio in Greenwich, CT. Produce and manage all social media content, maintain marketing budget, and pitch media campaigns directly to owner, including print and electronic marketing stories. Meet and discuss partnerships with local brands for community impact, such as roundtable events, panels, and trunk shows. Directly liaison with local print and electronic publications, working face to face with points of contact for ad placement, story production, and editorial pieces. Write and update website content for mission statement, branding, and teacher biographies.

Closely edit and assist with building content, helping to manage messaging for show openings, website content, and curricula vitae.

Designed, opened, and ran all operations, sales, creative, and research for local gluten free brewery. Navigated extensive federal, state, and local laws as they pertained to the management of the brewery, in direct contact with agents from the Connecticut Departments of Consumer Protection and the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Directed the creative side of brewery business, including the research and development of beer recipes and the overall branding of the company. Oversaw the distribution of product to over 100 bars, restaurants, and retail stores, as well as an eventual partnership with a local distributing company. Ran brew days, canning days, and kegging days. Managed product ordering, inventorying, and usage. Developed extensive floor and sales knowledge as well as back-of-house management experience.

Assisted the president, vice president and directors of the company to facilitate and maintain relationships with radio stations by writing contracts, redesigning internal cash flows, and managing meetings. Trained new members of the team and created detailed manuals for effective work flow and team coordination. Initiated consolidation process for extensive contracts database and company-wide materials storage.

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Major: Fairy Tales and Folklore: Medieval to Present; Concentration: German and Scandinavian Arthurian Romance • Major GPA: 3.95 • Cumulative: 3.77 • Cum Laude with Honors • Honors Thesis:The Prodigy of the North: Arthurian Mythopoesis in H. Rider Haggard’s Eric Brighteyes (1890)

My major was a Program II major-- one that allows students to undertake an interdisciplinary program of study. Each program is designed by individual students to meet their unique academic and intellectual goals. Specifically, I worked with Dr. Ann-Marie Rasmussen to use critical theory to analyze Arthurian romance of Scandinavian and German origin.