Resume

EXPERIENCE

Content Specialist – Writer, Pacific University,  Forest Grove, OR, 2025–present

• Worked on the Marketing and Communications team at a historic liberal arts university

• Maintained and created content for university blog

• Participated in cross-department enrollment marketing team

• Assisted in maintaining and improving university website

• Participated in university branding, writing, and naming initiatives

• Used BrightEdge to create and maintain SEO content

Writer, Editor, Strategist, Freelance, 2009–present

• Writing web copy, blogs, manifestos, product descriptions, advertisements, scripts, etc.

• Editing and proofreading copy for companies, nonprofits, and writers

• Editor for books, anthologies, and creative journals such as Phantom Drift and the Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Writer Anthology

• Brand and web strategy for independent literary art brands, such as celium lit

Writing Instructor, Various, 2015–present

• Teaching select creative writing classes and workshops at Portland Literary Arts, the Loft, Linfield University, Portland Book Festival, Deschutes Public Library, University of Washington, and more

Senior Brand Strategist & Writer, FINE,  Portland, 2021–2025

• Worked with digital teams to articulate brand stories and strategies across channels

• Created and adhered to brand voice and tone style guides to align with strategic goals

• Wrote audience-focused content for websites, brand books, employee handbooks, client presentations, and more

• Wrote case studies to describe project work in compelling narratives for agency website

• Created engaging brand narratives, messaging, headlines, and taglines

• Collaborated on naming teams to articulate naming architectures and create new names

• Created well-researched, creative brand strategies for hotels, apartments, tech companies, investment organizations, nonprofits, and employee brands

• Worked with hospitality groups to create unique guest journeys and hotel experiences

• Crafted employee brands for corporations and organizations seeking to expand hiring

Senior Brand/Content Strategist & Writer, Murmur Creative, Portland, 2017–2021

• Developed brand writing and strategy offerings, tripling company revenue from strategy work

• Led collaborative teams to create excellent work on tight deadlines

• Led client workshops and presented work to clients

• Optimized use of industry, consumer, and client research to create strategic insights and recommendations

• Wrote audience-focused content for websites, social media, and email marketing while adhering to brand voice and following SEO best practices

• Wrote case studies and blog posts to create compelling search optimized narratives for agency website

• Created names, naming systems, and taglines for brands in a variety of industries

• Wrote voice and tone style guides, mission statements, advertisements, packaging copy, and more

• Developed and managed agency’s strategy/writing internship program

• Created compelling presentations, pitched concepts, and helped clients to choose directions suited to brand and business goals

• Synthesized strategic insights to create strong digital and content strategies

• Worked with large and small companies, organizations, schools, and nonprofits

Writing Instructor, Portland Community College, Portland, 2016–2021 

• Designed and taught beginning through advanced creative writing courses as well as academic and technical communications courses

• Designed inclusive and equitable hybrid, online, and traditional face-to-face writing courses

• Collaborated with fellow faculty on curriculum development and data driven assessment projects

• Provided writing instruction through extensive written feedback and student conferences

• Participated in workshops, conferences, and campus groups

• Served as a faculty tutor at campus writing center

EDUCATION                

PhD Creative Writing, Bath Spa University – Bath, UK – 2025

Branding Certificate, Future London Academy – London, UK – 2020

MFA Creative Writing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA – 2015

MA Literature, San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA – 2013

BA English/Theatre minor, University of Oregon – Eugene, OR – 2008              

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Leafskin, a novel (Stillhouse Press, 2025)

The Cemetery Cure, poetry chapbook (dancing girl press, 2026)

Writing Toward Nature (Substack newsletter at mirandarowanschmidt.substack.com)

“Aquarium” (short story), This Side of the Divide anthology, Baobab Press

Tree Talk (column), Catapult

“Psyche in the Dark” (flash fiction), Electric Literature Recommended Reading

“The Girls Who Turn Into Trees” (essay), Electric Literature

“Skin” (short story), Triquarterly

“Undergrowth” (short story), Phoebe

“Familiar” (short story), Phantom Drift

“Daphne Turns to Laurel” (poem), F(r)iction

“Eurydice” (poem), Ghost City Review

SELECT AWARDS

AMA Max Award for Branding

Atticus Hotel Artist in Residence

Stillhouse Press Speculative Fiction Prize

Environmental Writers Scholarship, Bread Loaf Conference, Middlebury College

Emerging LGBTQ Voices Editorial Fellowship, Lambda Literary