Advertising Campaigns
These three campaigns focus on highlighting the work and people of the College of Arts and Letters to promote interest in the programs. They are included because they highlight my experience with both written and face to face communication skills. The audience is the ISU community as well as people considering college, who are on social media. Primary skills these projects highlight include research, interviewing, storytelling, and design as well as social media posting. Both the writing and design went through a feedback process as well as revisions, illustrating my ability to collaborate with others. Interviews were done via Zoom. Correspondence was done mainly via email. The design was done in Canva. I posted these on Facebook and Instagram and used Metasuite.
Website Content
These are various writing projects that show variety in my writing ability and rhetorical awareness of purpose and audience. I included them because they illustrate a variety of writing styles as well as showcase my ability to work with others, and research. The audience for the Legacy Endowment biographies would be current and/or potential donors as well as those interested in the philanthropy of ISU College of Arts and Letters donors. The audience for the ISU IMpact show descriptions are people tuning in to the show. The audience for the Substack newsletter is a large online demographic of varied individuals. The skills these projects highlight include a variety of writing styles, design, posting online content, meeting deadlines, posting/updating website content, and working with others. For the bios I worked with the dean, the director of development, emeritus faculty, the marketing coordinator, and others. Tools included using Substack and Terminal Four.
Publications
"ISU Music Department Welcomes a New Director of Bands" 4/22/22
Published by Idaho State Journal
"ISU Welcomes New Civic Symphony Conductor" 4/20/22
Published by ISU News, Idaho State Journal, Local 8 Eyewitness News, Spot On Idaho, Daily Advent Opera News
"First and Only Commercial Music Program" 11/1/21
Published by ISU News, Newsbreak, Spot On Idaho
"Soldier's Wages"
2021 Ford Swetnam Poetry Prize Winner
"Tights Aren't Pants"
First one-woman play published in the journal, 2021
"Perfection" 2021
"Remodeled" 2021
"Widow" 2022
These are a number of published pieces. I included them because they show a level of professionalism and creativity that I am capable of. They also establish me as a credible author who can create pieces that are in demand. The audience for the news articles is the Pocatello community, particularly those interested in the music culture in Pocatello. The audience for the fiction pieces are those who read poetry and short fiction. The skills these projects highlight are my ability to research, rhetorical awareness, interviewing, feedback and revision processes, journalistic writing, poetry and short fiction writing.
Audio and Video
These projects highlight my work in multi-media, particularly sound projects. They highlight my ability to collaborate with others, the creative process, meeting deadlines, and producing professional work. The audience for the films are those who enjoy short indie films. The audience for the podcast are people looking on YouTube who are interested in meditation and podcasts. Skills demonstrated with these projects include composition and creativity, film scoring/sound effects, working with recording professionals and equipment, creative collaboration, feedback and revision, interviewing skills. Tools used include recording software Garage Band and Soundcloud, my own home recording equipment, Zoom, and YouTube.
Sunni Brown Wilkinson
Poet
"Soldier's Wages" is a finely-crafted sestina that cleverly plays off homonyms and shifts language but never loses sight of the intricacies of both the form and the delicate and complex emotions within the poem.
Julieanna Island
The score is so captivating! I was enthralled until the very last second.
trish.veltman
"Flight" is a medley of vivid, powerful stories, exploring memory and loss and rediscovery. Wonderful.
Dan E. Tibbs
Filmmaker
Beth is flexible with a changing work environment and by willing to do variations and different timings for edits. Beth was able to deliver what was asked and was creative to expand on those needs to make them better.