Resume For The Crumbles

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Elizabeth Rose Blackburn: Gonzo Journalist & Dissident

Contact

• Email: e.r.blackburn@gmail.com
• Website: Erb Garden

Summary

Aspiring essayist whose pandemic-era departure from her software development career enabled the full-time pursuit of local organizing and community care. Her forthcoming creative nonfiction collection draws on wide-ranging experience and keen observations to reveal the soft underbelly of the modern Rust Belt.

Skills

• Project Management
• Effective Communication
• Videography & Audio Engineering
• Photography
• Event Planning & Fundraising
• Community Development
• Research
• Worldbuilding

Education

• Dev Bootcamp: 19-Week Immersive Program | 2015
• Franklin University: B.Sc. in Management Info Systems | 2014

Professional Experience

Phone Sex Operator & Adult Creator: Self-Employed | 2021-2025

• Gathered requirements for both impromptu storytelling and writing custom long-form scripts
• Designed creative marketing materials to outline services and appeal to clients’ varied interests

Software Developer: ScriptDrop, Inc. | 2019-2021

• Engineered semantic, accessible React components
• Consulted with internal users to improve workflows
• Led weekly Lunch & Learns on topics like alternative testing methods, decision-making with sociocracy, and the ethics of near-future technology

Front End Developer: Dynamit Consulting | 2018-2019

• Developed interactive forms and data visualizations with Kendo UI for ASP.NET applications
• Created Salesforce views for a Fortune 500 hospitality brand’s reporting and community pages