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Zachary Hodges
Communications & Writing Specialist

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Who am I?

I am a graduate from Purdue University with a BA in Professional Writing and a BA in Creative Writing, with a minor in Psychology.

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I am an avid writer and creative. I was named a Crouse Scholar in 2024, which is a title and scholarship given to a selected writing student with exceptional ability and promise. I've won 6 Purdue Literary awards for my technical, critical and creative writing.

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Above the awards and the accolades; I am a creator. I love writing and developing content, whether it be for messaging, for print or for social media. 

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Purdue OWL
Writing Tutor & Social Media Intern
September 2023 - May 2025

During my time at the Purdue On-Campus and Online Writing Lab, I developed documents with 100+ doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate clients via hourly sessions. 


These documents ranged from graduate and doctoral levels dissertations and research, to undergraduate theses, and essays. I also developed professional documents like personal statements, resumes, and memos. I worked with documents from several disciplines, including engineering, computer science, business, and the humanities. I was able to work with clients from all over the world, broadening my horizons and skillset in the process.

As a social media intern, I assembled social media strategy and developed web content for the OWL. This involved examining and compiling documents on brand guidelines, and then following those guidelines when developing web content.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

INTRODUCTION

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College of Agriculture 

Communications Intern
April 2024 - August 2024

I worked for the Purdue University College of Agriculture as a summer intern. I was able to develop eight articles, most of which were within one series on undergraduate and high school research opportunities.

 

To develop the articles, I inquired potential candidates and scheduled interviews with them. I conducted on-site interviews and photography sessions. After the interview, I drafted the article and sent it to the candidate for source-proof. I then received and applied edits from my boss and our in-house editor. Finally, I uploaded the story into our digital software (Cascade) and formatted it for web release.


In addition to my regular responsibilites, I helped our team develop press releases, media advisories, story pitches, and reels.

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Southbank Theatre Company 

Marketing Intern
April 2023 - August 2024

I worked for Southbank Theatre Company as a summer Marketing Intern. My job was to help develop digital and print marketing materials for a production of Troilus & Cressida: The Musical, which was a world premiere event.

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I created digital and physical marketing materials for the theatre productions utilizing Canva and Adobe InDesign. I discussed brand guidelines, color schemes, and logo usage with the administrative team of Southbank Theatre, working closely with the board of directors specifically. I also discussed content warning usage with the entire cast, crew, and team.


Finally, I ran all of our social media pages for the summer. I managed our Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok. I enjoyed writing social media copy and developing TikTok scripts.
 

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Division of Summer Session 

Peer Mentor
April 2022 - August 2023

I served as a summer peer mentor for the Division of Summer Sessions. In the position, I mentored a group of sixteen incoming freshmen through their first summer semester at Purdue University.  While my official duties ended that summer, I serve as a guiding mentor for the rest of their time at Purdue University; my mentees can and have reached out with further questions, despite the summer mentorship being long over.

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My duties included leading one-on-one meetings discussing their academic and lifestyle progress, leading accountability groups for homework and mental wellbeing, and developing activities for the group to conduct to aid with team building and settling in to college.
 

EXTRACURRICULARS

Purdue Performance Collaborative
Public Relations Director
December 2022 - May 2025

I served as the PR Director of the Purdue Performance Collaborative for two and a half years, where I organized and advertised 50+ events, shows, and meetings. These events ranged from organizing karaoke nights, open mic nights, skill shares, study tables, and even a formal. Is spent my time in the position locating equipment, finding venues, and developing budgets for each event.


I led two annual days of donation for our organization, ultimately raising $2400 in my first day of donation with around 25 active members. I ran all of our social media pages-- Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok-- with a cumulative 200+ posts across all platforms.
 

 I also directed a musical, which involved mass communication and organization efforts. I had the pleasure of assistant directing a play and acting in four shows during my time in college.
 

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SOFTWARES

Google Suites  |  Meta  |  Adobe Creative Cloud  |  Canva  |  Figma   Microsoft 365  |  Meta Business Suite  |  Excel  |  X  |  TikTok

EXTRACURRICULARS

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Student Editing & Publishing Association
Treasurer
August 2023 - May 2025

I served as a general body member of SEPA from August 2023 - May 2024, and as the treasurer of SEPA from May 2024 - May 2025. As the treasurer, I oversaw funding and kept track of our finances. I approved spending for meeting materials and for our annual publication of The Bell Tower. I contributed to the accumulation and the editing of The Bell Tower.

 

SKILLS

Editing  |  Grant Writing  |  Document Design  |  Video Production
Digital Marketing  |  Graphic Design  |  Project Management

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