Michelle O'Shea

Participating in the 41st Cohort of the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (Parliamentarisches Patentschaft Programm) jointly funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State. A 3-part program that includes intensive German-language courses, one semester at Hochschule Bremerhaven, and an internship at a German company.

Designed social media posts, and posters for upcoming gallery events. Updated website for new events and designed mock-ups for a potential website remodel. Painted gallery walls, and maintained cleanliness of gallery space.

Revitalized the firm’s Pinterest and used information gained from SEO research to increase engagement and outbound clicks of company pins by over 1000%, and engaged audience by over 900%. Created a social media marketing campaign to showcase the individuality and strengths of the firm’s interior design across platforms, creating content for the blog, Instagram, Linkedin, and Pinterest. Assisted marketing coordinator during project shoots and photographed team members for the website.

Researched potential leads for the magazine’s editor and compiled succinct reports on my findings. Photographed, edited, and resized photos for Reed Magazine on Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. Assisted Editorial Director in copyediting, conducting final proofreads, and fact-checking.

Created and conceptualized engaging content for the Reed College Admissions Instagram 3 times a week that consistently ranked among the top 10 most-liked posts on the page. Photographed over 100 student events, staff headshots, and student portraits. Designed graphics on Canva weekly, edited and shot videos for the Admissions YouTube, wrote copy for email marketing efforts, and tracked email and social media analytics. Updated Admissions website weekly in CMS.

Wrote copy for the Litesprite website and designed landing pages for potential clients. Put together a marketing campaign and wrote copy targeting healthcare brokers interested in health tech startups. Participated in professional development for content marketing and email marketing on Hubspot.

A full-time student for 1 semester to fulfill the study phase of the PPP fellowship. Specializing in graphic design.

Activities and societies: Editor of Senior YearbookActivities and societies: Editor of Senior Yearbook Wrote a thesis on how misconceptions surrounding artificial intelligence's inner workings are common, how AI is involved in an economy of appearances, and how AI art will affect artists and the art world moving forward. I also delved into why many discussions of AI focus on its potential consciousness and creativity.