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BROOKE WHITE

Oak Park,USA
“White writes with skill and candor.”
- New Pages (2018)
BROOKE WHITE

Summary

Experienced professional with a passion for creating compelling content and driving engagement. Talented at crafting dynamic stories, informative articles and persuasive copy that resonate and inspires readers. Adept at leveraging creativity and strategic thinking to deliver impactful messaging that captivates audiences. Proven track record of producing high-quality content that achieves business objectives.

Overview

10
years of professional experience

Work History

Freelance Writer
09.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Writing and editing high-quality content under deadline pressure with exciting, captivating, and authentic approach.
  • Editing and proofreading drafts of articles, personal narratives, and other documents.
  • Consulting with authors to organize content, shape story, and eliminate any errors.
  • Utilizing exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.

Polygence

Creative Writing Mentor
11.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Taking students from idea to finished project and guiding them through the publication process.
  • Providing concise and constructive feedback to writers to improve pacing, content, and tone in all forms of writing from journalistic articles, to research papers, and speculative fiction.
  • Reviewing and editing writing for grammar and style.
  • Mentoring students to help develop craft and sharpen skills.
  • Meeting the needs of different students by adapting teaching methods.

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Writing Instructor
09.2018 - 05.2021

Job overview

  • Intro. Creative Writing (2018), Composition (2019), Int. Literary Nonfiction Writing (2020), Intro. Poetry (2021)
  • Crafted writing prompts and assignments.
  • Taught literary analysis, rhetoric, and creative storytelling.
  • Provided feedback on student writing.
  • Created and administered interactive activities.
  • Evaluated and graded students' essays, projects, exams, and assigned final grades.
  • Promoted culture of inclusion, respect and collaboration in classroom.

School of Information, University of Michigan

Copywriter
09.2017 - 08.2018

Job overview

  • Conducted research and in-person interviews to write staff and student profiles.
  • Wrote advertising copy for online content, adhering to employers' overarching brand identity and personality.
  • Customized brand message to reach and capture target audience interest and drive engagement.
  • Formatted copy to align with project-specific guidelines.
  • Created content for websites and online publications.
  • Gathered social media data, managed task tracking to help team members meet deadlines.

Sweetland Peer Writing Center, University of Michigan

Writing Consultant
05.2016 - 04.2017

Job overview

  • Collaborated with university students to develop academic papers, creative projects, and applications.
  • Provided individual tutoring sessions for students struggling in composition writing.
  • Utilized exceptional editing and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.
  • Tutored diverse groups of students to strengthen subject comprehension, boost confidence, and build important learning skills.

Mary A. Rackham Institute

Editorial Assistant
06.2015 - 04.2017

Job overview

  • Wrote and edited organizational publications such as e-newsletters or news articles for internal or external audiences.
  • Collaborated with internal stakeholders to identify key messages and create compelling content for press releases and other materials.
  • Prepared social media posts with an eye for viral content strategies.
  • Designed print materials (flyers, brochures, booklets) and online marketing materials, collaborated with the Marketing Specialist on website layout.
  • Provided copy editing support to hit target dates for editorial and design productions with print and digital material.

Education

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

MFA from Creative Writing: Nonfiction
05.2021

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

BA from English and Creative Writing
04.2017

Skills

  • Unique content creation
  • Copywriting, editing, and review
  • Proofreading
  • Critical analysis
  • Active learning
  • Empathetic listening
  • Multitasking
  • Collaboration
  • Relationship building
  • Group and individual instruction

Awards

Hopwood Committee Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship, Nonfiction $2,000 2016 - ArtWords: Weisman Art Museum, Winner, Nonfiction 2019 - O’Rourke Fellowship 2019/2020 -  Research Fellowship: University of Minnesota $2,000 2020. 

Publications

  • “Beware the Mara,” Ghost City Review
  • “Lycanthropy,” in Not Ghosts, But Spirits IV from Querencia Press
  • “Mermaidia,” Cleaver Magazine
  • “That Big Eye in the Sky,” Superstition Review
  • “While Crickets Sang in the Tall Grass We Splashed,” Whale Road Review
  • “The Bath Book,” Honey Literary
  • “The Veiled Lady,” After the Art
  • “Entering the Locked Room,” March Xness
  • “While the Moon Grows Full Outside My Window,” Iron Horse Literary Review
  • “Do You Forgive Our Mother” Entropy Magazine
  • “In a Box with a Few Tiny Teeth” Swamp Ape Review
  • “A Study of Hands” Midwestern Gothic
  • “Letters from Indiana” published as Lunch Ticket Magazine’s “Amuse-Bouche” feature
  • “Thirty-Nine Quarters” and title piece “Confined Connections” in Confined Connections: An Anthology of Poems, Essays, and Short Stories

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

  • Proofreader, Frammenti / Fragments by Clarence Morgan & Steven McCarthy (2025)
  • Literary Magazine Board Member: Xylem Magazine (2016-2017) Oleander Review (2016-2017)

- Advertised calls for submissions, events/readings.

- Read, rated, and discussed submissions.

- Worked with contributors to edit accepted work.


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Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimePart TimeContract WorkInternshipGig Work

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Company Culture

Software

Microsoft Office

Excel

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

WordPress

Hootsuite

Constant Contact

Drupal

Languages

Spanish
Elementary
English
Native or Bilingual

Accomplishments

  • "Asking Effective Questions in Consultations" Presented at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (2016)
  • Citation Seminar- PERRLA vs MS Word: Citation Seminar Led for Oakland Community College's Highland Lakes Campus (2014)

Interests

Film

Literature

Dance

Architecture, Design

Timeline

Creative Writing Mentor

Polygence
11.2021 - Current

Freelance Writer

09.2021 - Current

Writing Instructor

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
09.2018 - 05.2021

Copywriter

School of Information, University of Michigan
09.2017 - 08.2018

Writing Consultant

Sweetland Peer Writing Center, University of Michigan
05.2016 - 04.2017

Editorial Assistant

Mary A. Rackham Institute
06.2015 - 04.2017

University of Michigan

BA from English and Creative Writing

University of Minnesota

MFA from Creative Writing: Nonfiction