Shelli Hoppe
Iowa City,Iowa
Summary
Accomplished Chief Creative Officer with a proven track record at Disability Justice by Design, adept in project management and creative leadership. Spearheaded strategic partnerships and campaigns, significantly enhancing nonprofit infrastructure and advocacy. Skilled in design leadership and strategic communications, I excel in transforming visions into impactful realities.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Creative Officer / Founder
Disability Justice by Design
01.2023 - Current
- Founder.
- Leading teams of advisors working with The MET, The Whitney, Creative Capital, etc.
- Business Requirements and Technical Requirements documents.
Strategic Consultant
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
09.2022 - Current
- Advising the research team on the efficacy of a product designed to help college administrators assist women on the spectrum who have been sexually assaulted on college campuses across America.
Capable Magazine
10.2015 - Current
- Designed, curated, and edited all submissions after building the website.
- Working with authors from The New York Times, The Sun, and Yale to publish and promote work from disabled and chronically ill artists and authors.
- Worked with a MoMA-showing photographer's work.
Creative Director
After Maman
07.2022 - 02.2025
- Worked alongside and in conjunction with the SAIC Fashion Department to make spider sculptures from recycled Nick Cave faux fur from his MCA gala.
- Led the team, negotiated salaries, and funded work through the government.
- Showed at Iridium and Buzz Galleries.
- Currently collaborating with the University of Iowa professors to complete the show in Iowa.
Professor of English and Translation
University of Tabuk
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
01.2019 - 09.2021
- Managed 40 employees from 32 different countries, speaking various foreign languages, alongside Saudi government needs for English and Translation Professors.
- Drove progress by spearheading a COVID wellness program for English teachers and their families.
- Outstanding outcomes and great reviews from my students regarding their classroom experience.
- Created and showed my artworks made during the pandemic around the Middle East and Europe.
Director of Strategic Partnerships
The Kite Zine
New York, New York
05.2019 - 01.2021
- Lead efforts in developing a solid nonprofit infrastructure.
Lead Strategist
Teach North Korean Refugees
Seoul, South Korea
10.2015 - 06.2019
- Company Overview: The organization helps hundreds of North Korean refugees author their own lives through English language services and other services.
- The organization has led to five TED talks and many memoirs published by only the best houses.
- Worked directly with Yeon-mi Park to publicize her memoir, In Order to Live.
- The organization helps hundreds of North Korean refugees author their own lives through English language services and other services.
Education
Master of Fine Arts - Poetry
Warren Wilson College
Asheville, NCMPS UX Design -
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MarylandTransdisciplinary Studies Graduate Certificate -
The New Centre For Research And Practice
Berlin, GermanyMSED/MA - Special Education for Culturally and Linguistically
City College of NY
New York City, NYBA - English
Brigham Young University
Provo, UtahSkills
- Project management expertise
- Campaign development expertise
- Advertising campaigns
- Strategic visioning
- Creative leadership
- Marketing communications
- Content strategy
- Strategic communications
- Design background
- Creative positioning
- Art direction
- Strategic thinking
- Design leadership
- Creative team leadership
Artist and Writer Residencies
- 2026, Artesumepaz Artist-in-Residence, Columbia
- 2026, Spitsbergen Artist Residency, Svalbard at the Arctic Circle
- 2026, Tyrone Guthrie Center Artist Residency, Ireland
- 2025, Sundress Academy Farm House Residency for Writers
- 2022, Tomales Bay Writers Conference with Writing by Writers
- 2020, Catapult 12-Month Poetry Generator with Rosebud Ben-Oni
- 2021, The Kenyon Review Teachers Workshop with Tracy K. Smith
- 2019, OMEGA 'Women in Power' with Tarana Burke & Roxanne Gay
Certification
- Transitional B Secondary Special Education NYS
- Community Health Worker, Iowa
Accomplishments
- Work has been published alongside and endorsed by Noam Chomsky.
- Danced and sang for Walt Disney World for 15 years.
- Was a NYC Teaching Fellow in Manhattan.
- Was a professor in Saudi Arabia.
- Various art shows internationally and locally across the Midwest.
- Won court cases against the NYCDOE through excellent teaching outcomes and expert testimony.
Timeline
Chief Creative Officer / Founder
Disability Justice by Design
01.2023 - Current
Strategic Consultant
Boston University
09.2022 - Current
Creative Director
After Maman
07.2022 - 02.2025
Director of Strategic Partnerships
The Kite Zine
05.2019 - 01.2021
Professor of English and Translation
University of Tabuk
01.2019 - 09.2021
Capable Magazine
10.2015 - Current
Lead Strategist
Teach North Korean Refugees
10.2015 - 06.2019
Master of Fine Arts - Poetry
Warren Wilson College
MPS UX Design -
Maryland Institute College of Art
Transdisciplinary Studies Graduate Certificate -
The New Centre For Research And Practice
MSED/MA - Special Education for Culturally and Linguistically
City College of NY
BA - English
Brigham Young University
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