This is my complete, full-detailed resume of work experience, publications, presentations, and awards. To download this information as a PDF, click here.
If you’d like to work together, please email me and I’ll respond promptly: molly.koeneman@gmail.com.
Work Experience
Digital Analytics and SEO Manager @ Vertical Web Media Publishing
Jan. 2015 — Present
Manage digital reporting, web strategy and SEO strength.
Marketing email distribution for Cindy Cardinal
Oct. 2020 — Present
SEO Digital Marketing for XL.net
May. 2021 — Present
SEO Consulting and Copywriting for Small Wave Marketing
Aug. 2021 — Present
Digital Manager @ MediaTec Publishing
Sept. 2011 — Jan. 2015 — Greater Chicago Area
Manage web, email, database, mobile and digital magazine projects. (Held various positions with this publishing company.)
Lead Chicago Representative @ iWish
Nov. 2011 — Oct. 2012 — Chicago, IL
Run events and facilitate sales.
Creative Writing Specialist @ TT Patton
June 2010 — Apr. 2012 — Barrington, IL
Developed, marketed and lead weekly programs.
Copy Editor @ College Heights Herald
Aug. 2009 — May 2011 — Bowling Green, KY
Sales and Café Employee @ Barnes and Noble
Oct. 2007 — Feb. 2008—Bowling Green, KY
Staff Writer @ The Leader
June 2007 — June 2007 — Fort Knox, Kentucky
Staff Writer & Designer @ The News Enterprise
August 2005-May 2007—Elizabethtown, KY
Education
Masters Student @ DePaul University
Sept. 2013 –June 2015 – Greater Chicago Area
- Pursuing a Masters in Arts, concentrating on the management of media department.
- Involved in the DePaul ASK mentoring program. Participated in the Spread the WoRD Conference (2014) and the Interdepartmental LAS Graduate Student Conference (2014).
- Awarded the 2014 -2015 New Media Studies Fellowship.
Undergraduate Student @ Western Kentucky University
2007 – 2011 – Bowling Green, KY
- Earned Bachelor of Arts and Science in English Literature and International Business
- Graduate of the Honors College, President of the Honors English Society, Sigma Tau Delta. Member of the Campus Activities Board Leadership Team, Magna Cum Laude
Continued education
The Science of Well-Being offered by Yale University on Coursera
May-June 2020
In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life.
Unlearning: For Change Agents with Charles Eisenstein
July 2020
Our perceptions shape our stories, our solutions, and our world. When our narratives and assumptions are unquestioned, we end up weaving threads of the problem into the changes we want to make. To exit the well-worn ruts of the usual solution-templates, we must somehow see and question assumptions that we may not even be aware of. In other words, we need to “clear the field” on a personal level and a social-political level. We need to “unlearn” the things we assume we know.
u.lab: Leading From the Emerging Future by MIT
Sept-Dec 2020
This interactive and experiential course is about leading profound innovation in times of disruptive change. Recently, climate strikes, the COVID-19 pandemic and global protests against racial injustice all point to a pressing need for societal renewal. In these times, how do we access and act from our deeper sources of curiosity, compassion and courage rather than reacting out of prejudice, anger and fear? What kind of leadership is required to create profound innovation at the scale of a whole eco-system of stakeholders and partners?
Associations
SheSays Chicago
November 2013-Present
National Association of Professional Women member
April 2014 – Present
Awards
New Media Studies Fellow
DePaul University, 2014-2015
Who’s Who of Among Student in American Universities and Colleges
March 2011
Outstanding Literature Major
March 2011
First Place in the Jim Wayne Miller Fiction Writing Contest
October 2010
Publications
2012—Original short story “Apron Strings” published in Niche, an online literary magazine.
2011—Thesis Casualty of Home published to Western Kentucky University’s Top Scholar
2010—Original short story “Hand-Me-Down” published in The Heartland Review regional anthology Vol. XII Issue 1
Presentations
Original presentation arguing publishing companies should be digital first at the DePaul University Spread the WoRD Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2015
Original presentation about text and image rhetoric at the DePaul University Spread the WoRD Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2014
Original presentation of Content Management System at the DePaul University Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2014
Original fiction at the Potter College Senior Reading, Bowling Green, KY, May 2011
Original analytical realism essay at the Potter College Literature and Fine Arts Reading, Bowling Green, KY, May 2011
Original fiction and analytical Shakespeare essay at the Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honors Fraternity, Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, March 2011
Original fiction at the release party of Commutability, Bowling Green, KY, October 201
Original fiction and analytical Faulkner essay at the Sigma Tau Delta,
International English Honors Fraternity, Conference in St. Louis, MO, March 2010
Analytical Faulkner essay at the Western Kentucky University Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY, March 2010
Analytical Austen essay at the Western Kentucky University Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY, March 2009
Work-Trade Experience
Website consulting for Freediving Galapagos in exchange for Freediving certification
Aug 2021 – present Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador
http://www.apneagalapagos.com
Website strategy and content creation for Galapagos Alternative tour company in exchange for room and board
March-Aug 2020 – Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador
https://galapagosalternative.com
Pet-Sitting around Seattle in exchange for a place to stay
Nov 2019 — Seattle, Washington, USA
Website strategist for Carabao Diving in exchange for diving
May-June 2019 — Koh Tao, Thailand
http://www.diving-indo.com/
Website strategist for Diving Indo in exchange for diving
April 2019 — Bali, Indonesia
http://www.diving-indo.com/
Cat-Sitting in exchange for a place to stay
April 2019 — Bali, Indonesia
Cat-Sitting in exchange for a place to stay
March 2019 — Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hostess at Amayour Surf Hostel in exchange for room & board, surfing and yoga
Sept — Oct 2018 — Taghazout, Morocco
https://amayoursurf.com/
Web developer for Moroccan Mahi Tours in exchange for excursions.
Oct 2018 — Marrakech, Morocco
https://moroccan-mahi-trip.com/
Hostess Deep Sea Divers in exchange for diving
July — August 2017 — Cairns, Australia
https://www.diversden.com.au/
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