Resume
HILARY JEAN IKER
EXPERIENCED WRITER WITH A FOUNDATION IN
Digital media | Wide-ranging content | College-level writing instruction
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM)
(Los Angeles, CA) | Writing Instructor | 2010—Present
- Instruct writing to over 100 students per semester across multiple classes at a well-known fashion school.
- Teach four undergraduate writing and marketing courses: English Composition, Critical Thinking, Writing Skills and Beauty Brand Imaging; also taught a new course entitled Issues in Contemporary Society, part of the four-year business program.
- Create course curricula and syllabi, adhering to strict academic standards.
- Integrate digital technology into the classroom, such as a project to publish student writing on college WordPress.com (highlighted in FIDM’s Faculty Buzz).
- Nominated multiples times for the school’s Outstanding Faculty Award.
Freelance Writer and Producer
| 1998—Present
- Write features and articles for consumer magazines and websites, specializing in health and fitness content.
- Published articles of up to 3,000 words in outlets such as Fit Yoga, Self, FIT, Prevention, Glamour, Disney Channel and yellowpages.com, among others.
- Wrote and produced content for the Disney Channel news ticker; researched pop culture trends; created a weekly online production calendar; drove substantial traffic to Disney.com.
- Edited, produced, published, and marketed (via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) a children’s book,
Little Fergen’s Fish Feelings. - Crafted press releases, pitch letters and marketing collateral for Yoga Force and for musician Jeanne Newhall.
- Wrote Running Water, a 60,000-word work of literary fiction.
Art Institute of California
(Los Angeles, CA) | Writing Instructor | 2004—2008
- Taught up to four undergraduate writing classes per semester at an institution with 2,000 students.
- Created course concepts for classes such College English, Journalism, Literature and Transitional English.
- Developed course syllabi and teaching materials.
- Consistently rated by students as one of the best instructors in the school.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
- Coordinated press openings and weekly events for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
- Compiled research graphics and performed story research for the Metro section of The Los Angeles Times.
- Edited the Reader Letters page, proofread galleys and covered health events at Vogue, reporting to the Managing Editor.