Taylyn Grace Cogswell


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EDUCATION & AWARDS

Bachelor of Arts
Media Arts, Journalism

Class of 2019
Boise State University (August 2017 – December 2019)
Boise, Idaho
Boise State University Honors College
Dean’s List with Honors Spring 2019. Dean’s List with High Honors Fall 2017 & Fall 2018. Dean’s List with Highest Honors Spring 2018.
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
Undergraduate GPA: Magna Cum Laude [3.7]

Liberty High School, Class of 2017
Golden State Seal Merit Diploma
California State Seal of Biliteracy 2017
AP Scholar with Honor Award & Distinction Award
High School GPA: [3.8]

EXPERIENCE

May 2022 – Present
Part-Time Copywriter • Remote • Consumer Focus Marketing • Boston Environmental • Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Responsibilities: Creating website copy (30+ pages), writing hyper-targeted SEO webpages, & performing SEO blog writing & editing ~ 15+ blogs a month. Both B2B & B2C content. Providing monthly marketing materials for 30+ clients every month including social media, email, web banners, and blog copy.

April 2021 – January 2022
Marketing Copywriter • Contract • Komin Medical Group • Shafter, California

Responsibilities: Crafted informational blog posts about new treatments offered at the wellness clinic. Converted medical jargon & research into easy-to-digest copy for a new online patient portal. Created social media graphics & designs for daily postings. Worked closely with medical doctor & dietician to create content.

February 2020 – June 2021
Digital Marketing • In-house • Kiara Sky Professional Nails • Glam and Glits nail design • Bakersfield California

Responsibilities: PR Coordinating for product campaigns, authored blog posts, YouTube scripts, product descriptions, brand mission statement, customer-service auto-responses, and more. Helped launch a new e-commerce site on Shopify. Styled products and managed social media presence & engagement.

September 2019 – Present
Social Media Management • Private Contractor/Freelance • Stockdale Radiology, Bakersfield California

March 2018 – Present
Web Designer, Creator, Administrator • Freelance Web Design

April 2016 – Present
Freelance Photographer • Self-employed

August 2019 – Present
Associate • Retail • Gap Inc. • Boise Towne Square • Boise, Idaho

August 2018 – December 2018
Staff Writer • The Arbiter • Boise State University coursework • Boise, Idaho


RELEVANT COURSEWORK


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THEATRE & PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

PERFORMANCES

Stars Theatre 2016
Catch Me if You Can (10 performances)
• Director: Bruce Staathoff
• Vocal Director: Mary Bellah
• Choreographer: David Moreno

  • Roles: (Ensemble/Chorus Girl) Betty, Assistant, Lindy, Nurse #4

Liberty High School Theater Department 2013-2017

• Mary- Vanities, Perspectives 3, -2017
• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & Sob Sister- Radium Girls -2017
• Daria Chase- The Game’s Afoot -2016
• Queen- Cymbeline -2016 top 5% ranked superior duologue performance
• Head Stewardess in Return to the Forbidden Planet Musical -Spring 2016 – acted as a flight attendant ensemble member involving invoking active audience involvement by use of extensive improvisation
• Fan- A Christmas Carol -2015
• Cassius- The Tragedy of Julius Caesar -2015 Superior Ranked in 3 rounds and invited for an encore performance and awarded Peg Pauly’s Shakespeare Festival Medal for Superior Performance.
• Laura Petrie- Captive Audience by David Ives in David Ives 3.0 -Spring 2015
• Julie Rowan- in the PEAAK nominated production of John Lennon and Me -2015
• Elaine Harper- Arsenic and Old Lace -2014
• Imogen- Cymbeline duologue in Shakespeare festival -2014
• Gorph- Babel’s In Arms by David Ives in David Ives 2.0 -Spring 2014
• Ensemble-member in Sweeney Todd -Winter 2014
• Claudine Herdman – The Best Christmas Pagent Ever -2013

EDUCATION

•Acting and directing coursework in advanced Theater/Film class taught by actor and director, Mr. Perry Ware.
• Audition workshop taught at CSUB’s Spotlight Festival
• Dialect instruction from Bryce Rankins, actor, teacher, and linguistics major
•4 summer vocal workshops at Garden Pathways under mentorship of Amy Adams
•Vocal instruction from Izamar Olaguez at the Amy Adams Voice Studio

AWARDS

• Received Best Actress Award 2017
• Top 5% superior ranked duologue performance at Shakespeare festival 2016
• Achieved a Drama Varsity Pin 2016
• Superior Ranked Duologue Performance in 3 rounds at Peg Pauly’s Shakespeare Festival 2015
• Achieved Letter Award for Drama 2015

PHYSICAL

Brown/Black Hair, Green Eyes

5’3″, 125 lbs.

Vocal Range: Alto Mezzosoprano


VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE


• Baker at Ronald McDonald House in Boise, Idaho. 2 hours. March 2018.
• Book cleaner for Book it Forward program at The Cabin in Boise, Idaho. 3 hours. February 2018.
• Volunteer office work at American Cancer Society in preparation for Relay For Life 2017
o Supervisor: Christina 661-327-7827
• Sang national anthem at Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk 2016
• Guest Performer at “Izamar and Friends” concert fundraiser for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals


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