Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Hello! My name is Devon Hopkins and I am an undergraduate at Wesleyan University studying social psychology and group dynamics through choreography. I manage and promote an a cappella group and a dance company. I focus on the use of social media in branding, promotion, and community building for independent artists and the general relationship of online media to social psychology.

Work History

• NationalField
• New Media and Marketing Intern
• May 2010 to Present

• Conversion Partners
• Intern
• January 2010 to May 2010

• Designed and built blogs addressing topics on allied health care using Wordpress CMS
  • Wrote weekly posts, monitored analytics, and handled social media integration for MAABlog.com
  • Researched social media strategies and managed Twitter and Facebook accounts for Ultimate Medical Academy

• The Wesleyan Spirits
• Business Manager
• September 2008 to June 2011

• • Managed $10,000 budget for premiere fourteen-person a cappella group
  • Organized 50 events and concerts on campus and throughout New England area annually
  • Planned two week concert tour to Washington, DC, Atlanta, and New Orleans
  • Laison with University Relations regarding promotional events
  • Scheduled and supervised the recording, production, and distribution of two studio CDs
  • Web developer and webmaster for www.wesleyanspirits.com

• Public Broadcasting Service
• PBS Teachers Intern
• May 2009 to August 2009

• • Developed 25 online thematic activity packs for K-2 educators using available PBS online media
  • Assisted in PBS Teachers website relaunch by beta testing, editting HTML, and migrating pages to Django CMS.
  • Purchased, digitally editted, and implemented stock photos for over 130 PBS Teacherline courses
  • Researched and developed original curriculum for Grade 6-12 activity packs on Ken Burn's PBS documentary, The National Parks

Education

• Wesleyan University
• BA, Psychology, Dance
• 2007 - 2011