I hold a Master of Professional Writing degree from the University of Southern California, and a BA from the University of Virginia. My publishing credits include SELF, Fit, Glamour, and Fit Yoga. As a professional writer, I have worked at top names such as Vogue, Los Angeles Times and Disney Channel. I studied fiction writing with many renowned authors, and currently teach writing at ASU FIDM. I am privileged to have shared my knowledge with, as well as learned from, students for twenty years, and I have been nominated multiple times for the Outstanding Faculty Award.

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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.

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