About Me | Rachael A. Kriger

RESUMÉ

Professional Experience

FEBRUARY 2023 - PRESENT

Plan and curate daily social media posts for Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Video series through YouTube. Videographer skills and editing experience.
Created social media captions, original and with SEO in mind.
Marketing-language experience for a parish setting.
Experience using Canva to create original graphics.
Help maintain and update the MQS website. Copyeditor for the weekly Parish Bulletin.

AUGUST 2018 - PRESENT

Planned and curated social media posts for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Made graphics using PhotoShop and Canva for social posts.
Wrote articles covering various National Women's Soccer League teams and U.S. women's national team, including with match recaps, feature stories and columns.
Interviewed coaches and players in the National Women's Soccer League and USWNT.

MARCH 2018 - DECEMBER 2023

Beat writer that covered the entire NWSL, USWNT and Seattle Sounders FC.
Former featured columnist, and covered matches for other various Major League Soccer teams.
Edited and checked other writer's work, along with checking SEO requirements.

NOVEMBER 2018 - JUNE 2020

Wrote research-based articles for the Pro Tips website, working with SEO.
Helped write copy for soccer and basketball-based emails.
Planned and produced scripts for video shoots/served as subject matter expert during shoots for soccer and basketball.

AUGUST 2019 - PRESENT

Featured on ESPN+ and the ACC Network.
Color commentator and analysis during the Univ. of Pittsburgh women's soccer team broadcasts.
Interviewed coaches and players to prepare for the broadcast.

OCTOBER 2016 - JULY 2017

Layout for the Herald-Standard Newspaper in the Community, News and Sports sections.
Proofread articles written by the staff and worked closely with writers on corrections.
Worked with InDesign, BLOX and PhotoShop.

JULY 2017 - AUGUST 2018

As a stringer, I covered various different sports.
Wrote articles covering local high school and college sports, like basketball, soccer, football, swimming, baseball and softball.
Took photographs, which were published in the newspaper.
Also served as a copy editor and did layout work for obituaries.

APRIL 2018 - OCTOBER 2018

Hired as a contributing writer for the 2018 season, covering the Central Region.
Provided stories, acquired pictures and participated in over-the-phone interviews with coaches, staff and players.

AUGUST 2015 - MAY 2018

Bachelor of Arts in English: Journalism, and an Associate of Arts in Sociology.
Graduated with a GPA of 3.4 , after three years of undergraduate studies.
Editor-in-Chief of the California Times newspaper two out of my three years in college.
Announcer and camera person for CUTV all three years.
President of the Society of Professional Journalists chapter for two of my three years.
Member of Student Cabinet my senior year.

AUGUST 2018 - DECEMBER 2020

Master of Arts in Media Communication.
Cumulative GPA of 3.3.
Staff writer for The Globe for three semesters, covering men's and women's soccer.

SEPTEMBER 2020 - MARCH 2023

Since my First Holy Communion in second grade, I have been an altar server at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Crescent Township, Pa., up until 2023.
Served as a "utility" person at the church, in various different roles, including alter server, lector, Eucharistic administer and usher.

For the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school year, I was the CCD instructor for Fourth Grade at St. Catherine of Siena. I taught my own class, came up with subject material with the help of the Be My Disciple curriculum and book.
Starting in the 2020-21 school year, I will be teaching the Seventh Grade class at St. Catherine of Siena.

Assistant coach of the Our Lady of Fatima Fifth through Eighth grade girls Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball teams from 2014-2024.
Ten total seasons as basketball coach, three seasons as a soccer coach for the JV and Varsity co-ed teams.
Coached the Pittsburgh North 1B Section Champions (Varsity) in 2015 and Runner Up (Varsity) in 2016.
Coached the 2021 and 2024 Diocese of Pittsburgh Runner-Ups in Varsity Co-Ed Soccer.