Resume

EDUCATION
University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art
Scholarship Athlete, Women’s Rowing, NCAA Division I National Champion, Four-time ACC Conference Champion, Member of the Edmund Burke Debating Society

Iowa Writers Workshop, Poetry Summer Program
Kenyon University, Writer’s Conference
Columbia University, Arts in the Summer Course
Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference in Sicily

EXPERIENCE
Art Director, The Bulwark, a project of Defending Democracy Together Institute • December 2018 to Present
Establishing a visual voice and cohesive brand identity. Building and managing all social media channels for the publication. Collaborate with Senior editors on art selection and visual storytelling for all pieces. Includes both creation of original artwork as well as pulling imagery from providers like GettyImages and ShutterStock.

Social Media Editor, The Weekly Standard • September 2017 to December 2018
Created and executed strategies for Facebook that increased organic referral traffic by 49% in six (6) months. Interaction rate and engagement went up 67% in the same time frame by implementing Instant Articles, increased sharing to groups, and a fact-checking partnership. Helped establish and manage partnerships with Twitter, Flipboard, Reddit, SmartNews, Crowdtangle, and Apple News. Launched and managed the official Instagram account for the magazine. Designed the Author Alerts email newsletter campaign. Contributed original photography and graphic design for both the magazine and web, including art for four (4) magazine cover stories.

Executive Assistant, Bill Kristol • September 2017 to December 2018
Managed executive schedule and acted as liaison for bookers and agents. Coordinated logistics for all out-of-town speaking engagements. Handled and filed expenses. Maintained tax records and other confidential information

Assistant Literary Editor, The Weekly Standard • August 2016 to September 2017
Responsible for the layout and design of the Books and Arts section of the print edition of the magazine. Included curating art and copy editing. Worked with publishing houses to order and ship galleys/advance reader copies to contributors. Managed more than 30 contributors.

Founder and lead photographer, Ruth & Orion Photography • August 2015 to Present
Sole proprietorship, small business photography vendor with expertise shooting sponsored Instagram Campaigns, including work for Glossier, The Frye Company, NASA Social, La Colombe Coffee, Brooks Running, Girls Night In Club, Kuzeh Pottery, The National Gallery of Art (DC), and Levi Strauss & Co. Featured and verified on Instagram for coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act in 2012, the Weekend Hashtag Project #WHPglitter in 2014, and was a Suggested User in May 2015. Photography seen in Politico Playbook, The Washington Post, Playboy, and quoted in The New York Times.

PUBLIC SPEAKING
"Why Art Matters," Panelist, Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Washington D.C., 2019
Kenyon University, Poetry Reading, Gambier, Ohio, 2019
Bowery Poetry Club, New York, New York, 2019

HUMANITARIAN AND CHARITY WORK
Documentary photography and video team, Nagyhalász, Hungary 2016
Medical team, Roma camps along the western border of Ukraine 2015 and 2016
Jill’s House, Marine Corps Marathon, YouTube fundraising campaign, Northern Virginia 2012
Drama team, orphanages, Dominican Republic 2009
Construction and school outreach team, Lima, Peru 2007

POETRY PUBLICATIONS
“Refuge” Finalist for the Atlanta Review 2018 International Poetry Competition
“Emperor Goodbyes” Barely South Review, fall 2018
“Still Life with Unrequited Love” Streetlight Magazine, winter 2018
“Bar Deco” Apeiron Review, winter 2018
“Tempest” Second Place, Seven Hills Literary & Penumbra Poetry Contest, 2019
“Sonset” 2nd place for the 2019 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize and published in The Heartland Review
“The Second Coming as Seen From The Inside of a Diner” April 2019 issue of the Sand Hills Literary Magazine
“Still Life with Lunar Eclipse” Columbia Journal online Spring 2019
“Static Hazards” Art Against Hate Anthology, The Raven Chronicles, 2019

BYLINES
“Angry Kitsch,” The Weekly Standard
https://www.weeklystandard.com/hannah-yoest/angry-kitsch

“Meet The Bullies From the World of Social Justice Poetry,” The Weekly Standard https://www.weeklystandard.com/ hannah-yoest/rachel-custer-anders-carlson-wee-and-social-justice-poetry

“Obit: Stephen Hawking Reaches his Last Event Horizon, Dies at 76,” The Weekly Standard https://www.weekly- standard.com/hannah-yoest/stephen-hawking-reaches-his-last-event-horizon-dies-at-76

“12 Books You Can Read in a Day,” The Weekly Standard https://www.weeklystandard.com/hannah-yoest/12-books- you-can-read-in-a-day-to-complete-your-goodreads-goal

“A Symphony of Silence,” The Weekly Standard https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/a-sym- phony-of-silence

SKILLS
AdobePhotoshop CC - expert
Adobe InDesign CC - expert
Adobe Illustrator CC - intermediate
Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, and Word
Wordpress, Content Management Systems (CMS)
Copywriting and copyediting