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Interview with Alumnus Melanie Figueroa

By Nada Sewidan

September 14, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interview with Alumnus Melanie Figueroa

Melanie Figueroa, an Ooligan Press alumnus, explains how the press influenced her career following Portland State’s graduate program. At twenty-four years old, Figueroa moved to Southern California to pursue a job with Quarto Publishing Group, where she learned what it means to be part of a medium-sized press working as an editorial project manager. Figueroa […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: alumni, alumnus, interview, ooligan press, Quarto Publishing Group

Ooligan Grads in the Community: Olivia Croom

By Theresa Tyree

January 30, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ooligan Grads in the Community: Olivia Croom

Olivia Croom is one of the many talented Ooligan graduates putting her skills to use in the Portland community. Currently, Olivia is serves as the marketing coordinator at architecture firm SRG Partnership, Inc. Olivia provides graphic design, editing, and production support for the Business Development department. She also pitched, developed, curates, and manages the company […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: alumni, book design, Literary Arts, Olivia Croom

Conversation with alumna and instructor Amanda Gomm

By Kathryn Ostendorff

August 1, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Conversation with alumna and instructor Amanda Gomm

Amanda Gomm graduated from the book publishing program in 2011. Since then, she’s started her own ebook press, Digital Bindery, and started helping Ooligan students learn digital languages and the process of converting print books to ebooks as an instructor in the program. This spring Amanda was kind enough to share some of her insights […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: alumni, Amanda Gomm, Digital Bindery, eBooks, interviews

Sledgehammer Writing Contest

By Ooligan Press

July 25, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Sledgehammer Writing Contest

On Saturday, July 26, the 2014 Sledgehammer Writing Contest kicks off its seventh year of writing hijinks. Intended to help writers break through their writer’s block and to celebrate the act of writing, the thirty-six hour writing contest features both team and solo competitions, four different writing prompts, to say nothing of the scavenger hunts—both […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: alumni, community support, Indigo Editing, publishing, sledgehammer writing contest, sponsorship, writing, writing contest

Interview with Mary Breaden, Ooligan Alum

By Andrew Fitzgerald

May 2, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interview with Mary Breaden, Ooligan Alum

I introduce to you, Mary Breaden, an Ooligan Press alum who graduated from our program in 2013. During this time, she founded a website called PDXX Collective, which is dedicated to showcasing women writers. She also helped publish Wax Bullet War, which is our most recently launched title. Since graduating, she held various jobs around […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: alumni, interview, Jobs, Mary Breaden, Mediabistro, New York, PDXX Collective

Ooligan Career Seminar A Smashing Success

By Ariana Marquis

April 18, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ooligan Career Seminar A Smashing Success

On April 11th and 12th current Ooligan students were treated to the first ever Ooligan Career Seminar and Alumni Gathering. On Friday night, the press rented out the Jack London Bar in Southwest Portland for some Ooligan-exclusive schmoozing and merrymaking. On Saturday morning we reconvened for a day of informative panels featuring Ooligan graduates who’ve […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: alumni, beyond ooligan, careers, Marketing, Publishing industry

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