Background

Arya Naidu is a writer and editor from St. Louis, Missouri, with experience in arts journalism, marketing, and newsrooms. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Michigan, and is a current MFA Candidate in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. She is an alumna of the Juniper Summer Writing Institute and Tin House Summer Workshop. Her writing appears or is forthcoming in Vestal Review, Reed Magazine, Lit Hub, Wig-Wag, and elsewhere. She is planning to relocate to Philadelphia, PA in July 2024.

Job experience

• August 2023 - present
  Social Media Manager
  Hayden's Ferry Review
  

  Tempe, AZ, USA

  Sole manger of Instagram (2.6k followers), Facebook, and Twitter (23.9k followers) for Hayden’s Ferry Review, a literary journal produced and edited by Arizona State University’s MFA program. Responsibilities include:
  - Creating reels/graphics/tweets
  - Tracking data/demographics to schedule posts
  - Designing and sending out monthly newsletters to subscribers Incorporating alt text on every post for accessibility.

• August 2021 - present
  Graduate Teaching Assistant
  Arizona State University
  

  Tempe, AZ, USA

  English 101 (First-Year Composition): 2021, 2022, 2023
  English 102 (First-Year Composition): 2022, 2023
  English 288 (Introduction to Fiction Workshop): 2023, 2024

• July 2020 - October 2023
  Fitness Instructor
  Barre3
  

  Scottsdale, AZ, USA

  Instructor for 2-5 classes per week at Barre3 in North Scottsdale. Barre3 is a full-body workout combining strength conditioning, cardio, and mindfulness. In this position, I architected and hosted barre3 North Scottsdale’s first BIPOC- led and centered class.

• December 2020 - April 2023
  Marketing Intern
  SMAL Marketing
  

  St. Louis, MO, USA

  Intern for SMAL, a St. Louis-based social media management and digital marketing business, with responsibilities including:
  - Copywriting (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Business) Scheduling posts via Sprout Social and Metricool
  - Designing post templates via Canva
  - Detailed research of social media trends

• January 2019 - December 2019
  Managing Arts Editor
  The Michigan Daily
  

  Ann Arbor, MI, USA

  Managed Arts section of The Michigan Daily, with a staff of roughly 70 writers and 15 editors. Main authority for editing, hiring, and training writers and edit staff. Additionally was responsible for creative direction of the section, curating daily content, and managing aesthetic design of pages. Worked way up from Arts Writer (2017) to Senior Arts Editor (2018) before managing the section.

• May 2019 - August 2019
  Marketing Intern
  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
  

  St. Louis, MO, USA

  Summer marketing intern with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, with responsibilities including copywriting, summarizing raw data, and working booths at local events to continue to foster the SLSO's relationship with the St. Louis community.

Education

• Arizona State University
  MFA Creative Writing
  

  2021 - 2024
• University of Michigan
  BA English Literature
  

  2016 - 2020