Annie Durkin

My educational background led me to obtain my bachelor's degree in Communications, focusing on marketing/public relations/advertising and journalism. I also pursued creative writing classes and developed a comprehensive portfolio of essays, short stories and poems. Following my degree, I worked in the health care industry where I developed and designed my own marketing materials from white papers, flyers, infographics, sales product presentations and much more. From there I wanted to pursue my creative writing interests a bit more, so I began writing original healthcare articles and submitting them for publication to leading industry resources. I would also contribute to different journalist queries looking for small business experts, millennial perspectives, women in finance/insurance and healthcare/human resource technology information and was quoted in several leading publications. I developed an interest in website design while managing and developing the healthcare blog, so I learned to code and design successfully branded websites including e-commerce stores, interactive web pages and company mission/value statements. I still continue to write creative freelance essays and blog posts outside of the business world that have more to do with current affairs and/or lifestyle topics.