Augustus Hoff - Curriculum Vitae
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Minor in Geography | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | 2024
AICE Diploma | Cambridge University | Tampa, FL | 2021
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Experience
Environmental and Science Communications Specialist | Carbonxt | Remote Aug. 2024 to Dec. 2024
• Sole-director of marketing and communications working directly with environmental engineers
• Rebranded and built new website and social medias to remain consistent with company brand
• Traveled to conferences nationwide and gathered more than 1,500 company contacts
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WUFT News Reporter and Photo Editor | WUFT-NPR | Gainesville, FL Jan. 2023 to May 2024
• First student photo editor for WUFT covering 19 counties of North Central Florida
• Created 16 original and complex stories through multimedia through the written word, data, video, photo and audio
• Co-directed, produced and scored a Suncoast Emmy-nominated documentary on mangroves and tropicalization in Florida
Internship | TESI Environmental Communicator | Gainesville, FL Oct. 2023 to June 2024
• Brainstormed creative content for ecological and environmental education for social media and website management at the Florida Museum of Natural History
• Interpreted difficult to understand scientific conceptions for general audiences
• Connected with scientists and legislators to interpret the 2024 Fla. Legislative Session
Non-Profit | President | Quail Hollow Conservation | Tampa, FL Oct. 2023 to Nov. 2024
• Founded a Florida-recognized non-profit that raises funds through live music entertainment
• Managed a team of 15 people to construct shows and orchestrate social media and outreach
• Collaborated with local organizations dedicated to conservation and environmental management
Internship | Curriculum Developer | Wild Shaale | Remote Apr. 2022 to Apr. 2023
• Worked with an international organization in India funded through National Geographic
• Developed 5 modules around Indian-focused biology, botany and geography
• Created original activities, games and puzzles to inspire curiosity in grades 5-8
Internship | Wildlife Documentarian | Cape RADD | Simon’s Town, South Africa May 2022, Jul. 2023
• Documented the citizen science efforts through marine science in False Bay, South Africa
• Completed 25 dives within 30 days to monitor shark populations and biodiversity
• Returned the following summer to create more digital content for new research
Volunteer | Environmental Communicator | Florida Aquarium, Tampa, FL Jun. 2018 to Aug. 2019
• Educated guests of all ages on species throughout the aquarium, specializing in coral reefs
• Led a team of 12 other volunteers who were employed in summer science education K-12
• Directed tours and speeches around the aquarium and touch tanks
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Skills
• NAUI Open-Water Certification/SSI Open-Water, Deep Diving, Nitrox and Specialty Lead Diver
• Fluent in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom), Creative Cloud and Google Suite
• Conversational and colloquial Spanish-speaker
Awards and Recognitions
• Excellence in Media Leadership Award from the College of Journalism and Communications | 2024 • Florida Society of News Editors First Place in Photography | 2024
• Better Cities Film Festival Best Student Film Award | 2024
• Suncoast Emmy Winner in Topical Documentaries | 2024
• Champions for Change Award from the UF Office of Sustainability | 2024 • Anne Frank Humanitarian Award | 2021
• West-Point Society Leadership Award | 2021
Written Publicated Works
• The New Natives: Climate Change is causing native species to migrate | 2024
• March of the Mangroves | 2024
• Documentary: March of the Mangroves | 2024
• Not cool for school - Alachua County students struggle inside gyms without A/C | 2024
• Photographer and Conservationist Gabby Salazar shares love of nature with a global classroom | 2023 • House bill proposes to drop gun-buying age to 18 | 2023
• New exhibit - ‘Spiders Alive!’ - opens at Florida Museum of Natural History | 2023
• All clear after bomb squad called to UF’s campus to investigate suspicious package | 2023 • A cancer survivor, Jo Carver rededicates his life to cleaning the Santa Fe River | 2023
• Seeing the world through a different lens with mental illness | 2023
• Cape Radd Diaries | 2022
Photographic Publicated Works
• How a new Florida law for carrying guns has affected firearm safety classes | 2024 | Miami Herald • Florida should spend money to make prisons less needed | 2024 | Tampa Bay Times
• Gun safety classes plummet after concealed carry changes | 2024 | Jacksonville Today
• It’s not easy being a green anole | 2024 | South Carolina Daily Gazette
• Hurricane Idalia in Perry, Florida: A collection of photos | 2023 | Tallahassee Democrat
• Panic in the Plaza | 2024 | The Bradenton Times
• The Great Grift: COVID-19 aid thieves | 2023 | Orlando Sentinel
• Vocational programs give inmates at Lancaster Correctional Institution a second chance | 2023 | WUFT • Photos capture aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Perry and Cedar Key | 2023 | WUFT