MACY BERENDSEN


Hey, it’s Macy! I am a Chicago based writer, content creator, marketer and more. You can find my past work to the left and my info down below.



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Hey, it’s Macy! I am a Chicago based writer, content creator, marketer and more. You can find my past work to the left and my info down below.



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01 GIVE TO THE MAX DAY EMAIL CAMPAIGN

My work on the Give MN 2024 campaign for a non-profit ballet studio. Kendra Buro and Rachel Koep contributed to this as well.

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Ballet Co. Laboratory
Nov 2023

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02 LET’S RUN AWAY TO THE CIRCUS

When the carnival made its way to America in 1793, it ballooned up throughout the 19th century and became the country’s most popular form of entertainment by the early 1900s. The circus was the runway for popular American consumerist attractions yet to come, like amusement parks and shopping malls. As its mass entertainment appeal grew, so did its dream-logic costuming.

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HALOSCOPE
July 9 2024

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03 GIRLS, WHAT SHOES ARE WEARING THIS SUMMER

If you are anywhere in the digital fashion mediascape, you have no doubt been bugged by one overwhelming question: “Girlies, what shoes are we wearing this summer?”

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HALOSCOPE.
May 17 2024

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04 SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN & CONTENT

A few examples of social media design and content I have done for past internships and college jobs.

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05 PODCAST EDITING

An example of a video podcast edited for a client—edited via iMovie. Other podcast editing software used in the past have been Garage Band and Adobe Audition.
Play Brydge podcast

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06 FROM THE LITTLE APPLE TO THE BIG ONE

Long before she moved to New York City to get a degree in design, Lily Dozer was experimenting in art mediums and learning to sew at a young age.

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FSM.
Feb. 7 2023

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07 THE LOCAL LIBRARY IS THE HOTTEST PLACE TO BE

Going to the public library during summer break during elementary school was extremely euphoric. Checking out 20+ books (which most are not read, but you can always check them out again so who cares!) and transitioning from the children’s section to the teen section are reading milestones in my head that I cherish greatly.

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Personal blog

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08 GET CRACKIN’

When Kaitlyn Bonnema got her braces off, she was devastated.“I was really sad the day I got them off. I thought, ‘Oh, this is a stage of my life that’s completely over,’” Kaitlyn says. Waconia’s Kaitlyn and her younger sister, Sarah Bonnema, both loved having braces, inspiring their interest in pursuing a career as orthodontists and opening a shared practice.

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Lake Minnetonka Magazine
Jan 2024

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08 THE HISTORY OF THE JANE BIRKIN WICKER BASKET

Before Hermes’ iconic Birkin bag, the muse Jane Birkin was the queen of wicker baskets. As the story goes, Jane was sat next to the CEO of Hermes on an airplane where her wicker bag spilled its guts all over and in that moment, the Birkin bag was born.

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Personal blog

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09 BOOK WASTE: THE DANGERS OF PUBLISHING AND THE ETHICAL CONSUMPTION OF BOOKS

A book haul is entertaining to watch no doubt, but what happens to all these books after they’ve been read? Or not been read. At one point or another, books will be passed on from their original owners to friends, family, thrift stores, used bookstores, or the landfill.

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Chicago Review of Books,
Dec. 7 2023

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10 FILM IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE

In the small French town of Lacoste, The Savannah College of Art and Design film student Jordyn Jacobson and her peers walked through the French countryside with film equipment piled on their backs.

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FSM.
May 8 2023

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11 WE’RE HAVING A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MOB TREND, HERE’S WHY

In a rotating cycle of titled trends, from coquette to coastal grandmother, mob wife aesthetic is the newest style trend.

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Exhibit A
2023

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12 ON THE MAFIA TO-DO LIST? TAKE OUT THE TRASH

Winner of the Student Press Freedom Day Op-Ed Content.

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Society of Environmental Journalists
2022

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13 ALBUM REVIEW: THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS

Just like she states in her album title, artist Chappell Roan is on a rapid rise with the release of her 2023 studio release, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.

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FSM.
May 7 2024

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