As lover of all things creative, Sloan is constantly looking for new, out-of-the-box ideas and people who want to make them reality – a kind of spirit she’s excited to channel into the marketing field.
Recently graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Media and Communication, Sloan is one of the lesser-common “liberal arts” majors at the Institute. But not all paths are direct, and hers certainly had some twists. She started her journey at Tech as an electrical engineering major before switching to mechanical engineering. Somewhere in between linear algebra and CAD homework, she began writing for Tech’s student-run newspaper, The Technique, as a contributor. Realizing then that the love for writing she’d had all her life far outweighed a vague interest in engineering, she switched her major for the last time.
Sloan continued writing for The Technique, joining their official staff as the entertainment section staff writer before working her way up to becoming the assistant entertainment editor. During her time with the paper, she had the opportunity to attend concerts, live performances, movie screenings and press conferences as a member of the media. She developed a particular love for conducting interviews – talking with talent like Anthony Mackie, Dave Franco and Kerry Washington – and concert photography, shooting for bands like Green Day and Paramore.
However, Sloan has never been one to “take it easy,” and The Technique wasn’t her only job. When not working on an article or going to classes, she worked for three years as a resident assistant in the freshman dorms, an office assistant at one of the on-campus housing offices and, depending on the time of year, a scare actor at Six Flags Over Georgia.
Since graduating, Sloan mostly spends her free time writing, both creatively and freelance for several online publications, watching horror movies, going to concerts, making upcycled clothing and taking as many pictures of her dog as her phone will allow.