Resume

SAMMI CAINS TIRRI

EXPERIENCE

XAPA WORLD, INC. | Content Writer, Copywriter, & Content Strategist

June 2024 – Present

• Content writer & copywriter for Xapa, a professional and personal development app with gaming elements.

• Adapted teachings from Xapa consultants and partners into interactive curriculum taught through an ensemble of original animated characters.

• Collaborated with customer success team to create copy inspired by client feedback aimed at increasing user engagement and retention.

• Worked extensively in Claude (Anthropic's AI) — building multi-step projects and mastering the art of AI prompting: crafting precise, context-rich prompts to achieve optimal output, reduce revision cycles, and maintain brand voice consistency across content types.

• Managed and maintained content within the company CMS, ensuring accurate organization and seamless publishing workflows.

TUTTLE TWINS – Seasons 2, 3, 4 & 5 | Writer

YouTube / Angel Studios January 2023 – Present

• Writer on episodes of the children's animated series based on the best-selling book series.

POCKET FM | Content Writer

January 2024 – July 2024

• Writer on audio narrative series Fairytale of Lies; delivered 15 episodes per week (3/day) ranging from 1,600–2,200 words each.

INVASION – Season 3 | Script Coordinator

AppleTV+ / Genre Films October 2022 – July 2023

• Writers Room Pro specialist; handled script and outline distribution, proofreading, storyline tracking, and writers' room file maintenance.

• Submitted payment paperwork; filled in as writers' assistant (room notes) as needed.

TED LASSO – Season 3 | Script Coordinator / Writers' Assistant

AppleTV+ / Warner Brothers / Doozer May 2022 – August 2022

• Room notes, alt submission to EPs on set from writing staff, final dialogue distribution for next-day sides.

• Script and outline distribution, proofreading, storyline tracking, file maintenance, payment paperwork.

PAPER GIRLS – Seasons 1 & 2 | Script Coordinator / Writers' Assistant

Amazon / Legendary / Plan B March 2020 – April 2022

• Room notes, script and outline distribution, proofreading, show bible build/maintenance, clearance issue resolution.

• Tracked storylines, maintained writers' room files, submitted payment paperwork.

THEM – Season 1 | Script Coordinator

Amazon / Sony / Vertigo May 2019 – March 2020

• Script and outline distribution, proofreading, storyline tracking, clearance issue resolution.

• Maintained writers' room files, submitted payment paperwork, filled in as writers' assistant as needed.

TAD QUILL – Overall Deal | Writer's Assistant

CBS Studios June 2018 – May 2019

• Scheduled meetings and pitches, proofed treatments and scripts, took notes on calls, conducted script research.

THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS – Season 1 | Showrunner's Assistant / Writers' Assistant / Script Coordinator

Amazon / Sony / Moonshot May – November 2017

• Managed showrunner's calendar, scheduled calls and meetings, took room notes.

• Script and outline distribution, proofreading, storyline tracking, file maintenance, payment paperwork.

CAREERBUILDER.COM | Copywriter / Supervising Producer

December 2014 – December 2016

• Wrote and produced 100+ pieces of branded content and broadcast commercials.

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY | Research Assistant

August 2007 – July 2011

• Assisted in research for a digital collegiate textbook published by Allyn & Bacon.

SKILLS & TOOLS

Writing: Copywriting, content writing, scripted narrative, audio drama, children's animation

Production: Script coordination, room notes, storyline tracking, proofreading, writers' room file management, clearance resolution

Typing: 84 WPM

Proactive, calm under pressure, excellent proofreader, collaborative and self-directed. The writer's equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife.

EDUCATION

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana — B.F.A. in Acting, May 2011

Upright Citizens Brigade, New York — Certificate of Completion

FELLOWSHIPS & RECOGNITION

• Sony TV Emerging Writers Program, 2021

• Top 10 — 2020 Table Read My Screenplay, Park City

• Second Round — 2019 Sundance Episodic Lab & 2017 Sundance New Voices Lab

• Quarterfinalist — 2019 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship

• Semifinalist — 2018 Cinestory TV/Digital Fellowship

• Top 15% — 2018 NYTVF Scripts Competition

• Producer — Official Selection, 2016 NYTVF Independent Pilot Competition

Resume

sammicainswork@gmail.com