The Backyard Beekeeper

Amanda Killingsworth serves as Creative Services Project Coordinator at ORNL. Having joined the Lab over two years ago, she facilitates projects and leads marketing strategies across four creative teams. In this capacity, she attends to a variety of functional operations, including graphic design, photography, drone pilot videos and images, cybersecurity, and emergency operations.

Before joining ORNL, Amanda spent 21 years in the media industry in both newspaper and cable television, managing content for 19 high-profile brands namely HGTV, Food Network, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and the Travel Channel. With a focus on results, Amanda has achieved notable successes in media communications, marketing operations, website design, digital strategy, and branding.

She's been a hobbyist backyard beekeeper for 17 years experiencing many ups and downs. But she's learned that she still knows very little about these very intelligent, fascinating and magical creatures. Life is a constant learning journey and beekeeping is no exception.