EDUCATION
Graduation Date: June 2004 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Journalism
3.0 GPA
WORK EXPERIENCE
November 2010 to present PaperCity magazine Dallas, Texas
Assistant Editor
- Responsible for writing and editing columns, trend articles, social copy and reviews consistent with PaperCity style.
- Maintain papercitymag.com by posting photos and copy and update the blog with fresh content.
- Help manage a team of interns, including teaching proper PaperCity writing style and assigning articles for print and web.
April 2010 to November 2010 Fossil Inc. Dallas, Texas
Copywriter
- Wrote web and catalog copy for Fossil brand merchandise, MICHELE, Relic, Armani and Diesel.
- Developed the Relic brand voice for the launch of relicbrand.com and provided overall brand copy direction.
- Responsible for writing social media for both Fossil and Relic.
February 2009-March 2010 Dallas County Community College Dallas, Texas
Web Editor/Marketing Specialist
- Responsible for maintaining the Dallas TeleLearning department web site using a content management system.
- Revamped the look and voice of our bi-monthly newsletter, which raised click-throughs by 50 percent.
- Manage conference calendar, which included more than 20 events that we attend during the year.
- In charge of all social networking.
June 2006-January 2009 Visual Merchandising and Store Design magazine Cincinnati, Ohio
Associate Editor
- Wrote and edited magazine features, columns and profiles relating to retail, design and visual merchandising.
- Promoted from assistant to associate editor, and to managing editor of vmsd.com in 2008. Web responsibilities included assigning stories to staff, posting and tracking editorial content and writing the weekly e-newsletter.
- Managed databases of retail product manufacturers and formed relationships with several product reps for VMSD’s Showroom section, which included writing a trend report, product descriptions and organizing photography.
- Responsible for coordinating the Retail Renovation Competition.
- Contributed to IRDC programming by generating session ideas and contacting speakers and panelists.
FREELANCE WORK
Going-there.com
Researcher and writer, June 2011-present
in-this-economy.com
“The ITE Guide to Sunless Tanning,” February 2010
vmsd.com
“IRDC Hot Spots,” June 2009
VMSD magazine
“Inner Beauty,” March 2009
ST Media Group Book Division
Contributed copy to and edited the following books: Stores & Retail Spaces 9; Retail Renovation; Stores & Retail Spaces 10; and Visual Merchandising 6
F&W Publications
Freelance copyeditor and proofreader, Jan. 2006 to May 2007
Cincy Magazine
“A Grape Notion,” March 2005
COMPUTER SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop; Microsoft Word; Excel; PowerPoint; Internet Explorer; Basic HTML; CMS systems
AWARDS
Second Place, Best Trade Report from the 2009 Society of Professional Journalists’ Ohio chapter
