Writer/editor with nine years experience in print and digital publishing.

SUMMARY: Extensive experience with long-form writing, interviewing, copywriting, line editing, and fact-checking at companies including AOL, Seventeen Magazine, and GuestofaGuest.com. Over five years experience providing administrative support, including scheduling, cold-calling, and financial reporting. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, PhotoShop, Outlook, FinalCut Pro, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, WordPress, Blogsmith, and Moveable Type.

Experience

Writer/Editor – xoJane, Gilt City, City Unlisted, NextMovie at MTV, Comcast XFinity Blog                                                                Present

• Writing news stories for NextMovie and Xfinity with a 1 hour features turnaround rate
• Researching stories and pitching for future features
• Writing promotional copy for Gilt CIty, as well as mainpage featured articles for CIty Unlisted
• Researching, interviewing, and getting in with certain subcultures to build up a new set of contacts for New York-based projects
• Monitoring TV shows for potential trends that can be pitched into stories

Writer/Editor, AOL, New York, NY                                                                                                    2009-2011

• Writing daily “Feed Your Brain/Rot Your Brain” web humor column for Lemondrop.com
• Writing feature entertainment stories, both aggregated and original, for PopEater.com
• Editing photo and video content for use on Lemondrop and PopEater
• Copyediting and fact-checking pieces by other AOL staffers and freelancers

Writer, GuestofaGuest.com, New York, NY                                                                   2009

• Writing feature stories and short-form humor pieces
• Interviewing prominent New York media figures
• Editing and uploading photo galleries

Editorial Assistant, Vicky Ward LLC/Vanity Fair, New York, NY                                        2008-2009

• Performing research and primary editing duties for 3 Vanity Fair cover stories and multiple VF blog posts
• Editing over 35 blog posts for The Huffington Post
• Interviewing subjects and performing research for over 40 CNBC segments
• Creating employer’s web presence on Twitter, Facebook, and VickyWard.com

Administrative Assistant, The Weinstein Company, New York, NY                                     2007-2008

• Reviewing screenplays to be considered for production
• Writing script synopses for company executives
• Creating weekly finance reports detailing day-to-day office cash flows

Editor, The Good Apple Magazine, New York, NY                                                                    2004

• Editing literary submissions
• Writing feature stories and copy
• Scouting talent for upcoming issues
• Selling advertising space

Education

New York University, New York, NY

M.S., Digital Publishing and New Media

Graduation Date: 2011

Bennington College, Bennington, VT

B.A., Language and Literacy Education

Graduation Date: 2007

Non-Credit Classes:

Gotham Writers’ Humor Workshop 2011