Profile
Strategist, team leader and editorial content creator with a passion for team building, work-flow efficiencies and project management. Highly experienced in creating and managing print and digital communication, including dedicated websites, social media, marketing materials and print publication content.
Professional Emphasis
- Content creation (print and digital media)
- Project management
- Copy editing and proofreading
- Workflow efficiencies
- Media relations
- Employee training
- Social media
- Staff recruitment
- Marketing materials
- Staff retention
- Content management systems (Ektron, Convio)
- Fundraising
- Health care and wellness issues
- Community outreach
Experienced with IBM and Macintosh operating systems, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Excel, Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft PowerPoint. In-depth knowledge of Associated Press Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style
Professional Experience
Bob Adams Communications - www.bobadamscommunications.com
Writer, Editor and Proofreader; Full-time, November 2009 to present; Part-time, December 1997 to November 2009
Major clients include: California State University Northridge; MikeWorks.net; ABCNews.com; Radisson Hotels; Out magazine; The Out Traveler magazine; In Bed Productions; Here Media; Whole Life Times magazine; Med Ad News magazine; North American Publishing Company; Office and Industrial Properties magazine; Multifamily Executive magazine
Oui Always Have Paris - www.ouialwayshaveparis.com | www.facebook.com/ouialwayshaveparis | www.twitter.com/ouihaveparis
Publisher and Editor of blog focusing on travel to Paris, France; November 2017 to present
Here Media - www.hivplusmag.com
Managing Editor, HIV Plus magazine; January 2008 to October 2009
Senior Editor, HIV Plus magazine; July 2000 to August 2006
Key accomplishments include:
- Doubling unique visitors to publication’s website and quintupling online page views over a one-year span
- Creating a biweekly e-newsletter that increased online and print publication readership by 50%
- Establishing the first-ever cross-publication promotions with sister magazines The Advocate and Out
Other responsibilities included: Managing graphic designer and copy editor; assigning, line editing, copy editing and proofreading all copy for print and electronic publications; heavy news and features writing, including more than two dozen magazine cover stories.
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center - www.lagaycenter.org
Communications Manager; August 2006 to December 2007
Key accomplishments include:
- Successfully redesigning the organization’s award-winning newsletter, Vanguard, to triple its size, add four-color imagery and allow outside advertising to raise new revenue
- Creating the center’s first organization-wide design and copy style guide
- Garnering national, state and local media coverage of major center events, including the 2007 AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser that raised more than $12 million
Other responsibilities included: Assigning, line editing, copy editing and proofreading all material for the center’s Marketing and Communications department; copy editing of all print and electronic content produced by all other center employees.
Masco Communications - www.epgn.com
Associate Editor, Philadelphia Gay News; April 1998 to July 2000. Promoted from Editorial Assistant to Associate Editor in 1999
Key accomplishments include:
- Self-taught proficiency in QuarkXPress necessary for weekly newspaper design
- Awards for feature and news writing from the Society of Professional Journalists/Philadelphia Chapter and the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors
Other responsibilities included: Heavy news, features and arts/entertainment writing; second-edit of all newspaper copy.
North American Publishing Company - www.pubexec.com
Senior Writer and Web Editor, Publishing and Production Executive magazine; January 1993 to December 1997. Promoted from Assistant Editor to Associate Editor in 1995; promoted from Associate Editor to Senior Writer in 1996
Key accomplishments include:
- Creating the magazine’s first-ever website
- Managing a yearly industry trade show, BookTech, that included 100-plus speakers and presenters and attracted several thousand attendees
- Coordinating a yearly international print publication competition, the Gold Ink Awards
- Writing more than 20 magazine cover stories
Other responsibilities included: Heavy news and features writing; final proofreading of all magazine content; coordinating submission of outside advertising materials; representing the publication at industry conferences, trade shows and symposia held throughout the United States.
Drexel University - www.drexel.edu
Managing Editor, The Alumni Digest; October 1990 to January 1993
Associate Editor, The Great Court Courier; October 1990 to January 1993
Key accomplishments include:
- Marketing of and providing editorial coverage for the university’s yearlong centennial celebration, which included numerous events in Philadelphia and throughout the nation’s Mid-Atlantic region for students, alumni, faculty and benefactors
- Creation of the university’s first-ever newspaper for faculty and staff, The Great Court Courier
Awards and Honors
- 2007 Public Relations Society of America-Los Angeles Chapter: PRism Award, Best Non-Profit Newsletter (L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center)
- Society of Professional Journalists/Philadelphia Chapter 2000 Awards: Third Place, Deadline News Story (Philadelphia Gay News)
- Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors 1999 Keystone Press Awards: Second Place, Feature Story (Philadelphia Gay News)
Education
Iowa State University
B.S. in Journalism and Mass Communication (Minor: English)