I'm a highly experienced writer and editor, with a background in art, culture, and social issue journalism. I am also a confident events organizer, with a successful track record...Read moreI'm a highly experienced writer and editor, with a background in art, culture, and social issue journalism. I am also a confident events organizer, with a successful track record that includes corporate events, meetings, art exhibitions, community events, and personal events.
I'm currently located near Bristol, but am willing to travel for some on-site jobs. I look forward to working with new clients, and encourage you to get in touch for jobs of any size.
Work Experience
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Summary: My background is in publishing, having worked in book publishing at the end of my time as an undergraduate student. I moved on to periodicals publishing a few years later, but enjoy both types of work. Through freelance work, I've also gained experience writing and editing digital format publishing.
Through my work experience, I am comfortable with very tight deadlines, and am not afraid of big or difficult jobs.
Job Title: Freelance Writer/Editor/Designer
Description: Clients include newspapers, magazines, and websites (clippings available upon request).
Responsibilities include producing work on time and within budget, and to client style requirements. Some work also includes transcription, design and PR responsibilities.
From:01/Nov/2004
Job Title: Business Manager and Event Coordinator
Company: Mclevey Art
Description: Administrative support within a fine art practice.
Responsibilities include writing press releases and exhibition proposals, maintaining accounts and budgets, development of customer database, and online marketing.
Achievements include coverage in local, regional, and national media, inclusion in several high-profile collections, and increase in sales.
From:01/May/2007
Job Title: Editorial Assistant
Company: Hanley Wood LLC
Description: Part-time position assisting multi-location editorial staff of a nationally circulated monthly trade magazine.
Responsibilities included processing invoices, fact checking, communication with authors, awards entries, writing news briefs, proofreading articles, assisting in planning quarterly trade events, and customer service.
This position ran concurrent with freelance work.
From:01/Nov/2005 To:01/Mar/2007
Job Title: Marketing Manager
Company: Long View Publishing
Description: In charge of circulation, subscription generation and subscriber-based fundraising efforts for a nationally circulated weekly magazine with an average per issue print run of 25,000.
Responsibilities included preparation of renewal and promotional materials, communication with distributors and printers, customer service, budgeting, database planning and upkeep, knowledge of changing industry standards and postal regulations, and strategic growth planning.
Additional responsibilities included organizing annual meetings, setting up promotional tours of writers and photographers, and coordinating the publication’s presence at trade events.
Achievements included generating a subscription renewal rate of 93% and a new subscriber growth rate of 15%, as well as overseeing the development of a custom built CRM database.
From:01/May/2003 To:04/Nov/2004
Job Title: Production Coordinator/Editorial Associate
Company: Long View Publishing
Description: Part of editorial staff of nationally circulated weekly newspaper.
Responsibilities included soliciting articles for all sections; editing articles from top edit to final proofs; ensuring that articles adhere to style guidelines; and working with graphic designers to ensure quality appearance. Non-editorial responsibilities included organizing annual meetings, as well as taking part in and helping with coordination of promotional tours.
Achievements included progression within company from temporary proofreading position to managing weekly production as Acting Managing Editor/Production Coordinator.
From:01/Jan/2000 To:30/Apr/2003
Education
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Summary: My higher education began at New York University, where I completed a BA in English and American Literature, with a focus on post-World War 2 American literature and early 20th century Irish literature.
I am currently writing my PhD thesis on changes in contemporary British and American sitcoms.
I have also done postgraduate work in literary studies outside of degree-granting programs.
Degree: MPhil/PhD
Field of Study: Media (Television)
University / College: Roehampton University, London
From:01/Sep/2007 To:30/Sep/2011
Degree: BA
Field of Study: English and American Literature
University / College: New York University, New York
From:01/Sep/1997 To:30/Jun/1999