Resumé

Experience

Editor — San Diego Entertainer Magazine (January – September 2009)

Spearheaded the re-building of a defunct print publication into a successful online publication
Grew from zero to more than 1,000 unique visitors/week, 2,000+ page views/day in less than three months
Conceptualized site layout, content profile, business directory, event calendar and editorial calendar
Found and trained team of editors, contributors and interns
Wrote, edited stories covering local news, sports, entertainment and three weekly features (see “portfolio” at top of page), developed weekly budgets of stories/features
Established relationships in San Diego entertainment, hospitality industries, gained access over other competitors
Searched for new ways to reach our audience (social networking, SEO, PR, marketing, e-mail newsletters)

Marketing/Editorial Internship — Filter Magazine (October 2006 – December 2008)

Wrote news stories for online department
Member of promotions and street teams, distributed promotional material around Los Angeles
Spread Filter’s name in the online music community via traditional and newer marketing techniques
Learned inner workings of a major entertainment publication and media marketing company

Opinion Editor — The “Graphic” student newspaper (2007 – 2008)

Assigned stories and developed weekly budgets dealing with Pepperdine, Malibu and national issues
Recruited and coordinated with writers, professors seeking to be published, conferred with editors/advisors
Wrote weekly column, in addition to weekly op-ed
Designed pages from scratch via Quark Xpress, edited all copy and placed it on pages

Skills

Eagle Scout (Troop #147, Quidnessett, R.I.) — Experience in Scouting gave me incredible leadership skills, solid moral and ethical grounding
Transferable and well-rounded abilities (experience in PR, marketing and editorial areas of publishing)
Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills, levelheaded, well-spoken, personable and organized
Proficient in Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, HTML, e-mail, Internet research, social networking, blogging (notably WordPress), Web 2.0, Google web tools (Analytics, Insights for Search, Trends), web traffic analysis, Microsoft Office, Apple and PC platforms, photography, photo editing
Strong understanding of good online presentation, ability to see big picture, and from multiple points of view
Studied in written and spoken Spanish

Education

Pepperdine University — Malibu, Calif. (2004 – 2008)

B.A. in Journalism, outside concentrations in Political Science, Communications, Business Administration
GPA — 3.3
Honors & Awards: Christian Service Scholarship (2004-2008), multiple broadcasting and journalism scholarships (2005-2008), Dean’s List multiple semesters
Main Activities: Writer/editor (both print & online) at Pepperdine’s “Graphic” student newspaper (2005-2008), DJ/Music Director at KWVS Radio (2005-2008), Member of the Young Democrats (2005-2008)

Studied history and culture focusing on Europe and the Middle East, fine arts, science, among other subjects
Traveled extensively throughout the U.K., Europe and Egypt, gained a more worldly perspective

Bishop Hendricken High School — Warwick, R.I. (2000 – 2004)

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