Resume

Associate Editor, ShermansTravel Media
April 2010 — Present

Pitch, write, edit and post blog entries on breaking travel news and trends daily
Contribute to monthly top 10 articles, fact check online features and write hotel and restaurant reviews
Research, write, and produce new travel guides for an online database of more than 300 destinations
Manage and edit the ShermansTravel Twitter account
Moderate comments, craft posts and organize reader contests on the ShermansTravel Facebook page
Convert feature-length magazine articles and excerpts into online travel guide entries and blog posts
Collaborate with the magazine staff each issue for front-of-book stories and the Luxe List section

Freelance writer and editor
March 2007 – Present
Write and edit for a variety of publications, including:

Communications Coordinator, Grassroots.org
New York-based organization that provides free Web tools to nonprofits
July 2009 — April 2010

Conceived its first-ever media plan, which landed national coverage in PC Magazine and Ode Magazine
Oversew the nonprofit’s Facebook page and Twitter account, which became Grassroots.org’s top referring site
Managed, edited and posted blog entries from the organization’s 2,000 member nonprofits

Wienermobile Spokesperson
Oscar Mayer/Kraft Foods
June 2008 — June 2009

One of 14 spokespersons selected from more than 1,200 applicants for the yearlong position
Utilized Twitter, Facebook and Flickr to draw readers to Oscar Mayer’s first edition of Hotdogggerblog.com
Pitched and met with reporters nationwide, including Chicago Tribune and Huffington Post writers
Remotely executed multifaceted marketing events while driving the Wienermobile across the U.S.

Department Editor, Vox magazine
Weekly city tabloid in Columbia, Mo, circulation approximately 15,000

Collaborated with three editors, six writers and 20 sources for an 11-page “30 under 30” package, which looked at Columbia’s 30 most successful residents younger than 30
Pitched, packaged and assigned stories each week for the front-of-book section
Compiled calendar entries, fact checked and rotated into shifts as an associate managing editor

Web communications intern, United Nations Development Programme
New York-based internship
May — Aug. 2007

Designed Web pages in three languages for the organization’s 2006 Human Development Report
Edited and wrote articles for the organization’s internal and external Web sites
Wrote for and helped launch the MDG Monitor, which tracks the Millennium Development Goals’ progress

Editorial Intern, Women’s Wear Daily financial desk
New York-based internship
May — Aug. 2007

Pitched and contacted niche fashion retailers for the online column, “At Work With…”
Reported and wrote stories about international retail trends, earnings reports and same-store sales

Skills and education

Computer Skills

Foreign Language Skills

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism
Bachelor of Journalism, magazine concentration, Spanish minor 2007

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