mollyf86

Resume

Editor and writer, Not for Tourists Chicago and New York
New York-based guidebook series
March 2008 — Present

  • Wrote neighborhood overviews, compiled listings and updated information for five chapters in the 2011 New York guide
  • Package posts for the “On Our Radar” section of the guidebook’s Chicago and New York sites
  • Seek out, research and review lesser-known Chicago and New York restaurants, shops and attractions
  • Pitch, photograph and package feature-length stories for the New York website

Travel News Editor, Lost Girls World
Forbes.com luxury travel blog, 15,000 — 20,000 unique views monthly
August 2008 — Present

  • Track, compile and monitor travel news for weekly round-ups and deadline stories
  • Independently pitched the site to help launch its first-ever Live from the Wienermobile section
  • Generated interest in the blog from national media outlets, including The Boston Globe

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

  • Conceived its first-ever media plan, which landed national coverage in PC Magazine and Ode Magazine
  • Oversee the nonprofit’s Facebook page and Twitter account, which has become Grassroots.org’s top referring site
  • Manage, edit and post 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

  • Adobe Dreamweaver, InDesign, Pagemaker and Photoshop
  • QuarkXPress
  • Various content management systems, with expertise in Drupal and WordPress
  • Basic HTML

Foreign Language Skills

  • Proficient in Spanish

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