Professional Experience
Former newspaper editor, current magazine contributing writer, worked on media projects ranging from PBS-aired documentaries to marketing collateral for corporations and nonprofit organizations. Specialties include food and lifestyle features, business profiles, interviews, book editing and proposal writing and editing.
Expertise
Editor
5 Years
Writer
10 Years
Researcher
7 Years
Specialty
Travel
10 Years
Books & Literature
9 Years
Food
6 Years
Industries
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
6 Years
Online/new media
10 Years
Nonprofit
10 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Gayot Publications (3-5), Tiger Oaks Publications (10+), Pixels Studio (6-10), Fresh Media, LLC (3-5), Writing World (1-2), The Writer magazine (1-2), Writers Market 2016 (1-2), Houston Chronicle (10+), Houston Community Media Group (10+), Community Impact Newspaper (10+), Backstage Magazine (1-2), DRAFT Magazine (1-2), RCMA (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Axis Studio (3-5), Praxis Partners, LLC (1-2), Infodat International, Inc. (3-5), CITAND Multimedia (3-5), Define It Fitness Studio (1-2), Senior Citizens Bureau (3-5), Urban Bound (3-5), New Start Career Coaching (1-2), Pantex Ennerflo (1-2), Callisto Media (1-2)
Other Work History
Ghostwriter, newspaper editor, copy editor, developmental editor
Technical Skills
Final Cut Pro (certified), InDesign, InCopy, Photoshop, Lightroom, WordPress, GN3 Newsroom CMS, MetroPublisher CMS
Foreign Language Skills
conversational French and Spanish
Unions
Freelancers Union
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OSX, Windows and Mac, XML, HTML, metadata standards
Associations
Editorial Freelancers Association
Houston Writers Guild
