McLean Robbins

Arlington, VA USA
Website: http://www.mcleanrobbins.com
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Professional Experience

McLean is a DC-based luxury lifestyle writer specializing in travel, spas, beauty and fashion for leading magazines and Web sites nationwide. She has covered everything from luxury condos in Switzerland for Robb Report to Lake Como's newest five-star resort (Luxist) to the best places to get waxed for The Washingtonian, plus daily travel news for Gadling and AOLTravel. A native Washingtonian, McLean blogs daily about DC living at DeaconDoesDC.com, her personal site tracking all things fashion, food and fun in the District and beyond. She graduated cum laude from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she majored in English literature and double minored in Journalism and History. She is currently pursuing a masters degree from Georgetown University in Journalism and trying to find the time to finish her first romance novel.

Expertise

Copy Editor
2 Years
Technical Writer
3 Years
Writer
6 Years

Specialty

Fashion
6 Years
Lifestyle
6 Years
Travel
6 Years

Industries


Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
3 Years
Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
6 Years
Online/new media
6 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

6 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Gadling.com (10+), AOL Travel (10+), JuliB.com (10+), Luxist.com (10+), The Washingtonian (10+), DailyCandy (6-10), Destination Weddings & Honeymoons (1-2), Robb Report (1-2), Jetsetter.com (3-5), Employee Benefit News (6-10)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts (10+), Ritz-Carlton (3-5), Four Seasons (3-5)

Other Work History

Managing Editor, Employee Benefit Adviser Managing Editor, SMB Human Resources Copywriting Manager, TIG Global

Technical Skills

Most content management systems and basic HTML

Unions

None

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Access, Social Media, PowerPoint, Mac/PC Capable

Equipment

mac/pc laptop digital recorder digital camera

Work Permits & Visas

US Citizen

References

Provided upon request

Showcase

Spa

Article about the best places to get waxed in Washington, DC and beyond.

Travel

Grand Opening of The Jefferson Hotel, Washington DC
Lake Como's newest five-star resort
Daily provider of news and in-depth travel content for the world's largest travel blog. Luxury travel specialist.
"Vacation Homes" article about Switzerland's newest luxury condo development.
Copy and editorial review of Kimpton's Lorien Hotel & Spa

Weddings

Sugar Ridge Resort, Antigua

Lifestyle

Exclusive holiday guide for DC's largest magazine.
Interview with the winner of the CW TV series "Stylista," Johanna Cox, for DC: Modern Luxury magazine.
DailyCandy Weekend Guide, DC edition.

Copywriting

optimized copy creation for new standalone web site.
optimized copy creation for standalone web site