Professional Experience
I've written for everyone from Teen Vogue to Family Circle, from weightwatchers.com to iVillage, from the New York Observer to the New York Post. I do a lot of reporting for Glamour, and I teach a women's magazine writing course for mediabistro. As an editor and staff writer, I've produced content for 30-something women (at ROSIE) and teen girls (at ELLEgirl and Seventeen Prom). I'm currently at home mining my '90s diaries for teen angst and writing Young Adult novels. I also started a Teen trends site, iheartdaily.com. You can find out more there, or at melissacwalker.com.
Expertise
Editor
10 Years
Reporter
10 Years
Writer
10 Years
Specialty
Fashion
6 Years
Humor
8 Years
Women's Issues
9 Years
Industries
Book Publishing Consumer
5 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
10 Years
Online/new media
5 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
10 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Weight Watchers (10+), ELLEgirl (10+), Glamour (10+), SELF (10+), Seventeen (10+), Teen Vogue (6-10), All You (6-10), Shape (1-2), New York Magazine (1-2), Ladies Home Journal (1-2), Girls' Life (6-10), iVillage.com (6-10), MORE (6-10), ePregnancy (6-10), Cosmogirl! (3-5), Fitness (3-5), Glamour UK (3-5), The Knot (3-5), The Nest (3-5), Prevention (3-5), ReadyMade (3-5), Girlfriend Getaways (1-2), Marie Claire (1-2), Family Circle (1-2), The Daily Beast (10+)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Dove Real Beauty Campaign (1-2), Bloomingdale's (3-5), Edelman Public Relations (1-2)
Other Work History
I am a casualty of ROSIE magazine, which was my first staff job, and ELLEgirl magazine. I've been the editor of Seventeen's Prom issue, and I've worked maternity/vacation leaves for editors at CosmoGirl, Little Brown Book (Bloomingdale's fashion magazine) and Celebrity Life & Style.
Foreign Language Skills
Proficient, but not fluent, Spanish
Equipment
The standard computer, laptop and audio recorder
Work Permits & Visas
I have UK and US citizenship
References
Upon request
