Skills
Writing/Editing: Professional editing, reporting, fact-checking and writing, contributor management, AP style, professional training in revising writing
Web publishing: HTML and CSS, Dreamweaver, intermediate JavaScript, some PHP, Content Management Systems, social media platforms,  web graphics creation, e-newsletter design and publishing, video formatting, user testing, SEO, Omniture, Google Analytics, Blogger, all Google applications
Additional Applications: Adobe Photoshop, Pagemaker, InDesign,Quark XPress, Microsoft Office Suite

Writing, Editing and Web Site Management Experience
Associate Web Site Manager, The Praetorian Group, February 2009-Present
    · Edited and wrote marketing and editorial content for company web sites and newsletters
    · Conceived and designed new firefighter blog, The Kitchen Table; recruited and managed staff
    · Lead hiring and training of product editor for new position
    · Managed multiple client and partner web sites, providing development and design support
    · Increased newsletter subscribers using targeted marketing campaign
    · Advised staff on technical issues, taught HTML/CSS troubleshooting classes
    · Created JavaScript/PHP applications to automate production of company-wide e-newsletters
Editorial Assistant, FireRescue1.com, January 2008-February 2009
    · Wrote product articles and news, edited articles from senior editor and columnists
    · Redesigned e-newsletter for 40,000 subscribers; received Maggie award
    · Managed columnist contributions
    · Sourced images and articles, published content to several web sites
Editorial Intern, Oklahoma Today Magazine, August-December 2007
    · Wrote, researched and fact-checked articles for all magazine sections
    · Coordinated schedules of designers and photographers
Senior Editor, College Hill Independent, Fall 2006-May 2007
    · Designed and produced unique weekly events calendar; advised managing editors
Managing Editor, College Hill Independent, Spring 2006
    · Managed staff of award-winning independent campus magazine
    · Edited all magazine content for content, punctuation, grammar, etc.
Peer Writing Tutor, Writing Fellows Program, 2006-May 2007
    · Critiqued peers’ academic papers for argumentation and style; motivated revision
    · Managed staff of Writing Fellows for cognitive science course

Education
Brown University, Providence, RI, Graduated May 2007
    · Earned B.A. in Linguistics with honors; research on typographical errors was thesis
    · Courses taken included Yoga, New Media Studies, Media Archaeology, Teaching Writing
Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City, OK, 1996-2003
    · Named Presidential Scholar from Oklahoma, 2003; Earned International Baccalaureate Diploma

Interests
Creative Writing: Open-mic participant; Poetry in three issues of Brown literary magazine
Linguistics Blog: www.inuse.blogspot.com, maintained since May 2005. Invited to review books by Cambridge University Press and Idea & Design Works, LLC.
Puzzles: Constructed crosswords and other puzzles published in the College Hill Independent