Manage newsroom of up to 7 employees, making schedules, directing all coverage and editing all staff-generated content for grammar and AP styleCoordinate workflow via implementation of regular staff meetings and uniform standards for correspondence and strict maintenance of the news budgetResponsible for all newsroom hiringBuild relationships and communication lines with community leaders to ensure our outlet is kept abreast of local happeningsLed The Argus-Press to 9 2023 Michigan Press Association awards, up from 2 in 2022 under prior management; won individual awards for graphic design, photography and column writing

Wore multiple hats as one of two editorial voices in the newsroom of the only daily newspaper serving Shiawassee County, Michigan, managing the sports department and the weekend news deskContributed education, local government, event and sport reportage as neededShouldered significant graphic design responsibilities, paginating daily editions and special sections with Adobe InDesignDid extensive photojournalism Regularly updated the newspaper’s website, argus-press.com, and participated in social media engagement efforts

Managed the sports desk for an established regional news outlet, plotting out daily coverage, generating local content (including features, columns, event coverage and briefs) and aggregating wire items while adhering to strict deadlines, filling in elsewhere as neededCoordinated production of special editions -- most notably an award-winning, 40-page high school football preview selected by the California Newspaper Publishers Association as the best special sports section of 2019 (beating out submissions from the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle ... and every other California daily)Cultivated freelancers, managing assignments and directing coverageReviewed stories, editing for grammar and stylePitched ideas at regular editorial meetingsTook and edited photographs (plus some video)Contributed to bi-monthly Valley Women magazine, with articles covering a variety of subjects

Started as a cashier, interfacing with 100s of customers on a daily basis processing orders in a time efficient manner, upholding Lowe’s commitment to excellence in customer service at one of their busiest retail locationsLater transitioned to a internet sales oriented role, involving the administration and fulfillment of internet orders at store 2714, compiling them as they came in and coordinating with clients via regular phone or email correspondence to ensure that their needs were metAdditionally, reviewed all special orders, communicating with vendors as necessary in order to keep shipments on schedule and performed weekly audits of held inventory while organizing order staging areas