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• Social Operations -Social data insights and reporting -Brainstorm ideas and campaigns for new clients • Community Management -Oversee daily management and follower engagement for clients from small community business to Fortune 500 companies -Manage editorial calendars for multiple clients on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Spiceworks -Organize the creation of social art and video optimized for each platform -Ensure that social graphic best practices are adhered to -Coded link building• Community Engagement -Influencer outreach and identification -Client customer service alerts -Hashtag listening and identification -Identify opportunities to start conversations and engage with followers -Live event coverage • Social Consulting -Performance evaluations -Recommendations and best practices

Chicago, Il

• Sent compelling print and TV pitches on a daily basis to local and national press• Secured client coverage in leading news sources including Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Magazine, FOX Chicago, NBC 5, ABC 7 and more• Developed and maintained relationships with local editors, freelancers, bloggers and TV producers to ensure client coverage• Drafted proposals and contracts for potential clients outlining the company’s services and scope of work• Proofread and edited all written material for the company including press releases, newsletters, pitch decks and case studies • Managed the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts for two clients by creating campaigns and graphics, promoting posts, posting press clippings and engaging with followers• Assisted in the planning and promotion of large scale events including fundraisers and galas• Researched and wrote unique content for the company newsletter and client blogs

• Write and edit articles for the sites FitandFab Living and Recipe4Living as well as their respective blogs• Created an editorial plan using survey data to strategically post content that fits our demographics in order to improve site traffic and newsletter subscribers• Update the Facebook (40,000 likes), Twitter (13,000 followers), and Pinterest (10,000 followers) pages for each site multiple times a day• Create eye-catching graphics, polls and use demographic information and analytics to strategically post content that will get the greatest response from our social media followers• Create daily email newsletters featuring content from our sites that reach over 1 million readers• Use Google Analytics to write daily traffic reports and monitor site traffic• Maintain relationships with PR agencies to organize contests, giveaways and sponsored content for the websites• Started the company's first editorial intern program as well as hired and managed a team of interns

Champaign, Il

• Blogger on several health and fitness topics for an online magazine directed at college women• Help fundraise for philanthropy events each semester

Wilmette, Il

• Pitched story ideas and wrote articles for the magazine and website that received over 100,000 hits• Assisted in the editing of each issue before it went to print• Learned how to write effectively for the web using tools such as Google AdWords• Assisted the fashion editor in directing and styling several photo shoots• Used web-based collaboration tools including 37signals and Dropbox

Champaign, Il

• Managed social media accounts and monitored Google Analytics to draw viewers to the site• Sent daily email newsletters via Constant Contact highlighting articles and local events• Uploaded approximately thirty articles onto the site every week• Brainstormed ideas to improve the layout and user-friendliness of the site• Managed and coordinated activities with the university magazine and radio station

Highland Park, Il

• Researched and wrote editorial pieces for the magazine as well as the blog• Uploaded articles and images and created photo galleries on the website• Assisted in the production of several photo shoots• Contacted businesses, boutiques and designers to request items for photo shoots• Assisted in the editing of each issue before it went to print