Austa Somvichian-Clausen Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Published in:National Geographic and National Geographic Travel, The Washington Post (digital and print), Thrillist, Men's Journal, Women's Health (digital and print), InsideHook, Apartment Therapy, DCist, Brightest Young Things, American Forests Magazine (digital and print).

Curation and copy for all DC content including food & drink, hotels, local travel, culture, and style. I also write about luxury travel and booze trends.

Lead writer for Respect, a digital editorial pillar by Changing America covering the topics of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Greater New York City Area

• Strategy and posting for Apartment Therapy and Kitchn’s Instagram accounts, including @apartmenttherapy, @thekitchn, and @iplanteven.• Responsible for increasing and engaging our audience on Instagram, increasing referral traffic from the platform.• Sets the direction of Apartment Therapy’s brands on Instagram. • Works with editorial, video, and art teams to optimize their content for IG. Provide feedback on editorial and branded campaigns. • Collaborates with product and sales departments to create content for Instagram, Instagram stories, and IGTV.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Project management for company-wide editorial initiatives and campaigns• Facilitated meetings pertaining to internal priorities, editorial planning, brand sponsorships and partnerships. • Implementation and facilitation of project management software, Asana • Editorial contributor to National Geographic News and Travel • Administrative duties to assist the Executive Director of Digital News• Monitored daily site analytics via Google Analytics and Chartbeat

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created online content including articles, photo galleries, and text to accompany video.• Built articles using AEM for National Geographic News and National Geographic Travel.• Scheduled meetings for my executive and visitors to the office, daily calendar maintenance.• Submitted expense reports.• Member of GoGeo Event Committee, NG’s Got Talent Committee.• Assisted PR team with staffing premieres, screenings, and events at headquarters.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Media and Public Relations:-Edited and sends out press releases for National Geographic Channel shows-Wrote and sends out company-wide emails pertaining to shows and updatesAdministrative Responsibilities:-Coordinated travel for VIP talent for National Geographic and Nat Geo WILD programming-Created itineraries for talent and staffEvents-Coordinated room blocks for National Geographic events-Assisted on-site at events with various roles

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Writing and Editing:-Completed writing and editing assignments for American Forests’ blog, e-newsletter and website; American Forests magazine; and special projects.Media and Marketing:-Assisted with American Forests’ media campaigns, including drafting press releases and developing media distribution lists.-Helped execute marketing campaigns, from idea generation and market research to copywriting and social media updates.Research and Planning:-Conducted photo research for American Forests magazine and the website; maintain the photo archive.-Assisted with development of editorial calendars and strategic plans for the website, blog, e-newsletter and other communications channels.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Kept up to date on product knowledge-Full product knowledge including ingredient sourcing and product backstories-Attending store meetings to consistently improve customer experience and product knowledgeConducted in-store product demonstrations for customers -Including full facials-Including foot demosAssisted in the act of informing customers daily on our current environmental or human rights campaigns-Attending meetings and watching informational videos to obtain full knowledge of campaigns-Informing customers of campaign and/or associated product and petitionRecent campaigns I assisted with include: -Save Our Sharks Campaign affiliated with PangeaSeed and Discovery Channel's Shark Week-#GayisOK Campaign to inform customers on current LGBT rights worldwide

Washington, D.C.

Community Outreach, Media Relations, and Social Media-Worked with the Marketing Director to pursue partnerships with local businesses and individuals with the goal of heightening City Paper awareness-Drafted Facebook, Twitter posts to promote events Marketing-Assisted in developing marketing materials to promote external City Paper events-Built and maintain media lists and newsletter subscription lists-Drafted press materials for events including press releases, newsletter and Web site contentEvents-Assisted Marketing Director with planning and execution of large scale events such as Best of DC-Attended, assisted with set up, and helped manage events such as Fashion for a Fraction, Elixir of Love: A Cocktail Competition, and Best of DC

Social Media, CommunicationsEvent Programming and OperationsVendor Relationship Management and Operations

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Relations, Environmental Science, International Relations

Study Abroad Program - Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Public Communications

Direct Enrollment study abroad program -Environmentally focused -Learned about the marine and terrestrial environment of Australia