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Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Addison, Texas

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Planned, edited and produced a reader-favorite weekly go-and-do entertainment section.• Supervised copy editors in production of 40-68 page sections, with 30+ pieces of content per issue.• Worked as part of the GuideLive team, editing and writing stories for the website.• Managed freelancing editors and writers.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Edit, copy edit and proofread copy for national website.

Dallas, Tx

Wrote, reported, edited and copy edited articles for internal and external communications including marketing materials, event collateral, newsletters, magazines and other industry publications.

Miami, Florida

Managed and directed day-to-day planning and execution of daily and weekly arts and entertainment sections of newspaper. Provided leadership direction and implemented coverage plans for staff of up to 20 reporters, editors, designers and freelance writers. Served as primary PR communicator and key contact to resolve internal and external communications and logistics problems across the organization. Assigned, edited and wrote stories. Highlights and Accomplishments:• Created content for media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft Tags and YouTube.• Re-conceptualized and implemented new design changes and improved content for annual fall arts guide. • Created 40-page glossy magazine to promote Art Basel Miami Beach, the largest art fair in North America with 50,000 annual attendance, generating $200,000 in new revenue.• In charge of celebrity coverage with high-profile actors, musicians and artists as Entertainment Editor.• Planned, produced and edited reviews and conducted interviews for special events such as MTV Video Music Awards, Super Bowl, Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Miami Book Fair and Art Basel Miami Beach. • Editor and key collaborator on multi-media projects for MiamiHerald.com and sister website Miami.com.• Played major role in revamping department and implementing new organization plan twice. • Won Newsroom Excellence Award three times and Society of Newspaper Design awards twice. • Promoted four times during tenure with increased responsibility in every role.

Miami, Florida

• Supervised, trained and monitored quality of six copy and layout editors for production of local news sections in seven zones in fast-paced and deadline driven industry.• Led team through transition to computer pagination and trained entire staff on new computer system.

Miami, Florida

• Copy edited wide range of news stories for all sections.• Wrote eye-catching display type including headlines, pull-outs and photo captions.• Designed tabloid, broadsheet and magazine pages.