Catherine (Cathy) Guiles Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Edit print, digital, online and e-mail products for human resources professionals, executives and students. Work includes editorial, research, and marketing and promotional materials.

Multiple U.S. Cities

Write news articles and book reviews for Religion News Service, the Arlington (Va.) Connection and the Englewood Review of Books.• RNS article published by USA Today, the Houston Chronicle and at least four other media outlets.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Write and/or edit between five and 12 curated email newsletters per day for trade associations.• Ensure accuracy, proper grammar and spelling, taste, legality, compliance with SmartBrief and Associated Press style and agreement with association requests and preferences.• Present content in concise, web- and mobile-friendly formats to drive reader engagement.• Write SmartBrief Originals articles on human resources topics using search engine optimization. ((“How the coronavirus has affected job-searching” article was one of the 15 most-clicked SmartBrief Leadership articles of 2020.)• Collaborate with other editors and copy editors, most of whom work remotely, to provide editorial direction, choose material for inclusion and incorporate edits.• Contribute original content to While You Were Working SmartBrief, which has over 80,000 subscribers.• Edit content marketing reports and infographics to ensure consistency and compliance with style.

Middletown, Ny

Edited copy for multiple platforms and designed print pages for a daily newspaper.• Wrote engaging headlines and captions, seeking fairness, accuracy, readability and compliance with grammar and style.• Promoted to supervise five copy editors and designers in daily production of the print edition, collaborating to revise content, ensure proper page flow and resolve production issues.• Managed and created web content using content management system. Revised headlines for web.

Greater Chicago Area

Covered education and religion for Northwestern University’s wire service produced by Medill students. • Reported and wrote a six-part series on the role of Christian liberal arts colleges in the 2008 presidential election, funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment.• Published articles in the Chicago Journal and The Windy Citizen and published photographs in Education Week.• Reported stories in audio and visual formats.

Oneonta, Ny

Edited articles, wrote headlines and designed print pages for a six-days-a-week newspaper.• Promoted to copy desk chief, supervising other copy editors, designers and interns. • Wrote editorials.• Co-designed a special "First Amendment Edition" section that won first place in an Ottaway Newspapers companywide contest.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

- Edited articles and wrote headlines and photo captions.

Msj, Journalism: Reporting And Writing

Graduated with a Master of Science in Journalism. As part of the Media Management Project, helped create a health and fitness magazine.

Ba, English, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Chimes (campus newspaper), orchestra, Festival of Faith and Writing student committee.Graduated with honors.