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.
• 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.

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 and.

Ba, English, Journalism

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