Cheryl Wassenaar Email & Phone Number

As the Senior Account Manager and Content Specialist at Songue PR, I played an integral role in all facets of our clients' PR strategy, including collaborating with team members to create those strategies, spearheading content strategies, and also offering social media services). Awards won include CNBC Disruptor 50, Fast Company Most Innovative Companies, Inc. 5000, and TIME Best Inventions.

Started as Account Executive; moved up to Senior Account Executive. Clients include public and private tech, life sciences, and financial companies. Duties include account administration, press release writing, award writing, research of media and audits of coverage, social media creation and posting.

As an editor at WiC, I wrote and edited articles daily, worked in scripting video content, was on-camera talent, and helped oversee the transition from a primarily Game of Thrones site to a site focused on genre in entertainment.

Greater Chicago Area

As an editor at Culturess, I was part of a team putting together a women's pop culture site designed for the fangirl. I wrote, helped manage a team of contributors, put together major projects, edited posts for style and clarity, and also worked on-camera.

Regularly wrote two columns for FanSided.com (This Week in Bad Pop Culture Ideas, a column discussing why certain aspects of pop culture don't work with humor, and 5 things to Netflix and Chill to, a weekly set of recommendations on Netflix) and contributed to entertainment strategies for video games, television, and more. Was also a Co-Expert on Culturess, which entails both editorial and writing duties and managing paid contributors, and a Co-Expert on Surviving Tribal.

Wrote, researched, and edited articles featuring cultural sites, food, and hotels in U.S. and Canadian cities on a short-term contract. Used the WordPress platform to upload articles.

Assisted customers in finding and purchasing books. Provided information about policies and upcoming releases as well as personal recommendations based on tastes of individual customers.

Boston, Ma

Assisted patrons with any and all circulation issues. Checked in and returned books. Resolved issues with the online catalog. Informed patrons of any and all policy changes. Helped with special projects to improve the library, including a major stacks shift.

Graded approximately 80 pieces​ of homework per week. Offered comments on students' website projects and lab work after going through the same class the previous semester.