This is a multi-faceted marketing role that is equal parts technical and creative. I own all aspects of the brand story and communications delivery for each of JUXTA's client brands. I understand clients' product lines and services with the goal of creating, maintaining, and executing on a holistic and consistent communications plan. I create and curate content for all digital and print channels, collaborating with a highly diverse team of technicians, subject matter experts, sales, management, product and marketing leaders to achieve ambitious marketing goals that directly impact the success of the company.

• Plan each issue’s content and take responsibility for the direction and quality of the magazine.• Use skills and experience to write and edit content from an idea to a completed layout.• Direct the editorial and art teams.• Worked with publisher and ad director to increase ad revenue by $10k, by successfully launching new sales strategy.• Worked with circulation team to achieve 10% newsstand increase, by testing covers, sell lines, and issue placement.• Manage editorial budget and circulation.• Review project proposals and develop multiple articles and authors.• Collaborate effectively with authors, artists, and photographers.• Design and build woodworking projects, plus write, edit, and photograph woodworking-related articles.• Understand technical drawings and supervise photo shoots.• Utilize industry knowledge and contacts to improve content quality and quantity.• Lead issue planning and issue critiques.• Represent the publication at trade shows and industry events.• Provide customer service to readers.SPECIAL PROJECTS:• Over saw contest to increase list of email addresses by 20,000.• Re-launched book program with publishing company to introduce 4 books this year.• Taught woodworking classes to improve customer traffic in stores.• Co-developed video content for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and other social media platforms.

• Assigned articles to team, tracked production schedule, and maintained deadlines.• Acquired articles, wrote/edited articles, supervised photo shoots, and recruited new authors.• Built woodworking projects and wrote magazine content.

• Took full responsibility for the editorial presentation and overall look of the magazine.• Laid out feature articles and most departments.• Managed graphic designer(s) and managed and contracted freelance illustrators, photographers, and designers.• Directed photographers and models during photo shoots.• Designed and revised subscription and other ancillary material.• Provided appropriate digital material for web and social media use.• Oversaw printing through bi-monthly press checks.SPECIAL PROJECTS:• On team that won Eddie & Ozzie Award• Directed second full magazine redesign.• Directed editorial content for issue dedicated to building a woodworking shop.

• Designed articles for the magazine as well as ancillary projects such as circulation support.• Manipulated photos and drawings, and labeled and dimensioned technical drawings.• Participate in and directed photo shoots.SPECIAL PROJECTS:• Co-developed printed paper plans called Classic Project Plans and Classic Shop Plans.• Lead magazine redesign.• Worked on team to produce digital issues through third party vendors.

• Hired and art-directed illustrators for several children's books.• Laid out covers and interior pages.• Managed printing, proofing, etc.• Involved in book production and deciding what books to publish.

• Designed cover and interior pages of non-fiction books.

• Designed interior pages of several non-fiction books.

• Ran my own graphic design and marketing business.• Designed logos, ads, marketing materials, identities, trade show banners, food packaging, websites, collateral, and more.

• Design and layout of advertisements for daily paper.

• Provided customer service, printing, copying, and scanning.

• Graphic design for full-service marketing and advertising agency.

• Daily pagination of various newspaper pages and departments.