Debra Bell Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

▪ Produce content for digital and print publication and distribution, including attorney biographies, service page descriptions, event recaps, brochures, award submissions, and the pro bono and alumni newsletters for a law firm with more than 900 lawyers across the United States.▪ Work with senior-level business development managers and partners to map out practice and industry page structures and associated sub-pages then manage the content creation of each associated page.▪ Have helped dozens of partners and other senior-level attorneys update their biographies to clearly explain their skills, highlight their experience, and better position themselves as leaders in their fields.▪ Regularly hold training sessions on biography writing for specific practice groups and first-year associates to help maintain consistency across hundreds of biographies; led a well-received firmwide training session in August 2023, which led to private requests from attorneys and entire practice groups seeking my expertise in biography writing.▪ Manage the intake and organization of biographies for fall associates, typically comprising 40 to 65 biographies requiring a quick turnaround.▪ Routinely interview attorneys and executives for spotlight Q&As, newsletter articles, biography updates, practice page updates, and award submissions.▪ Honored with an Ovation Award in May 2023 and an Applause Award in April 2024 in recognition of my "efforts on behalf of the firm, "for going above and beyond," and for my "continuing support of the Firm's Guiding Principles."

Washington D.C. Metro Area

▪ Led a global team of advisers and assistants who maintained hoganlovells.com, the website of a global law firm with 2,800 lawyers in more than 45 offices across six continents.▪ Managed projects with an emphasis on professionalism, quality control, and consistency in writing standards and style across offices, to support the core message of one firm working together around the world.▪ Wrote and reviewed lawyer biographies, items for internal newsletters, digital content, and other marketing materials.▪ Regularly copy edited, proofread, and reviewed lawyer biographies, client alerts, press releases, internal newsletters, brochures, pitches, proposals, event invitations, and award submissions.▪ Gave final approval to nearly all updates of U.S. lawyer biographies on hoganlovells.com, overseeing a separate team of marketing assistants as well as the digital marketing team.▪ Trained all new hires in the U.S. Marketing and Business Development Department on editorial standards, writing style, and technical capabilities.▪ Regularly trained lawyers on how to write in a client-friendly style.▪ Using the content management system (CMS) Sitecore, regularly updated multiple areas of the website with a focus on lawyer biographies, the most viewed (and scrutinized) section.▪ Coordinated with the firm's General Counsel's Office to ensure that the team complied with all firm policies; caught serious oversights concerning attorney bar admissions before they escalated into potential crises.▪ Regularly promoted firm events and publications using social media, focusing on LinkedIn and Twitter.▪ Developed processes that became standard operating procedures for the team.▪ Won a 2018 Leadership Behavior Award for my commitment "to upholding the highest quality standards in our work every day."▪ Won a 2016 Good Citizenship Award for devoting more than 40 hours of time to firm causes every year and organizing events with the Humane Rescue Alliance and SOME.

Fairfax, Virginia

▪ Wrote original blog posts on television programs, movies, awards shows, and other newsworthy events in the television and film production industry.▪ Edited, proofread, and rewrote marketing materials (with a focus on content, style, and grammar) for a client in the entertainment industry.▪ Edited and rewrote hundreds of blog posts to conform to AP and house style guidelines; established a system of tagging and categorization of blog posts to make the blog more functional and easier to navigate.▪ Developed a social media plan to help a client establish a social media presence.▪ Created how-to guides on Twitter, LinkedIn, blogging, Instagram, and Facebook for a client in the television and film production industry.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

▪ Led the news production desk, overseeing the team that maintained the website for U.S. News & World Report (usnews.com).▪ Developed, wrote, edited, and produced a history blog featuring articles from the U.S. News archives reproduced digitally for a new generation; chose relevant topics to increase search engine optimization (SEO).▪ Wrote more than 100 articles, blog entries, quizzes, and slideshows on topics ranging from politics to sports and entertainment.▪ Inspected all articles, blog entries, galleries, videos, slideshows, section fronts, and the homepage for final quality assurance.▪ Managed multimedia projects and developed coverage for special events, including election nights and presidential debates.▪ Trained all new employees on web production, with a focus on writing SEO-friendly and eye-catching headlines and blurbs and created extensive training guides.▪ Assisted in social media implementation including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

▪ Maintained the homepage of The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com) at night and produced articles from the print version of the newspaper for the web, ensuring that all content received proper sidebars, photo galleries, videos, and other interactive elements.▪ Wrote concise blurbs and SEO-friendly headlines for the homepage and section fronts, choosing which articles to highlight to reflect the most recent and relevant events happening locally and around the world.▪ Trained dozens of new employees and designed an extensive training guide to facilitate employee orientation.

Greater Philadelphia Area

▪ Edited and created news, games, and children's content for Comcast's news portal (comcast.net).

Greater Philadelphia Area

▪ Wrote for GAMES Magazine (feature articles), the Philadelphia Inquirer (op-ed), and Beyond Books (online textbooks).▪ Proofread and edited materials for Aramark (menus, brochures, pamphlets), ETS (SAT exam), Beyond Books (online textbooks), and other companies.

Blue Bell, Pa

▪ Edited feature articles and word and logic puzzles for 75,000-circulation magazine.▪ Created original word and logic puzzles; wrote four original feature-length articles.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

▪ Wrote more than 100 feature articles on the fine arts, performing arts, television and film industry, and music industry.▪ Reviewed dozens of films, plays, art exhibits, and albums.▪ Wrote a six-part series on public artwork in State College.