Julie Barichello Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Il, Us

Illinois, United States

• Coordinate with Chambers of Commerce in north-central Illinois for annual community magazines; work with client on design and presenting information in reader-friendly format with long-term shelf life• Lead graphic designer on monthly and quarterly lifestyle magazinesFormer duties as copy editor/designer included:• Refine reporter copy (breaking news, meeting copy, police and courts, business, news features)• Design news sections for two daily newspapers, as well as niche special sections• Lay out the quarterly niche travel magazine, Starved Rock Country• Create visual forms of conveying information to readers, including charts and infographicsFormer duties as evening news editor included:• Edit and post content to The Times website and social media accounts• Past chairwoman of company Promotions Team, overseeing generation, marketing and execution of contests and promotions• Supervise two-person design team, creating staff schedule as well as assigning daily duties• Education beat reporter with one village board beat; assisted with health, business and feature reporting as needed

Eureka, Illinois, United States

Instruct and advise student journalists as they gain hands-on experience producing Eureka College's student newspaper.

Coordinate cross-departmental team comprised of representatives from advertising, circulation, and editorial departments in creating monthly promotions and contests to increase digital revenue, build an email marketing database, and expand audience for digital products.

Design and production of daily news and feature pages as well as special sections. Responsible for assisting in the editing of local stories for the daily newspaper and weekend features.

Moline, Il

Duties include copy editing and page production for four newspapers in the Small Newspaper Group as well as writing weekly column, appearing Mondays in The Times (Ottawa/Streator, Ill.) and Saturdays in The Moline Dispatch/Rock Island Argus (Quad-Cities).

The Times, Ottawa/Streator

Spent three years as the Julie-of-all-trades of The Times newsroom. Responsibilities included news and feature page design, special section design, annual bridal magazine design, graphic and infographic design, writing a weekly column, feature writing, and news reporting (primarily in the education beat). Occasionally called upon for copy editing and creating news budgets, as staffing required.