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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Write internal and external web articles on a variety of successes and developments for the firm and individual attorneys
• Compile submissions for major industry awards and local honors on behalf of the firm and its attorneys
• Create content and handle engagement for the firm social media channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X), already producing audience growth
• Write for the firm’s two digital magazines and proofread designed pages

Greater Chicago Area

• Conceptualized and wrote a weekly digital newsletter for members and subscribers (the business people who engage in the administration, operations, HR and financial side of law firms and legal departments)
• Wrote and edited marketing emails for various products and events on a weekly basis, appealing to different audiences and needs
• Edited articles, compiled features and wrote house ads for the association's digital magazine, Legal Management, which is published 10 times a year
• Managed ALA's social media profiles (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) as of January 2022
• Produced, hosted and edited the association's podcast, Legal Management Talk
• Contributed to the overall content strategy, ranging from professional development offerings, conference planning and other products to white papers, social media and editorial calendars

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

• Edited and wrote daily deals that appear to millions of subscribers around North America, specializing in high-quality treatments for top spas, salons, restaurants and vacation destinations.
• Edited and wrote feature articles for the Groupon Guide blog, benefiting the company's editorial persona and social-media exposure.
• Created a previously unavailable database of internal SERPs to aid Guide writers in building out the site's architecture and merchandising articles.
• Applied SEO principles to articles and worked within the Guide CMS (formerly WordPress, now an in-house creation) to upload and style them.
• Served as communications co-chair of Women@Groupon, an employee resource and advocacy group.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Boston Area

Edited and wrote headlines for metro, New England, national and international news at Boston's major newspaper as a full-time intern. Responsibilities included editing at least one A1 and section front story every day and proofing pages.

College Park, Md.

Completed final edits on copy for the University of Maryland's award-winning independent newspaper (at the time published Monday–Friday with a circulation of 14,000). Had final approval on pages before they were sent to the printer. Assisted in guiding coverage and presentation and revived the newspaper's social media presence. Personally managed a staff.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Edited and wrote headlines for news and features at the Philadelphia Daily News, the city's major tabloid daily. Studied SEO best practices for writing web headlines. The Dow Jones News Fund furnished the internship, which included an editing "boot camp" at Temple University.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Edited advance copy and proofread pages at The Baltimore Sun's daily alternative tabloid (now defunct). Responsible for selecting international and national wire stories and placing them on their respective pages.