Kate Lavin Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

• Lead editorial direction for trade media and events company serving the regulated cannabis industry• Manage editorial team that includes reporters, editors and data journalist• Oversee daily news, bimonthly service magazine and editorial reports

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

• Helped create advisory council to solicit ideas from industry stakeholders • Hired and managed in-house reporters and graphic designer as well as freelance writers and photographers for respected industry trade publication• Developed editorial calendar to appeal to readers and advertisers • Overhauled magazine production process and developed project-management templates• Launched annual cover package about industry compensation trends, including data analysis and art direction• Oversaw contributed columns program to increase content from industry thought leaders• Reported on state marijuana legalization initiatives and directed content for award-winning election coverage

Sonoma, California, Us

• Promoted to managing editor responsible for print and web content• Oversaw editorial elements for longest-running wine industry trade publication in North America• Managed stable of outside freelance writers to feature at least one long-form news story per day• Covered wine exports beat with emphasis on emerging markets in Asia• Represented magazine at various events and trade shows

Sonoma, California, Us

• Reported breaking news stories and wrote feature-length pieces for wine industry readers• Coordinated production schedule and wrote text for front-of-book departments• Collected art, prepared files and drafted rough layouts using Adobe Creative Suite

San Jose , Ca, Us

• Wrote engaging headlines, teasers and photo captions for a daily newspaper with 200,000 readers• Edited stories using house and Associated Press style guides; caught grammatical and factual errors• Composed weekly gossip column and wrote magazine-length author profiles for Sunday A&E section• Designed and paginated creative broadsheet layouts; served as deputy business section designer

San Francisco, California, Us

• Oversaw production of local news pages including layout concept, photo editing and display text• Wrote daily “Scoop” gossip column and coordinated weekly “Celebrations” section, including writing, reporting, editing and managing freelance writers and designers• Served as business and wire editor once weekly; edited features section daily

• Regularly scheduled “in slot” on news desk, which included laying out the front page, overseeing copy editors and signing off on final edits• Used news judgment to determine story placement for local and Nation/World sections

Fulfilled dream of moving to Manhattan and worked temp jobs until I got an editorial gig at a great newspaper.

• Wrote daily features about art, dining, music and other events in world-renowned resort area• Oversaw reporter and intern producing regular arts content

Bachelor Of Science, Print Journalism

Education record

Product Management For Journalists, Journalism

Certificate, Wine Executive Program