Laura Heck Email & Phone Number

Columbia, Mo, Us

Columbia, Missouri, Us

-Serve our audience with editorial, digital and social media content through research and industry best-practices-Oversee and develop Vox's digital presences through our magazine's website, social media channels and weekly newsletter-Ideate, write, copyedit, fact-check and optimize articles and other content-Manage, train and collaborate with editorial, digital and design teams

Columbia, Mo, Us

-Teach writing, journalism and strategic communications theory, as well as execution

-Serves on the nonprofit board for the free Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, which attracts hundreds of attendees to a multi-day festival. -Implemented a major location change for the festival -Planned and implemented the festival's daylong writing workshop-Produced livestream events for the 2021 Unbound Book Festival featuring authors, poets, and experts on a twice-weekly cadence from January until our keynote event on April 23, which was a discussion between Nobel Prize-winning poets Tracy K. Smith and Jericho Brown

-Edit guest-contributed articles, blog posts, and content projects to achieve client goals and meet publication standards-Collaborate with teammates to identify client goals, implement strategy, and achieve results-Coordinate content along various stages of the marketing funnel to deliver appropriate ROI

Rocheport, Mo, Us

-Created and planned content for the statewide magazine, which published eight times a year. -Oversaw all editorial content for the magazine as the only full-time staff member dedicated to editorial.-Collaborated with and arranged contracts with freelance writers and photographers. -Worked with art staff on implementing a complete re-design of the book. -Contributed branding strategy as the magazine continues to expand from periodical to lifestyle brand.

Jefferson City, Mo, Us

-Produced internal and external communications for the organization, which is a nonprofit representing more than 100 domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers in Missouri-Directed major publications projects, including research, writing and editing-Strategized website revamp-Assisted other staff members in public policy and legislative advocacy

Columbia, Missouri, Us

-Directed teams of designers, editors and photo editors to create the daily newspaper -Made editorial decisions on deadline and for longterm content planning

Columbia, Missouri, Us

(August 2013–January 2014, May–August 2015):-Collaborated with editors, photo editors, copy editors and designers to layout pages-Contributed display type content, copyediting and proofreading

Dublin, Ie

-Reported and wrote long-form feature stories, department stories and blog posts-Story topics included campus sexual assault prevention and Millennial mental health (see projects listed below)

Dublin, Ie

-Work with feature editors, writers, digital editors, designers and photographers to create weekly features and special issues for the city magazine-Coordinate narrative long-form, trend stories and vignette and issue-based packages -Oversee the feature slating, assigning and organization

Dublin, Ie

-Led a staff of 24 to create weekly issues and daily online content-Published several award-winning packages and stories

-Conceptualized, built, updated WordPress site-Recruited, managed and assigned original content to about 20 freelance writers -Executed social media, promotional activities and contests

Atlanta, Ga, Us

-Wrote scripts and gathered multimedia elements for 2-minute news videos on web and apps on deadline-Produced videos on FinalCut using graphics and effects

Dublin, Ie

-Oversaw 33 bloggers as a teaching assistant on the leadership team-Reviewed, assigned, created or edited 35+ blog posts per week-Coordinated 70+ people in live coverage of True/False Film Fest

Dublin, Ie

-Cultivated and edited department, feature, calendar and TOC content-Pitched, wrote and managed stories and blog posts

Jefferson City, Mo, Us

-Created, compiled, formatted and edited content for two websites-Researched and organized educational campaign on judge selection process

Columbia, Missouri, Us

-Reported, wrote, fact-checked stories on a 24-hour news cycle-Wrote long-form stories on crime/courts beat and mental health

Us

-Wrote, edited the representative’s weekly newsletter-Researched legislation and communicated with her constituents

Masters Of Arts, Journalism

Bachelor Of Journalism, Magazine Editing