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Chico, Ca, Us

Chico, California, United States

Chico, California, United States

Chico, California

Manages all communication strategies for the Community Foundation, including working with the local media, producing advertising and marketing copy, creating and implementing social media strategies, and working with various clients to improve their marketing and storytelling capacity.Manages and facilitates multiple grant and scholarship programs, including application review, facilitating meetings with funders and potential recipients, and strategic planning with funders to enhance their programsLeads a team of writers and interns to create marketing products for our clients and create community-wide programs to better integrate the fields of storytelling and fundraising.Creates original content and curates related content for release on behalf of the FoundationWorks with CEO and the Board of Directors to create and promote events and causes

Chico, California Area

The NorCal Design Center is a California newspaper production hub of Digital First Media that lays out 12 daily newspapers along with a various weekly newspapers, producing more than 1,400 pages total per week. I started working as a designer in 2014 at the launch of the Design Center as one of 8 superusers for the new content management system and redesign of all of the company newspapers in the area. I provided key input into the creation of the policies and procedures that govern the design hub today. I was quickly promoted to News Team Leader and Weekend Supervisor and I now lead a staff of 24 designers in the creation, editing, and submission of over 200 pages nightly on more than a dozen separate deadlines, ensuring each publication deadline is met and pages are error-free and of good design quality. DAILY♦ Review more than 200 pages per night for grammar, punctuation, spelling errors, quality of design, and consistency of styles♦ Overview staff progress to ensure deadlines for each publication is met♦ Communicate and coordinate with editors and ad reps all across the North State♦ Troubleshoot program-related issues and resolve problems for on-site designers, and off-site editorial personnelONGOING♦ Participate in regular management meetings with the Director and Deputy Director♦ Coordinate with other managers and editors to determine style changes and to make discretionary design decisions♦ Instruct new and continuing designers in the Saxotech system in coordination with Adobe Suite programs and in-house layout styles♦ Record details about continuing errors for tech staff and management to prevent future occurrences♦ Continue to find new ways to streamline efforts through efficient use of personnel and resources

Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Editing local and wire content on a daily basis, including articles for A1, features and sports. Designing news, feature and sports pages using QuarkXpress and preparing photos for print using Adobe Photoshop CS6. Creating graphics and photo illustrations to ensure dynamic and engaging pages. Creating a quarterly special health section and four annual special sections, as well as working with two quarterly magazines. Supervising and managing tasks for a three-person copy desk. Ensuring pagination quality control and daily deadlines through staff training and supervision and careful page proofing. Participating in daily news budget meetings with the editor. Populating the paper's website daily using BLOX CMS.

Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Edited breaking news reports and daily crime reports. Proofread pages and got second reads on local copy. Designed news and feature pages using QuarkXpress. Edited photos and created graphics. Worked on the pagination of quarterly annual magazines.

Morehead State University

Maintained the newspaper website and initiated a redesign and implementation of BLOX CMS. Managed the transisiton to the new web platform and trained the staff on the new CMS. Also managed the newspaper's accounts using Quicken Books. Handled billing and recieving payments.

Hopkinsville, Kentucky

I completed at 10-week internship at the Kentucky New Era working as a general assignment reporter. I covered breaking news, community stories and the police beat.

Morehead, Kentucky

Edited news and feature articles produced by student writers, including providing feedback and training. Designed front page content and wrote headlines using Adobe InDesign CS5. Prepared images for print using Adobe Photoshop CS5. Managed website operations and digital content transfer for production. Oversaw staff assignments and budget allocations. Contributed original reporting and photography.

Morehead, Kentucky

Edited feature and opinion articles produced by student writers. Designed opinion pages using Adobe InDesign CS5. Assisted in website operations. Contributed original reporting and photography.

Master'S Degree, Public Administration, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Member of Pi Alpha Alpha

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

Minor: Interdisciplinary Computing