Madeline Smanik Email & Phone Number

• Plan, write, and distribute press releases to promote SCORE resources and experts
• Write content and source images for multiple newsletters for various internal and external audiences
• Draft, edit, and maintain content for volunteer-facing intranet
• Pitch reports and stories to journalists
• Manage databases of volunteer and client spokespersons
• Respond to media inquiries

Remote

Remote

• Manage public relations efforts for the Education product launches at U.S. News, including the annual Best Colleges ranking
• Write, edit, and distribute press materials for product launches, translating complex rankings methodologies into plain language that aligns with U.S. News brand and voice
• Respond to media inquiries and ghostwrite responses on behalf of U.S. News spokespeople
• Draft talking points, conduct media training, and secure and coordinate interviews for U.S. News spokespeople
• Build and manage media lists
• Draft and schedule social media posts for Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn using Naytev

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• A nine-month position at NBC's weekly public affairs television show, Meet the Press
• Conducted research, developed questions, and wrote outline for on-air roundtable of political commentators and journalists; communicated with guests for the roundtable
• Conducted background research for guest interviews
• Researched, selected, and ordered on-screen graphics; assisted in design and distribution of promotional graphics
• Proofed tapes before use on air; assisted as needed during telecast
• Maintained and updated database of guest appearances on the show

Formatted, edited, and revised Campus section, including the front page; developed story ideas, researched topics, wrote articles, conducted interviews; distributed story assignments to staff reporters.Previously worked as Assistant Arts & Life Editor, Copy Editor, and Staff Reporter.

Fact-check articles for Cleveland Magazine and other Great Lakes Publishing publications by calling sources; research, interview sources, write and edit pieces for various sections of Cleveland Magazine, Inside Business, Valley Magazine, and Cleveland Magazine's blog; attend deadline meetings; sort mail.

Called police departments, highway patrols, and fire departments for news updates; obtained and compiled information to update fact sheets in AP ENPS (Associated Press Electronic News Production System); assisted News Producers and Assignment Desk Editor with daily tasks; observed reporters and photographers off-site; attended daily planning meetings.

University Heights, OH

Supported the Library Administrative Services Coordinator by compiling data into spreadsheets, assisting with payroll, and general typing and printing.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication And Political Science

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society (La Société Honoraire de Français).