Mary Cooley Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Springfield, Illinois, United States

Positive reviews of excellent customer service in writing, editing and proofreading. Efficient service provider with high levels of accuracy in content editing, copy editing and proofreading, specialized in medical textbooks. Provided an elevated customer experience to generate a loyal clientele; mostly through their preferred written communications standards. Managed multiple projects with varying expectations and deadlines.

Greater St. Louis Area

Making transition from traditional journalist to a content strategist, but I'm open to any career where I get to provide information to the people who need it. Learning content management systems, getting certified in Google Analytics, and finding new questions and adventures along the way.

Belleville, Illinois

Research and write an average of 25 pieces per week for www.bnd.com to drive audience to brand.Find trends that drive readers to brand; consistently bring in well more than 200,000 pairs of eyes to brand each month as measured by Chartbeat.Among top three performers in newsroom of 30 in bringing readers to brand, as measured by newsroom analytics since reinvention.Evaluated and followed up on news leads and news tips to develop story ideas.Wrote, edited and produced stories for multiple print and digital platforms. Organized material, determined area of emphasis, and wrote stories according to prescribed editorial style and format standards. Arranged and conducted interviews with individuals knowledgeable about each story’s subject matter.Use social media to promote stories and brand; maintain social media presence in my own voice as a representative of the News-Democrat, Twitter, Facebook and Reddit.

Oversaw at least 12 projects a year. Created and maintained in-house stylebook. Created monthly interactive training for reporters and editors in three offices statewide to promote commitment to editorial quality.Supervised edit and design of flagship Missouri Lawyers Weekly, and the St. Louis and Kansas City Daily Record.Collaborated with publisher, advertising and marketing to develop strategy inclusive of publications and events while maintaining editorial integrity.Developed and maintained freelance database as well as supervised in-house reporters.

Maryland Heights, Mo.

Managed up to seven textbooks from copy edit through final production with author review in multiple stages of production. Worked with on-site and overseas production teams.

Supervised nine copy editors through production of daily print newspaper.Assigned local and wire stories to ensure even page flow to meet deadline under all circumstances.Provided and supervised high level of accuracy in content edit, copy edit, headline writing and proofread. Supervised design of up to 30 newspaper pages nightly.Daily memo to management cited as examples of effective communication.Interviewed job candidates.

Illinois, Florida, Illinois, South Carolina

Edit and design to prescribed editorial style and format standards for error-free content.Worked with photo and editorial departments to design for maximum impact of major news stories.Developed style guides and media kits. Designed print section fronts using variety of page layout software including Quark Xpress, DTI. Familiar with InDesign. Used Photoshop, Illustrator and Freehand.