Matt Wright Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City And Orem Utah

Write, acquire, and edit marketing and instructional material for the FamilySearch.org website. Work with site developers to maximize placement, impact, and value of web copy.

Manage the layout and production of the quarterly member journal of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

Acquire and edit content, complete layout, and add interactivity for FORUM, the quarterly journal of the Federation of Genealogical Societies.

Supervise editorial and layout function for Independent Study, part of the Continuing Education Division.

Provo, Utah Area

• Responsible for the clarity, consistency, and correctness of all corporate text that appeared on the company websites and in external communications.
• Worked with other company departments to create new products, including newsletters, books, and web pages.
• Completed much of the writing and editing, but also work with a network of contract writers and editors to be able to complete the many projects that arise.

Provo, Utah Area

• Helped develop heritage scrapbooking products
• Worked to create a digital book library, and an online tool forcreating personal family history books.
• Excelled in meeting deadlines while working with cross-functional teams.

Provo, Utah Area

• Actively managed the production of book and other printed projects.
• Supervised the work of three editors and worked closely with the art director to ensure that all projects were sent to press at a high standard of quality and on time.
• Used my organizational skills to coordinate multiple projects with authors, other editors, designers, and printers.

Provo, Utah Area

• Successfully managed all book production
• Maintained the corporate style guide
• Worked with authors, edited copy, typeset final manuscripts
• Followed the project through the printing process
• Acted as a contributing editor and writer for the company’s two national, in-house magazines

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Edited copy
• Determined editorial content, and worked with writers
• Managed the creation of stories for each issue’s three specialadvertising sections.
• Wrote marketing copy for and designed marketing materialsused by the sales staff to sell advertising in each special section.
• Supervised the internship program, managing the day-to-daywork of 1-2 interns.

Provo, Utah Area

• Wrote weekly column
• Edited stories and columns
• Supervised 10 reporters, two assistants
• Photographed sporting events for the newspaper
• Completed page layout and determined content
• Updated the Web version of the daily paper

Ba, Communications (Print Journalism)

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