Meredith Borders Email & Phone Number

I help guide pitches, oversee freelance contributors, and assist the Editor-in-Chief in editing and publishing each issue.

Assisted Editor-in-Chief in leading the voice of the magazine, maintaining the editorial calendar, adhering to deadlines, guiding pitches and both editing and creating compelling content. Rebuilt and ran the website with a freelancing pool of 100+ writers.

Remote

I have over twenty years of experience and have edited ten published books, as well as scripts, short stories, essays and articles, and can happily provide references upon request. My most recent edited manuscript: https://pub.amc.com/publication/shudders-creepshow-from-script-to-scream-standard-edition-book/

I worked with creators, studios and publicists to organize content for festival coverage, generated a weekly editorial calendar of content across multiple platforms, fielded all festival attendee communication year-round, created analytics reports and guided brand voice based on results.

Austin, Texas

As Editorial Director of Birth.Movies.Death. site and magazine, Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest, I guided brand voices and fostered community within staff and readership, led the administration of four full-time staff members and hundreds of freelancers, created and maintained multiple editorial calendars and curated the brand’s social media.

Houston, Texas

As assistant to Director Peter Marzio, I maintained his schedule, travel and all appointment requests; I drafted and edited all correspondence, speeches and presentations. I was also office liaison to 96 trustees, and I planned and executed all Director and trustee events and meetings.