Helping writers cross the fine line between where they are and where they want to be.

Primary responsibilities include: Communications Management for the Community Investment Department, Human Resources Department, and Internal Communications. Internal newsletters, Web management, marketing collateral creation.

As the Marketing Communications/Social Media writer for CHEFS Catalog.com, I coordinate the writing, editing, and posting of five (or more) blog posts each week and their accompanying Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, and Twitter status updates. I manage a stable of freelance writers and other content partners, research appropriate topics, write posts, edit the posts of others, find, acquire, and edit images, and post the coordinated effort to our blog. In addition, I am the “first voice” for complaints lodged against the company on our social media platforms. Essential duties:• Plan, organize, assign, write, and edit content for the CHEFS Mix Blog (www.chefscatalog.com/blog/). Includes basic HTML coding within a blog template.• Coordinate online images from various sources (stock, corporate, partners, some original)• Engage our community primarily through the blog and Facebook, but also other social avenues• Work with various marketing representatives of the products we carry to ensure content in the blog is accurate, current, and balanced• Find, recruit, and coordinate freelance writers who contribute to the blog and to other CHEFS resources, i.e., our In Season features, Recipe Page, and other community-based web pages

As editor of the e-zine Afictionado and the digital magazine ACFW Journal, I created and managed content, managed a staff of three, and edited articles. In addition to the quarterly magazine, I produced two special editions of the e-zine that had a staff of more than 40 volunteers. I began with ACFW as the assistant editor of the e-zine (then a monthly), was promoted to editor in 2008, and to editor-in-chief with the onset of the magazine in 2012. (Note: This was a part-time job that overlapped with my other employment. The organization ceased publication of the magazine in a budget-cutting measure.)Essential duties:• Plan, organize, assign, write, and edit content for print and online communications. Includes basic HTML coding within templates• Oversee and contribute to design direction• Oversee and provide guidance to advertising• Coordinate publication and mailing• Manage staff, freelance writers, and volunteers• Budget oversight (the organization’s treasurer has ultimate responsibility)

As editor of the e-zine Afictionado and the print magazine ACFW Journal, I am responsible for creating and managing content, overseeing staff, and editing articles. This includes two special editions of the e-zine that, combined, have a staff of more than 40 volunteers, plus a magazine staff of four (associate editor, graphic designer, proofreader, and advertising director). Our team publishes the magazine quarterly. The e-zine was monthly, now as needed. I began with ACFW as the assistant editor of the e-zine and have been editor since 2008.Essential duties:• Plan, organize, assign, write, and edit content• Oversee and contribute to design direction• Coordinate printing and mailing• Manage staff, freelance writers, and volunteers• Budget oversight (the organization’s treasurer has ultimate responsibility)

As the Editor-in-Chief of the Guild, I managed all communications, including the blog, website, and newsletters (print and electronic). I also edited and revised the courses, consulted with the Marketing Director and Admissions Manager, created marketing and communications collateral (flyers, brochures, direct mail, posters, advertisements, emails, newsletters, enewsletters), served as the liaison between the Guild and 25+ mentors (course teachers), and taught at the annual conference and through webinars.Essential duties:• Plan, organize, assign, write, and edit content, courses, and conference notebook, in print and online• Coordinate the Guild’s Operation First Novel contest ($20,000 + publication prize)• Plan, schedule, and manage instructors, editors, agents, and mentors for the Guild’s annual Writing for the Soul conference• Represent the Guild at other writer’s gatherings and conferences• Serve as contact between the Guild’s mentors and students assigned to them

As senior editor at this Goshen, IN insurance and financial services corporation, I coordinated the communications needs of two business lines: Sales and Fraternal (Membership). I planned communications with constituents, internal and external, through the Sales process or by touches aimed at members. I also assisted as necessary with the health insurance line, Mennonite Foundation, and the banking line. In addition, I was responsible for online communications with in-house staff and was the lead writer in a 2009-2010 rebranding of the company.Essential duties:• Plan and execute communications plans for two lines of business; writing, editing, and gaining LOB and regulatory approvals• Plan and produce five different e-zines or newsletters aimed at five different audiences• Maintain and promote internal employee communication tools (blog and newsletter) in print and online• Edit five nonfiction Bible/Lifestyle study guides based on holistic life stewardship (Time Warped, by Steve Ganger, Talent Show, by Bob Lichty, Money Mania, by Mark L. Vincent, Body Talk, by Ingrid Friesen Moser, and Creation Care, by Luke Gascho

Newsroom reporter covering many different beats, including religion, entertainment, education, and township and county government. I’ve included select clips from my days reporting on religion. More religion and general assignment clips are available.Essential duties:• Create and maintain relationships with key sources• Look beyond the obvious for the deeper story• Write clearly and concisely about topics that matter to readers• Engage the community in discussion• Take simple photographs when needed