Editorial Consultant and Content Strategist

• Wrote, developed and edited feature articles for FORDHAM, Fordham University’s quarterly alumni magazine• Wrote Web releases to promote the University’s academic and institutional programs, lecture series and alumni events• Maintained the editorial calendar and traffic information across numerous departments, including art and production, to ensure the successful publication of each issue• Copyedited content for consistency, voice and style, including cover stories, features, headlines and deks • Supervised and manage freelance writers from assignment to publication• Set up photo assignments with freelance photographs• Initiated and executed strategic online and traditional print marketing campaigns for development, fundraising and research programs

• Edited manuscripts, including conceptual and structural work, and line-by-line revisions, and rewrote specific sections on lead titles • Managed fast-paced editorial and production schedule, balancing publishing deadlines for approximately 40 hard covers and 30 paperback titles per year• Wrote online and traditional-media promotional material for approximately 40 titles per year• Assisted in creating and pitching magazine and newspaper pieces to publicize authors • Evaluated nonfiction and fiction titles for acquisition

• Edited and rewrote manuscripts• Assisted Vice President of Editorial/HarperCollins in daily operations and special projects, including drafting rejection letters and creating fact sheets for upcoming titles

• Wrote and edited online music and concert reviews for this Web-based music and popular culture magazine

• Covered wide-ranging news and feature stories around Hudson County’s twelve municipalities, including breaking news assignments and local high school sporting events, writing for both online and print editions• Developed and researched articles for FIXIT, a weekly consumer-advocacy column• Worked on the obituary desk