Pamela Bunn Email & Phone Number

Glendale, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

As a freelance strategic content manager and writer and editor for websites, books, magazines, and local and national events, my clients include The Walt Disney Company, Los Angeles Times, IHRSA, TV Guide, PRIMEDIA, Southern California Spaces, Teen Prom, Frontiers Media, Active Planet Media and MZA Events, among others. I work closely with external agency, marketing, editorial, art, advertising, and production teams to ensure each campaign’s styles, requirements and deadlines are met. Highlights include:• Managing editor for CBI magazine, IHRSA’s b2b publication for the global health and fitness industry• Copywriter for BlendJet’s site relaunch and new-product launches as well as on-air copy for QVC• Edited all blog posts for Toasted Collective’s cannabis clients• Wrote “Star Darlings’ Wish-a-Day Diary” for Disney Worldwide Publishing• Contributed monthly to regional design magazine Southern California Spaces,including writing cover stories, features and columns• Created style guide for national AIDS Walk events and edited all collateral materials

Greater Los Angeles Area

Ownership• Oversaw daily editorial operations of BodhiTree.com, a digital media company and e-commerce startup• Helped develop the content strategy and brand voice of this legacy Los Angeles brand• Managed on-staff Editorial Assistant as well as freelance development team, editors, researchers and photo editors• Assigned articles to freelance writers and edited all articles• Created and maintained Content Calendar to manage workflow• Produced numerous e-books from repurposed content to grow email list• Researched and wrote click-friendly headlines, subheads and metadata for each article, which consistently increased conversion rates • Ensured posts were published on time and connected to content marketing initiatives• Led weekly editorial meetings to keep department informed and on schedule• Wrote and edited thousands of product descriptionsCommunications & Logistics • Collaborated daily with product and marketing leads on cross-department efforts• Brainstormed ideas for more robust content and product launches• Liaised with Education Director to edit and provide archived content for business partnerships and digital educational series• Selected on-brand images and videos• Participated in monthly development meetings to improve UXMarketing/SEO• Collaborated daily with Marketing Manager on daily agile content and larger seasonal marketing initiatives• Provided all necessary assets for content marketing• Edited emails and social posts as well as collateral and event materials

Greater Los Angeles Area

Magazines include Muscle & Body, Real Fighter, Physical, WellBella, Cycle GearOwnership• Handled all day-to-day operations of multiple consumer magazines, which reached 7 million readers monthly• Project-managed advertiser-sponsored special issues, garnering more than $100,000 in additional revenue per title• Created and maintained editorial calendars• Hired writers, assigned stories, and set and enforced deadlines• Wrote human-interest articles and new-product copy for Muscle & Body, Physical and WellBella• Oversaw and delegated work to freelance editors and researchers• Secured celebrity and sports talent for cover shoots and features• Spearheaded multiple Best Body Contests annually in partnership with GNC, which were held at large bodybuilding and fitness events across the country• Ensured creative and visual representations remained cohesive with editorial content• Managed editorial budget, drafted contracts and created purchase ordersCommunications & Logistics • Planned editorial content, coordinated added-value promotions with advertisers and developed additional digital content• Communicated with partners’ corporate and legal offices to guarantee compliance with licenses and standards• Assisted with new-business opportunities, including all collateral materials and prototype magazines• Created and maintained issue rundowns, and held weekly meetings to keep the publisher, editor-in-chiefs and creative, sales and production teams informed and on scheduleDigital & Social Media• Managed the launch of all digital editions of the magazines• Assigned and wrote additional digital content and sourced images• Handled online voting of Best Body Contests• Guided social-media strategy• Hired and supervised social media editor• Developed content for women’s wellness blog WorkingGirlWellness.com

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Assisted in the relaunch from a traditional teen lifestyle magazine to a more hip, tech-savvy and shopping-focused publication• Collaborated on several special issues to expand the brand• Handled pagination, communications with prepress, releasing pages, final press paperwork and shipping proofs• Acted as a liaison between the edit and art departments, which included daily troubleshooting• Supervised and delegated tasks to the research department and interns• Wrote monthly “Why Me?” column• Edited copy for clarity, grammar, readability and style consistency• Tracked the flow of materials from manuscript to final proofs

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Assisted the editorial teams of Motorcyclist, Sport Rider and Motorcycle Cruiser magazines• Proofread each monthly magazine for conventions of grammar, readability, style, clarity and consistency• Wrote the New Products and Catalog sections• Fact-checked all editorial content