Sean Gourley Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Atlanta

• Edit internal and external copy for usage, spelling and style

Buford, Ga./Dacula, Ga.

• Responsible for monitoring and maintaining product levels to ensure store is properly stocked• Served as manager-on-duty as needed• Worked with management staff to set objectives and coach associates in order to meet goals• Provided customer service by understanding customer concerns and suggesting products to address their needs

• Manage a staff of copy editors in the nightly production of the newspaper• Responsible for staff scheduling• Edit news stories for clarity, organization, word usage and spelling• Attend weekly planning /manager meetings • Work with editors to determine story placement for newspaper and web site • Work closely with reporters to ensure that deadlines are met and budgets are followed• Assist with web site updates throughout the day • Post news stories for next day’s newspaper on web site • Create and implement copy desk procedures following the transition to a centralized design studio• Work closely with off-site design team to meet nightly deadline

• Collaborate with the news editor in all aspects of nightly newspaper production • Responsible for generating ideas for and writing a bi-weekly entertainment column• Serve as acting news editor, as needed• Edit news stories for clarity, organization, word usage and spelling• Assist with story assignment decisions• Design and assemble multiple pages for all sections of the newspaper, including Page 1A, state and local news, sports and features • Assist with staff scheduling and recruitment• Partner with management on training and development assignments to grow the junior staff • Key project team member for the creation of the East Montgomery section of the Montgomery Advertiser• Past editor and designer of the East Montgomery section • Volunteered for a weeklong special assignment to Hattiesburg, MS, to provide coverage of storm damage during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Albany, Georgia Area

• Responsible for editing and designing of newspaper under deadline pressure• Made news judgment decisions• Supervised employees • Movie critic• Writer/photographer

• Responsible for editing and designing of newspaper under deadline pressure• Writer/photographer• Movie critic