Résumé
EDUCATION
Columbia University, New York, NY
B.A., Literature/Writing, Departmental Honors
Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
A.A., Liberal Arts: English, Highest Honors
WORK EXPERIENCE
The Daily Beast, online, New York City, NY - 2009 - present
Video Editor
- Write copy and make videos for video blogs and video galleries
- Fulfill video requests for stories.
- Keep the video cheat sheet constantly updated with breaking news clips and celebrity interviews.
Video Intern
- Scouted, pitched, and edited videos for Gawker.com, Defamer.com, Jezebel.com, io9.com, etc.
- Imported videos from television and streaming internet using Sling Player and Snapz Pro X.
- Used Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Sorensen Squeeze 4.5, VisualHub, and TransmitFTP to ready videos for embedding.
Freelance Fact Checker
- Verified facts and figures for magazine articles using online research.
Neighborhoods Editor
- Edited and fact-checked all of the neighborhood introductions for the 2007 edition.
- Wrote the arts and transportation sections and assorted nightlife/restaurant reviews.
- Copyedited the full manuscript.
Lead Story Editor (The Eye), Humor Editor (The Eye), Off-Lead Beat Chief (Spectator)
- Led weekly meetings with staff writers, developed and edited the weekly 3000-word cover story for The Eye.
- Collaborated with the photo and graphics department to develop the design for each story.
- Created The Eye’s humor section from scratch with co-editor, developed content and cultivated staff.
- Pitched and wrote feature stories for the off-lead page of the Spectator.
Editorial Intern
- Read manuscripts (slush and agent-submitted), wrote reader reports and rejection letters.
- Assembled pull-quotes for press packets, worked with contract files, and copyedited manuscripts.
- Nationals Inc. – Pageant Assistant – Handled contestant registration, including payment of balances, for Miss Newark and Miss Trenton 2008 pageants.
- Medical Marketing Studies – Research Analyst – Conducted phone surveys with doctors on behalf of pharmaceutical companies, maintained Excel database of doctors, verified publication credits.
- Total Lubricants – Overhauled the filing system.
- Tumi Luggage – Reception – Worked the primary switchboard and signed in visitors.
- S & M Electric – Filed expense reports.
- Advanced Health Media – Mailroom Assistant – Assembled press packets and reimbursement forms.
Marketing and Publicity Chair
- Assembled press kits and wrote newsletters.
- Conducted media interviews and managed VIP/press check-in at event.
Merchandising Manager
- Oversaw a merchandising staff of five for Blast! at the Broadway Theatre.
- Worked selling merchandise for The Music Man at the Neil Simon Theatre and for 42nd Street at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.
Promotions
- Prior to September 11th, worked handing out audience surveys and ushering at the Union Square Theatre.
- Post-September 11th, worked handing out posters and postcards at various midtown locations to raise awareness of downtown theatre.
Merchandise
- Sold merchandise for the musical Aida at the Palace Theatre.
Audition Monitor
- Oversaw the children who attended the open casting calls for The Lion King in all five boroughs.
- Ran interference between casting directors and irate stage moms.
- Columbia University Glee Club (President) - 2006
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society (Upsilon Gamma Vice President) - 2003-2005
- Middlesex County College Academic Assembly (Educational Resources Task Force) - 2004-2005
- Columbia University Undergraduate Writing Department – Departmental Honors – May 2008
- Middlesex County College – The Larry L. Cohen Award for Excellence in the Study of Literature – April 2005
- Language: Knowledge of French
- Computer: Word/Excel/PowerPoint, PC/Mac OS, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Quark, Snapz, Flash conversion (Sorensen Squeeze, Episode, Flix, VisualHub), HTML (intermediate, hand-coding), FTP (FileZilla, Transmit, Cute), iMovie, Moveable Type/Blogger interface, standard CMS, Adobe InCopy, K4, Final Draft, 45WPM typing
. 11 months ago
