Professional Profile

Experienced publications manager and editor with a proven track record developing, planning and producing magazines, newspapers and specialty publications for web and print. Skillful, articulate leader with experience managing multi-functional teams of journalists, promoting communication, providing motivation and maximizing efficiency across multiple projects. Demonstrated management and communications skills with the ability to maintain long-term, collaborative relationships with customers and other teams. Talented writer, photographer and publication designer with experience creating award-winning, high-engagement print and online packages.

Skills Summary

Professional Experience

Editor/Manager

• Hired, managed and evaluated writers, photographers and graphic designers, as well as multiple freelancers.

  • Ensured that deadlines, budgets and quality metrics were consistently met.

  • Suburban weekly newspaper received five General Excellence awards from the South Carolina Press Association; personally honored multiple times for writing and design.

  • Monthly parenting magazine received more than 20 awards for writing, layout and photography.

• Created yearly editorial calendars and monthly content budgets for online and print.

• Concurrently edited content for monthly magazines, weekly newspapers and multiple special publications.

• Managed online presence for two publications.

  • Directed launch of new magazine website in 2015 that saw consistent month-over-month growth.

  • Regularly posted and managed content for multiple websites.

  • Directed social media efforts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for monthly magazines.

  • Used Adobe Analytics (Omniture) daily to monitor web traffic and engagement.

• Oversaw production process, and managed bids and ongoing relationships with commercial printers.

  • Achieved 20-plus percent savings on printing for monthly magazine — more than $75,000 annually.

• Worked with sales teams to ensure profit goals were met.

  • Worked with general sales manager to develop yearly content operating budgets.

  • Monthly parenting magazine averaged 38 percent profit margin.

Writer/Photographer/Designer

• Created story packages for magazines, newspapers and websites.

  • Conceptualized, interviewed, wrote and photographed news and feature stories.

  • Wrote weekly feature column for mid-sized daily newspaper.

• Recipient of multiple awards for publication design and graphics from South Carolina Press Association.

• Writing and design consultant to newspapers; redesigned sections for newspaper group in Alabama.

• Lead seminars on layout and design for commercial printers and press associations.

• Member, Professional Photographers of America.

Prepress/IT

• Prepress manager for mid-sized commercial printing company.

  • Oversaw day-to-day departmental operations and ensured all production deadlines were met, working closely with sales and press departments.

  • Hired, managed and trained staff.

  • Directed equipment purchases and transition to a direct-to-plate production process.

  • Managed IT operations including procurement, configuration, installation and maintenance for network of Macintosh and PC computers and servers.

  • Calibrated equipment for color accuracy and consistency from file to press.

  • Troubleshooted customer files.

  • Designed collateral, including brochures, newsletters, and small publications.

• Managed IT services for weekly newspapers.

  • Procured, configured and installed equipment and software, including platesetters, and trained users to produce print-ready products.

  • Directed weekly newspaper’s transition to fully paginated design process.

• IT consultant specializing in Macintosh and Macintosh-PC based mixed networks.

  • Manage and maintain networks, servers and workstations for clients throughout the Southeast.

  • Optimize equipment for efficiency, consistency and maximum uptime.

  • Implement backup strategies that have consistently provided effective data safety.

  • Through calibration, ensure color accuracy for clients in printing and publication industries.

  • Train publication-centric users in color toning, software use and proper file-building strategies.

  • Design and build engaging, SEO-friendly websites for small businesses.

Employment History

• Online and Print Media Coordinator

  • Clemson University College of Science, Clemson, SC; June 2017 – present

• Custom/Non-Daily Publications Manager

  • The Greenville News, Greenville, SC; April 2001 – November 2016

• Prepress/IT Manager

  • Cross Country Printing, Greenville, SC; 1996 – 2000

• Editor

  • Tribune-Times, Simpsonville, SC; 1990 – 1995

 Computer Skills

Education

• University of South Carolina – Spartanburg

  • Major in English with concentration in journalism and communications