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Executive Level Editor

Award-winning editor and writer with 10 years experience producing magazines, journals, web sites, books, and marketing collateral. Self-directed and entrepreneurial with a pioneering, quality-focused work ethic leading to best-in-class results.

Professional Experience

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY Boston, MA 6/06 — Present

Hired to start a magazine, write news stories, and promote events for the College of Arts and Sciences at this private, urban university of nearly 10,000 students.
Director of Communications/Editor-in-Chief, Suffolk Arts+Sciences magazine

  • Administrative: develop strategic print and online marketing plans; forecast and track budgets; manage Dean’s Office of Communications team of two full-time staff, interns, graduate fellows and work-study students
  • Online marketing: write news stories; update web pages; maintain four blogs, two twitter accounts and facebook page
  • Print publishing: founded Suffolk Arts+Sciences magazine in 2007, an 80-page full-color annual publication. Select photographers, writers, artists, and production vendors. Collaborate with creative director/designer. Determine content, assign articles and photography; review and edit submissions
  • Electronic publishing: manage magazine content across multiple platforms, including University web pages, WordPress magazine blog, two digital editions (nxtbook, issuu.com), and facebook
  • Achievements: put Suffolk University and Suffolk Arts+Sciences magazine on the map in new ways, with the first two issues of the magazine winning 12 national editorial and design awards

BROWN UNIVERSITY Providence, RI 12/01 — 3/06

Hired as a writer/editor for the Education Alliance, one of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories across the nation funded by U.S. Department of Education grants.
Writer/Editor; Senior Writer/Editor; Publications Manager

  • Editorial: wrote education articles for web site, journals, magazines, and trade publications; edited research papers, reports, books, and tools for educators and policy makers; served as co-editor of multi-million dollar federal grant proposal to U.S. Department of Education
  • Management: directed publication department projects and supervised staff, including five writer/editors, two designers, and freelance proofreading and design support
  • Achievements: received two promotions; chosen by both colleagues and upper management to lead the publications team during the 5th and final year of the grant, successfully delivering more than 30 concurrent print projects for submission to the US DOE

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Burlington, VT 9/00 — 3/01

Hired as a member of the University Communications team at Vermont’s oldest and largest university.
Communications Specialist

  • Reporting: wrote press releases, web content, and news articles; published articles in the Addison Independent, the Bennington Banner, and The Record newspapers
  • Media relations: developed network of print, radio, and television media connections for placing stories and generating coverage of events, students, and faculty
  • Achievements: successfully placed dozens of news stories in local print and broadcast media outlets

TUPELO PRESS Walpole, NH 10/99 — 4/00

Assisted independent publisher with editorial support and general office management for a start-up literary press.
Managing Editor

  • Marketing: managed branding efforts, including logo/web design; wrote web copy
  • Editorial: ran writing competitions; solicited writers; acquired manuscripts
  • Achievements: helped build the foundation and strategy of start-up business still operating today

ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY Keene, NH 8/97 — 6/01

Selected to serve as graduate student editor of national environmental literary journal, Whole Terrain, published by the Environmental Studies Department since 1992.
Editor, Whole Terrain journal

  • Publication management: responsible for editorial, marketing, distribution, and production of annual journal as independent graduate practicum. Produced Volume 7 1998-99: Transience, Permanence and Commitment, and Volume 8 1999-2000: Legacy and Posterity, shaping issues around themes; acquiring submissions; selecting and editing manuscripts; conducting interviews; writing introductions; supervising interns
  • Design: created layout for each 72-page issue; developed brochures, posters, ads, letterhead, logo, business cards, and media kit
  • Achievements: first student to be rehired into a second term as editor; first graduate hired to guest edit an issue after graduating; first editor to create promotional materials to support the marketing of Whole Terrain

NAROPA UNIVERSITY Boulder, CO 1994 — 1995

Launched an environmental newsletter as a self-designed undergraduate student project at this private, nonsectarian liberal arts college focused on contemplative education.
Founding editor, BABEL quarterly newsletter

  • Publications management: conceptualized a quarterly newsletter, BABEL, for the environmental studies department; recruited student writers, poets, photographers, and artists; edited submissions; conducted interviews; wrote articles; designed layout; produced, distributed and marketed publication
  • Achievements: the Admissions Office began using BABEL as a marketing tool, purchasing additional printed copies and sending it to prospective students

FREELANCE CLIENTS

Write, edit and serve as a communications consultant for a variety of organizations:

  • The Trustees of Reservations (Special Places)
  • Center for Secondary School Redesign (CSSR)
  • National Association of Secondary School Principals (Principal Leadership)
  • Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest Notes)
  • Audubon International (Stewardship News)
  • Boulder County Parks and Open Space (Images)

Education

  • Graduate Certificate, Publishing, Emerson College, Boston, MA
  • Master of Science, Environmental Studies & Communications, Antioch University, Keene, NH
  • Study Abroad, Schumacher College International Centre for Ecological Studies, Devon, England
  • Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies/Minor in Writing & Literature, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
  • Continuing Education, English, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
  • Journalism, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY

Awards

For Suffolk Arts+Sciences magazine:

  • FOLIO : Gold EDDIE 2008, 2009; Silver OZZIE , 2009; Bronze OZZIE 2008
  • Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Bronze Award, 2009
  • Society of National Association Publications (SNAP) Bronze EXCEL 2009; Gold EXCEL, 2008; EXCEL EXTRA! 2008
  • Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Beacon Award, 2009; Distinguished Achievement Award, 2009
  • Apex Award of Excellence, 2008
  • Graphic Design USA American Graphic Design Award, 2009

Career Notes

Webinar Panelist for Nxtbook Media: “Digital Viewbooks, Alumni Magazines and More,” 2010
Awards Judge for Society for National Association Publications, 2009
Adjunct College Instructor

  • Suffolk University, Communication & Journalism Department: Journalism I and II; Magazine Writing; Feature Writing
  • Bristol Community College, Science Division: Introduction to Physical Geology

Conferences

  • SustainCommWorld: The Green Media Show, Boston 2008
  • FOLIO : NYC 2007, 2010; Chicago 2008

Computer Skills

Mac and PC; Microsoft Office; Adobe Creative Suite; QuarkXPress; WordPress; content management systems; social media (twitter, facebook, LinkedIn)