Hard Facts

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong background in nonprofit institutions, such as the Milken Family Foundation and Art Center College of Design
• Supervised website redesigns emphasizing new media and search engine optimization, including for Milken Educator Awards private network and the Lowell Milken Center
• Managing Editor of Pasadena magazine
• Editor for Connections, Milken Educator alumni magazine
• Experience managing freelance writers, graphic designers and photographers

SKILLS

Digital Content Management
• Directed all content, photos and videos for the Milken Family Foundation’s website mff.org
• Established and increased social media presence for Pasadena Magazine through Facebook and increased Milken Family Foundation Twitter followers by nearly 25% in one year (1700 to over 2100)
• Supervised transition of Connections, the Milken Educator Awards alumni magazine, from print to online publication
• Optimized keywords, meta-tags and content for search engines
• Oversaw content for a variety of Art Center websites including artcenter.edu and 2008 Art Center Design Conference

Editorial Management
• Managed freelance writer and photography staff of 25-40 employees
• Secured first celebrity cover for Pasadena magazine with Sophia Bush, followed by celebrity cover shoots featuring Cuba Gooding Jr., Jaime King and Eva La Rue
• Editor for DOT magazine, Art Center’s academic journal

Writing/Editorial
• Produced 50-60, 400-word Milken Educator profiles annually
• Contributed over 50 features stories to Pasadena magazine, including human-interest, travel, style, health and cuisine articles
• Crafted letter from the staff for each monthly issue of Pasadena magazine

JOB HISTORY

Online Communications Editor Milken Family Foundation September 2009 – Current
Managing Editor Pasadena Magazine April 2008 – August 2009
Communications Editor Art Center College of Design April 2007 – April 2008
Copywriter Intermix Media/Fox Interactive Jan. 2006 – April 2007
Assistant Web Editor SkinStore.com Jan. 2005 – Jan 2006

EDUCATION

The University of California Berkeley – Aug. 2000- May 2004
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, Minor in Creative Writing