PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mind Over Media, Content Strategist, 2001-2002
Responsibilities:
- Wrote
copy, audio scripts and developed wireframes for PNC Bank New Account
Training CD-ROM.
- Wrote
copy and developed content strategy for MOM's marketing e-mail blasts.
- Developed
site architecture, content, student vignettes and online tour for Grove
City College website redesign.
- Wrote
feature stories about women in science for Bayer's Women's History Month
intranet issue.
- Created
file structure for proposal archive.
- Wrote
MOM project case studies for marketing and sales efforts.
marchFIRST, Consultant/Information Architect,
2000 - 2001
Responsibilities:
- Developed
wireframes and sitemaps and gathered technical requirements for UPMC
Physicians, a large database-driven physician directory web site and
wizard.
- Tailored
search engine-based content for PNC Advisors: www.pncadvisors.com.
- Wrote
and edited content and creative and usability briefs for OYOGear: www.oyogear.com,
and ElderVision: www.eldervision.net.
- Composed
CD and print content highlighting the firm's talent for potential clients.
- Developed
HTML templates for UPMC Physicians web site and wizard.
Society of Automotive Engineers, Web Editor,
1998 - 2000, www.sae.org,
www.sts.sae.org
Responsibilities:
- Created,
edited, and posted content to the Society's 20,000-page web site and
its affiliate, Service Technicians Society.
- Tutored
staff on HTML and guided staff on web site content presentation.
- Wrote
press releases, newsletter articles, and other promotional materials
about the SAE web site.
- Processed
graphic images and photos for web site use.
- Posted
and kept track of log files for banner and recruitment ads.
Air & Waste Management Association, Publications
Editor,
1996 - 1998, www.awma.org
Responsibilities:
- Revamped
the Association's web site as part of the web design team.
- Transferred
all text and images from the Association's two monthly print magazines
to the web site creating EM Online and the Journal Online.
- Managed
the production of the Association's specialty conference proceedings,
including getting printing quotes, coordinating tasks with designers
and conference chairs, and writing promotional materials for newly released
books.
- Wrote
briefs, edited articles, and proofread layouts for the Journal, EM,
and A&WMA News. Coordinated production with printing and design
vendors.
Pittsburgh Business Times, Reporter, 1994
-1995
Responsibilities:
- Researched
and wrote news stories and business briefs for the real estate and development
beat.
Center for Advanced Social Research, Project
Manager/Supervisor, 1993 - 1994
Responsibilities:
- Managed
research projects, including scheduling tasks, implementing surveys,
and preparing survey results.
- Acted
as liaison with clients and produced progress reports.
- Helped
write and program surveys using CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing).
- Supervised
and trained new employees.
The Columbia Missourian, Staff Writer, Copy Editor,
1993 - 1994
Responsibilities:
- Researched
and wrote news stories for business and education beats and general
assignment reporting.
- Wrote
features, reviews, and entertainment stories for the paper's Weekend
Magazine.
- Copy
edited news stories, wrote headlines, and proofread bluelines.
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PAST CLIENTS & PROJECTS
PNC Bank
Grove City College
Bayer
UPMC
PNC Advisors
SAE
AWMA
TOOLS
Dreamweaver
Microsoft FrontPage
HotDog
HomeSite
HTML
Visio
Adobe Photoshop
PowerPoint
Vignette
SKILLS
Information Architecture
Information Design
Content Management
Technical Writing
Professional Writing
Editing and Proofreading
Proposal Development
Project Management
Leadership
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