TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows and MacIntosh computers

CMS: Drupal, WordPress, Sitecore, Ektron

Applications: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, QuarkXpress, InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, and CSS

Microsoft Certified Office Specialist: Word

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Web Producer/Content Editor, HTML, CSS, Front - End Worker

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the front-end development and launch of the corporation’s Sitecore 8.0 CMS
• Tagging, meta tagging
• Posting articles
• Proofing, copy editing
• HTML, CSS

Writer/Editor, Web Content Editor, HTML, CSS, Front-End Worker

Confidential, Bronx, NY

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in the launch of sections of the company’s Website
• Posting articles, information and package pieces to the web
• Meta tagging, key words, and art assistance
• Handling the company’s Facebook page and Twitter posts
• Responsible for Quality Assurance on web
• Helped reorganize sections of the website
• Verified that newly built sections linked to the Ektron system rendered clearly in Google, IE, Foxfire, etc.
• Making sure the articles, information, and PDFs were posted to the web site and that the links worked
• EDITORIAL
• Responsible for writing Health and Medical articles; aim was to make complicated issues understandable to the public. Visit Linkedin to see writing samples
• Editing or rewriting sections of the Confidential website
• Editing and proofing company reports, documents and letters
• Responsible for editing and proofing all in-house advertising, including brochures, video content, billboards, magazines, etc.
• Writing the biographies of the Board of Directors, Executive Team and other members of upper management
• Writing company news and information for the intranet
• Writing and editing abilities, knowledge of the Microsoft suite, Photoshop, SharePoint, HTML, CSS, Meta tags and Ektron System was needed for this position.
• A strong background in AP and The Chicago Manual of Style

Web Content Editor/Producer, CSS, HTML

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Migrate content from the corporation’s old site into their new platform, also added links to the pages
• Populate the corporation’s CMS with new and existing content, using HTML, hand coding and Dreamweaver
• Adapt design elements to new style sheets
• Responsible making sure PDFs, external and internal links and sites work
• Responsible for Quality Assurance and documentation of the site’s progress using SharePoint
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, hand coding, Photoshop, Meta Tags, Dreamweaver, SharePoint, and Sitecore CMS were needed
• Proofreading

Web Content Editor • Copy Editor • Copywriter

Confidential, New Providence, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with Site Optimization Director to improve quality of content for readership
• Rewrite, edit and proofread legal information for Confidential .com with the aim of improving SEO and capturing a greater market share
• Copy Edit information for grammar, spelling, syntax, and logic
• Rewrite landing pages and headlines to end redundancies
• Extensive editing and writing background is needed
• Knowledge of basic law, Research, AP Style, Word, Excel, and Sitecore CMS was necessary for this job.

Web Content Editor • Copy Editor

Confidential, Albany, NY

Responsibilities:

• Worked with several managers on various sites to strengthen Confidential ’s brand and site retention
• The editorial phase demanded succinct, clear writing, rewrites and edits of pages, from short briefs to entire sections. It called for strong copy editing skills and a knowledge of AP style.
• Wrote content optimized for search engines, including metadata titles, descriptions, and keywords; prepared photos, and created links to PDFs and to web pages
• Migrated thousands of pages to the Sitecore CMS, also copy edited and helped rewrite several press releases
• Knowledge of Dreamweaver, SharePoint, Sitecore CMS, CSS, HTML5, hand coding, meta tagging
• Edited copy and prepared it for the Drupal module
• Wrote and copy edited for a start-up IRA consulting firm, and an environmental firm
• The job demands precision, an ability to meet deadlines, and computer and web skills

Web Editor • Copy Editor

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Edited articles on direct, database, Internet and advertising news for the Confidential website and its weekly trade publication
• Managed, organized, edited, hand coded and posted the daily and weekly e-newsletters
• Edited, rewrote, updated and hand coded and posted full length and feature stories along with pictures
• Suggested and developed stories for the web; worked with the reporters to improve their articles
• HTML, an understanding of the CSS and CMS as well as AP style was needed

Copy Editor • Page Designer • Reporter

Confidential, Westchester, NY

Responsibilities:

• Edited national, local, business, financial, feature, and front page stories for this daily newspaper
• Composed headlines, rewrote stories, captions, call out boxes, and proofread pages
• Prepared front page news summaries and managed the flow of copy from bureaus
• This deadline-driven job required strong analytical skills, and fast, accurate, detailed editing
• Covered breaking news, crime, fire, and features stories in southern Westchester County
• Strong knowledge of AP style, Apple, PC, Word, QuarkXpress and Photoshop was needed

Copy Editor • Night Wire Desk

Confidential, McLean, VA

Responsibilities:

• Edited and rewrote copy for Confidential ’s wire service and Confidential
• The job demanded versatility, an ability to write fast and on deadline.