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Content Project Manager for MSN Lifestyle

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Society of Professional Journalists award-winning, results-driven digital media manager, editor and writer with more than 9 years professional online management experience and strong cross-team collaboration skills creating best-in-class web experiences. Leader with proven track record growing online reach for one of the largest online media networks in the world, web and print newspapers.       

Willing to relocate.  

Specialties: high UI experiences, online content development, project management, editor, producer, writer, social media management (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest), digital strategy, assignment editor, budget management, partner management, mobile content strategy, web analytics, video production, layout, design, publicity, HTML, basic digital photo and Photoshop skills, CMS Bedrock, Omniture, Wordpress, SharePoint, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, familiar with iMovie.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop, assign, program, produce high UI original and partner slideshow/article content for women's lifestyle channel (Style, Relationships, Décor & Family). 
• Manage overall news strategy.
• Recruit, manage freelance writers for Living news/trends blogs.
• Daily news assignment producer/editor for 8 news blogs. 
• Produce quick-turn editorial experiences on news/trends (copy, images, video).
• Manage large/demanding freelance budget, assignments.
• Production and site building: Produce articles/slideshows, update/build web pages daily with complex CMS.
• Content management (SharePoint).
• React to sudden changes in strategy (strong adaptability skills). 
• Forward plan for seasonal events, holidays.
• Create, manage, produce weekly video series, Sex by the Numbers – highest performing video series on Living.
• Manage mobile strategy. 
• Social media management, calendaring.
• Manage partnerships, curate content from top Lifestyle magazines/websites (The Knot, Redb

•	Daily editor/producer/assignment editor for MSN.com.
•	Recruit and manage group of 15+ freelance writers.
•	Create and maintain demanding daily budget using Sharepoint.
•	Manage content creation around breaking news and trending topics.
•	React to sudden changes in strategy. 
•	Recognize, write and produce compelling search content and features. 
•	Instrumental in content creation, content production and feature improvements of search content for the MSN U.S. Home Page and Entry Points team. This includes coordinating with editors to identify hot topics, create breaking news alerts (when appropriate) and do on-the-fly query curation for related terms. 
•	Plan for event coverage (award shows, holidays, sporting events, etc.).
•	Create search content experiences using the Bing search engine, some editing and writing and work in the MSN and or Bing content publishing system, Content Studio (Bedrock).
•	Work closely on content creation/coverage of trending topics with MSN editors, peer p

Daily Production Manager

• Instrumental in launch of daily news websites.
• Set daily direction of website coverage. 
• Daily coordination with reporters, editors and contributors ensuring a fresh news offering. 
• Write & edit compelling content using SEO & AP Style..
• Gather media, report stories and react to breaking news. 
• Streamline various types of media, including video and photos, gathered by reporters in the field and publish online in a timely manner. 
• Daily responsibilities include participation in news meetings, breaking news coverage, special project planning. 
• Manage online social media tools (Facebook, Twitter) 
• Train/ manage editorial staff, seek out/train/manage interns. 
• Write sharp headlines and summaries, perform basic copyediting. 
• InDesign page layout and story placement. 
• Work with Word, Excel, Publisher, Dreamweaver and HTML.

Online Content Manager

•	Report on various local issues; education, housing, land use, government and features.
•	Research, interview and write stories for daily and weekly print and Web deadlines for an average of five articles per week. 
•	Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
•	Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
•	Research, observe, receive, and otherwise obtain information from all relevant sources.
•	Monitor and assess self-performance and of other individuals to make improvements or take corrective action.
•	Shoot video and photographs for stories. Edit for online and print. Track quality of Web sites.
•	Assign topics, events and stories to individual reporters and photographers for coverage. 
•	Edit for AP style and as well as coordinate copy, design and layout of the paper.
•	Experience with HTML.

Reporter/Assistant Editor

•	Instrumental in launch of daily news websites.
•	Led daily direction of news and feature content resulting in exponential page view growth.
•	Wrote/edited content for SEO & AP Style.
•	Trained, managed editorial staff.  
•	Gathered media, reported stories and reacted to breaking news on various local issues. 
•	Streamlined various types of media (video, photos, content) to publish under tight deadlines. 
•	Managed daily news meetings, special project planning. 
•	Managed social media tools (Facebook).
•	Wrote headlines and summaries that contributed to increase in CTR. 
•	InDesign page layout, story placement, copyediting. 
•	   Analytics tracking.   
•	Word, Excel, HTML.
 

Reporter

Robinson Newspapers, Seattle		
•	Oversaw copy development, covered local beats; education, politics, law enforcement, arts, social issues and more. 
•	In charge of design and layout, copyediting and assigning stories to staff reporters and freelancers.

Editor
•	Compass, The Explorer (annual area guides)-Robinson Newspapers, Seattle
•	Oversaw editorial development and edited all copy for three years. 
•	Formatted layout and design.

Reporter 									April, 2006
American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)-Seattle
•	Selected as one of a small number of students and professionals to serve as reporters during the ASNE Seattle convention. 
•	Minimum of two deadlines per day, one for the society Web site, another for the convention daily newspaper. 
•	Covered national announcement of the sale of several major newspapers. Wrote the Web copy and co-wrote the print version.

Reporter 									Fall/Winter, 2004
The Daily, The University of Washington-Seattle 
•	Pitched story ideas, assigned to

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