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•	Co-hosted over 100 episodes of the LA Music Podcast on TradioV and on the Tune-In app.
•	Regularly interviewed musicians and industry folk live, both on and off camera. 
•	Wrote featured artists articles, music news articles, interviews, top lists, playlists, op-eds and show reviews.

Podcaster/Staff Writer

•	Created documents highlighting vehicle specification differences between models of different automotive makes. 
•	Wrote copy offering convincing pro/con arguments for car dealership sales people. 
•	Completed various other quick-turnaround copy editing and fact-checking assignments.


Freelance Copywriter

•	Edited web page copy to WDPRO and AP style standards for the Disney Cruise Line Port Adventure web pages with a team of copy editors.
•	Created inviting, descriptive captions and alt-text for images across Disney Cruise Line web pages.
•	Wrote SEO friendly meta-descriptions for Adventures by Disney web pages.

Digital Copy Editor

•	Created a system for extracting user-made content (walkthroughs, advice, technical tips, and experiential knowledge) from forums. 
•	Devised workflow for rapid creation of technical, accurate automotive articles targeting long-tail keywords.
•	Created standard article types (how-tos, diagnostics, brand reviews, upgrade guides, and others) with templates for freelance writers and editors. 
•	Created diagrams, images, and animated gifs for articles. 
•	Provided Photoshop, Wordpress, HTML, CSS, Facebook, Instagram and other technological support to team members and freelancers.
•	Trained the Content Manager and the junior editors on above practices.


Technical Content Editor

•	Wrote car reviews, features, and blog posts for a dozen sites across the Internet Brands Automotive network (Corvettefoum.com, Ford-Trucks.com, MBWorld.org, Clublexus.com, and others.)
•	Edited, advised, and recruited freelance writers and other editors. 
•	Wrote, scheduled, and published Facebook and Twitter posts for all blog content.
•	Supervised email newsletter marketing; that includes writing subject lines, scheduling A/B tests, troubleshooting ExactTarget issues, incorporating OR and CTR data into content strategy, and training email marketing coordinators.
•	Provided support for Photoshop, Wordpress, HTML, CSS, Facebook, Instagram and other technologies to team members and freelancers.


Automotive Content Editor

•	Rewrote and edited tutorial copy from a technical voice to a less intimidating, conversational tone.
•	Wrote blog posts about digital encryption and cloud-based storage.
•	Wrote two XM radio advertising spots.


•	Researched and wrote 15 to 20 email newsletter stories weekly.
•	Discovered relevant content on the web for newsletter items.
•	Wrote articles, product descriptions, and news sections for Soil Erosion and Hydroseeding, and Irrigation & Green Industry magazines.


Editorial Assistant

•	Localized game text for Mabinogi and Dungeon Fighter online games.
•	Extracted, corrected, and replaced mistranslated text from dialogue, menu, and narrative strings.
•	Wrote “cash shop” descriptions, achievements, and blog material for a variety of games and projects. 


Jr. Copywriter

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University of California, Merced