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SKILLS:   Photoshop, Wordpress, Tumblr, InCopy, Content Management, Final Cut Pro, Social Media Management, HTML
                 
                 Systems Used: Acadaca, RAMs, Mangus, Drupal, DTI Content Publisher, Webportal, Hermes, Polopoly, Disqus​,      
​                 Vignette (Open Text), Livefyre, Parse.ly, Omniture, Joomla, JIRA, Mac and PC computer systems

EXPERIENCE:     

04/2016 – Present    Digital Associate Web Producer, Vanity Fair, New York, NY

•    Produce blog posts, articles, photo galleries for www.vanityfair.com.
•    Prep magazine issue content for the web. 
•    Coordinate content between writers, copy editors, photo departments, and editors. 
•    Work as a freelance web producer.  

04/2015 – Present    Digital Production Associate, Macmillan-St. Martin Press, New York, NY

•    Schedule in-house cover reveals and excerpts. 
•    Produce over 40 blog posts weekly for heroesandheartbreakers.com. 
•    Compile data to produce monthly book shopping list in Dreamweaver.
•    Create Now Win This sweepstakes pages. 
•    Write metadata and produce daily newsletter, Afternoon Tea. 
•    Manage Heroes and Heartbreakers’ Instagram and Pinterest account.
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07/2015 – 11/2015    Freelance Web Producer, Harper’s Bazaar ShopBazaar.com, NY, NY

•    Wrote and produced product descriptions and content for the ShopBAZAAR e-commerce site.
•    Uploaded over 600 new products and 300 products as a solo producer within two weeks. 

12/2014 – 05/2015    Digital Production Coordinator, Hearst Digital Media, New York, NY
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•    Contributed to the 2015 relaunch of Elle, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Seventeen,
      Country Living, and Good Housekeeping. 
•    Worked with the migration team to QA and fix content with weekly deadlines. Used Excel to map
      content to web sections for developers.
•    Handled troubleshooting issues with HTML, images, site functionality, and metadata.
​•    Coordinated with migration team in Michigan to identify bugs and updated Production Director on
​      status of projects.
•    Rebuilt slideshows and article content as freelance web producer for Esquire.com. 

09/2013 – 11/2014    Community Engagement Web Producer, Fox News Channel, New York, NY

•    Coordinated with Operation team to resolve bugs or issues relating to apps or website while working
     with the community engagement team. 
•    Managed social media accounts and assisted with editorial team training.  
•    Performed Comp Analysis on web pages and digital projects. 
•    Used Omniture, Parse.ly, and Outbrain to assess content performance and audience engagement.    
•    Worked with editors to select content for Features & Faces on Foxnews.com homepage. 

                             

VOLUNTEER:  First Take Journalism Workshop (Mentor), MASA-MexED, Inc. (Literacy Team Leader)

AWARDS:   Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Winner 2011, Japan

AFFILIATIONS:   National Association of Black Journalists, Member
                              New York Times Student Journalism Institute 2012                                           

EDUCATION:  Howard University, School of Communications, Washington, D.C. 
                        BA, Online and Print Media 2012
                        English Minor          

References available upon request.