Experience

Santa Fe New Mexican

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Copy Editor

  • Oct 2013 - Present

• Freelance copy editor

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2013



Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company

• Copywriter

  • Aug 2007 - Jul 2013

  Collaborated with art directors to generate concepts and write copy for direct mail, print ads, consumer engagement events and web content. Collaborated with art directors to generate concepts and write copy for direct mail, print ads, consumer engagement events and web content.



The Taos News

• Special Sections/Web Editor

  • Dec 2005 - Jun 2007

  Managed, edited and generated content for numerous recurring special sections, including one of the largest visitor’s guides published in New Mexico. Also managed digital content, including frequent breaking news updates and a weekly subscriber email newsletter.

• Editor

  • Feb 2003 - Dec 2005

  Myriad job duties included editing, page layout, editorial writing, and department management. Spearheaded the paper’s conversion from QuarkXPress to InDesign, and was instrumental in the complete redesign of the paper.

• Assistant/Interim Editor

  • Jan 2003 - Feb 2003

  Responsible for final approval of all pages of the newspaper. Paginated ads, created PDFs and transmitted them to the out-of-town press for printing. Became interim editor during previous editor’s one-month leave of absence before resigning.

• Arts reporter/Compositor

  • Sep 2000 - Jan 2003

  Arts reporter for Tempo, the paper’s weekly arts magazine, covering visual, performing and literary arts. Shot photos for many assignments. Some work as a general assignment reporter. Involved in final stages of newspaper production. Numerous fill-in duties as arts editor and paginator.