Experience

EPG Brand Acceleration

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor for Rider, American Rider, and Woman Rider

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  • Copy-edit, fact-check, and proofread all content for Rider Magazine and American Rider monthly print issues following the Associated Press (AP) style guide. • Increase online engagement by publishing content on corresponding websites following SEO best practices. • Interview subject experts and other sources to create compelling human-interest features. • Create social-media content and assemble content for weekly newsletter. • Copy-edit, fact-check, and proofread all content for Rider Magazine and American Rider monthly print issues following the Associated Press (AP) style guide. • Increase online engagement by publishing content on corresponding websites following SEO best practices. • Interview subject experts and other sources to create compelling human-interest features. • Create social-media content and assemble content for weekly newsletter.



StoryTerrace

• United Kingdom
• Book Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ghostwriter and Proofreader

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  • Conduct multiple interviews with clients and ghostwrite captivating long-form first-person stories that maintain client voice and tone. • Improve quality of colleagues’ projects through proofreading and commentary. • Conduct multiple interviews with clients and ghostwrite captivating long-form first-person stories that maintain client voice and tone. • Improve quality of colleagues’ projects through proofreading and commentary.



https://pauldail.contently.com/

• Freelance Author

  • Jun 2011 - Present

  Paul D. Dail is a freelance fiction, creative nonfiction, and content writer. He is the author of "The Imaginings," a supernatural/horror novel, as well as numerous other short stories. His collection of flash fiction, "Free Five," spent over three years in the top 50 Kindle Horror Shorts Stories following its publication. His creative nonfiction has been published in The Good Men Project, Writer's Digest, The Sun Magazine, and regional periodicals. Paul D. Dail is a freelance fiction, creative nonfiction, and content writer. He is the author of "The Imaginings," a supernatural/horror novel, as well as numerous other short stories. His collection of flash fiction, "Free Five," spent over three years in the top 50 Kindle Horror Shorts Stories following its publication. His creative nonfiction has been published in The Good Men Project, Writer's Digest, The Sun Magazine, and regional periodicals.



Living Full Out Inc

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editorial Manager and Ghostwriter

  • Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

  • Manage article submission process for large publication content for legally blind CEO, life coach, and radio host Nancy Solari, including researching new publications and developing article topics. • Edit content to ensure appropriate author voice and submit queries. • Ghostwrite content for Nancy Solari as necessary. • Manage article submission process for large publication content for legally blind CEO, life coach, and radio host Nancy Solari, including researching new publications and developing article topics. • Edit content to ensure appropriate author voice and submit queries. • Ghostwrite content for Nancy Solari as necessary.



Freelance

• Remote

• Freelance Copyeditor

  • Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

  • ProofreadingPal.com: Copy-edit variety of business, academic, professional, and personal documents. Provide commentary/suggestions for improvement. • Study.com: Provide copy edits, formatting edits, commentary, and plagiarism checks for test question content, Q&A submissions, and lesson descriptions. • Demonstrate proficiency with numerous style guides, including Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press, Modern Language Association (MLA), and American Psychological Association (APA). • ProofreadingPal.com: Copy-edit variety of business, academic, professional, and personal documents. Provide commentary/suggestions for improvement. • Study.com: Provide copy edits, formatting edits, commentary, and plagiarism checks for test question content, Q&A submissions, and lesson descriptions. • Demonstrate proficiency with numerous style guides, including Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press, Modern Language Association (MLA), and American Psychological Association (APA).



St. George News

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Managing Editor, Sponsored Content Editor

  • Feb 2016 - Mar 2022

  Senior managing editor and journalist for St. George News / Cedar City News. • Improved quality of written and visual content and increase traffic for online news publication with approx. 1.6 million unique page views monthly. • Diversified management style to effectively lead assistant editors, reporters and freelancers of varying experience, from seasoned veterans to recent college graduates. • Engaged with business, government and other community leaders to develop relationships of mutual trust. • Maintained advertising client relations and assist in building advertiser base. • Coordinated between news, design and social media teams for multimedia coverage. • Assimilated various and sometimes conflicting interests of sales and news into a cohesive product. • Analyzed content metrics using Google Analytics and evaluate for future decision making. • Managed payroll tracking for multiple freelance writers and photographers • Created captivating featured images and other graphics using Adobe Photoshop. • Adhered to Associated Press Style Guide and SEO best practices for copy and line editing of content. • Composed content – from editorials to press releases – as necessary. Content available at https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/author/paul-dail/ Show less



Writer's Digest

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contributing Writer

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  Published article "The Fine Line Between Magic and Lying" in January 2018 issue. Published article "The Fine Line Between Magic and Lying" in January 2018 issue.



The Independent Southern Utah | SUindependent.com

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Mar 2015 - Feb 2016

  • Coordinated, scheduled and edited content from 25-40 contributors for online publication with over 65,000 monthly unique visitors (data from July 2015).• Oversaw content gathering, assembly and editing for monthly print edition with 24,000 print circulation (as of July 2015).• Managed social media accounts, including Facebook advertising.

• Editorial Assistant

  • Dec 2014 - Apr 2015

  Copy editing, line editing, content editing

• Contributing Writer

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  - Opinion column every two weeks- Feature articles- News writing



Robertson Blog Writers

• Content Writer

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2014

  - Create web content and lead-generating articles for Adobe, Vivent Home Security, Vivent Lead Generator, Budget Home Insurance, the Defensive Driving Council and MapR, developer of the Apache-Hadoop software, a big data solution utilized by such companies as Facebook and Yahoo! - Ghostwriter for criminal defense attorney blog - Create web content and lead-generating articles for Adobe, Vivent Home Security, Vivent Lead Generator, Budget Home Insurance, the Defensive Driving Council and MapR, developer of the Apache-Hadoop software, a big data solution utilized by such companies as Facebook and Yahoo! - Ghostwriter for criminal defense attorney blog



Elan/Etched Magazine

• Contributing Writer

  • Mar 2014 - Jun 2014

  Contributor: - "Sarah Ramaker: A dancer finding balance"- Etched Fall 2014 - "Workin' on the Sweat"- Elan Summer 2014 - "Tuacahn Summer Arts Institute: Out to change the world...one note at a time"- Elan Travel 2014 Contributor: - "Sarah Ramaker: A dancer finding balance"- Etched Fall 2014 - "Workin' on the Sweat"- Elan Summer 2014 - "Tuacahn Summer Arts Institute: Out to change the world...one note at a time"- Elan Travel 2014



Suite 101

• Contributing Writer

  • Mar 2012 - Mar 2012

  Published two-part article on the craft of writing entitled "How to write a good bad guy." Published two-part article on the craft of writing entitled "How to write a good bad guy."