EDUCATION:      
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
M.A. in Modern Art History, Theory and Criticism, 2003

Boston University, Boston, MA
B.S. in Journalism with a Minor in Art History, 1997

EMPLOYMENT:       
Copy Editor, TheFrisky.com, NY, NY, 8/2009 - present.
--Copy-edit more than 60 blog posts per day as well as daily email newsletters and email blasts for this women's website managed by Turner Media Group. There are more than 2,000,000 unique visitors to the site per month.

Editor, UnderTheMicroscope.com, Feminist Press, NY, NY, 8/2008 – 8/2009.
--Manage all content and editorial projects for this website devoted to inspiring young girls to pursue
careers in science, including planning editorial schedule, recruiting writing talent, managing interns, editing and copyediting all articles, writing 75% of the site's content and more.
           
Copy Editor, Film.com, Real Networks, Seattle, WA, 6/2007 - 7/2009.
--Copyedit all articles and blogs before publication every day, copyedit for HTML, grammar, style, accuracy and clarity; as well as write headline and teaser copy.

Freelance Writer and Copywriter for various publications, since 2000.
--Published articles about food, travel, art, and urban culture for The Vermont Times,
The Boston Phoenix, Stuff, UR Chicago, Chicago Artists’ News, CenterstageChicago.com, Film.com, White Hot magazine, Venus Zine, and additional publications.

Recent projects:
•    Writer for Movies and TV sections of Film.com (Jan. 2008 – present)
•    Copywriter for RollingStone.com – product review of BlueAnt headset (Nov. 2008)
•    Copywriter for ABSOLUT VISIONS project for Flavorpill/ABSOLUT Vodka (May 2008)
•    Blogger for ChicTip.com, an interior design website (July 2008 – present)
•    Features Writer for Chicago Artists’ News (2008)
•    PR writer for Koscielak Gallery and select visual artists (Jan. 2006 – April 2008)

Arts Editor, CenterstageChicago.com, Chicago Sun-Times, 1/2005 – 4/2007.
--Wrote and edited articles for the arts section of this online guide to Chicago. Weekly contributions included gallery profiles, artist interviews, neighborhood art guides, and exhibit reviews. Maintained a database of art venue descriptions and managed arts section editorial calendar.

Program Manager, Columbia College Chicago, 11/2004 – 4/2007.
--Managed promotions, events planning, administrative projects, and communications for the Center for Teaching Excellence, a resource center for 1,3000 faculty, at this college for arts and media studies. Raised college-wide awareness of the center by developing/writing an annual newsletter, writing brochures and flyers, and improving the website as department Webmaster.

Gallery Director, Rena Sternberg Gallery, Glencoe, IL, 12/2003 - 11/2004.
--Managed contemporary fine art gallery on Chicago’s north shore. Facilitated sales,wrote and distributed all communications, PR, and marketing materials; organized events and art tours; installed artwork; managed all financial operations; and supervised interns.

Arts Editor, F Newsmagazine, Chicago, IL, 9/2000 – 5/2002.
--Edited the arts section of monthly arts magazine with a distribution of 12,000 in Chicago; managed a staff of seven writers; worked with editorial team to determine content and layout; wrote features, art reviews, conducted interviews; fact-checked and copyedited entire publication.

Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 9/01 – 5/2002.
--Taught art history survey course to undergrad studio majors. Lectured on art history from prehistoric to postmodern era, wrote assignments and exams, and evaluated student performance.

Marketing Associate, Bedford/St. Martin’s, Boston, MA, 6/1998 – 7/2000.
--Assisted Director of Marketing with managing a team of national sales reps for leading publisher of college English textbooks; also, developed and created a variety of sales tools and resources, as well as maintained marketing & sales information on company intranet.

AWARDS/
ACTIVITIES:      
--Volunteer ESL Teacher, El Centro, Hartley House, New York, NY, 1/2008 – present.
--Recipient of “Art of Leadership” certificate from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Chicago, IL, 12/2006.
--Volunteer, San Diego Historical Society Museum, San Diego, California, 1/2004 – 7/2004.
--Recipient of “Student Leadership Award” from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 5/2002.
--Visitor Services Volunteer, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 6/1999 – 6/2000.

COMPUTER SKILLS:       
MS Office for Mac/PC, Powerpoint, FileMaker, Dreamweaver, Serena Collage, various CMS, Movable Type Platform, Peoplesoft, ACT, Adobe Reader, Photoshop, basic HTML, BBEdit.

EDITORIAL SKILLS:   
Proofreading, fact checking, and researching; copy-editing in AP and Chicago Manual of Style.