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GENERAL

Amanda Hawkins
371 Manhattan Avenue, #3R
Brooklyn, NY 11211

hawkamanda@gmail.com
http://www.holamanda.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NBCUniversal – iVillage.com
Associate Lifestyles Editor | New York, NY | February 2012 – present

• Aid the senior editors of the lifestyles team — Beauty & Style, Home & Garden and Food channels – with production-related tasks
• Support the lifestyles team by monitoring and fixing HTML and Drupal issues
• Produce multiple slideshows, multi-pic articles, articles and recipes each week using Drupal and simple HTML coding
• Research and write relevant blog news posts in a timely manner
• Research and write extensive slideshows and multi-pic articles
• Assist with editing slideshows and articles
• Organize sold packages, communicate directly with the marketing and sales teams to see the execution of sold packages/content
• Troubleshoot grammar, style and HTML issues in articles and slideshows
• Size and edit photos for slideshows, multi-pic articles and articles
• Help the sales team with various coding projects
• Update the homepage as the emergency go-to staff member when the full-time Senior Homepage Editor cannot fulfill her duties
• Create and track invoices for the Beauty, Food and Home channels
• Monitor freelancer payment schedules of 40+ freelancers using QuickBase and track any issues with the finance department
• Communicate directly with 20+ freelance writers, act as a liason between the head editor and the writers
• Update, build and keep track of the Home & Garden newsletters; communicate and work with the newsletter team on the Home and Food newsletters
• Schedule, update and monitor new and upcoming content for the Home channel
• Call in recipes for iVillage permission for up to three cookbooks each week
• Recruit, train, monitor and lead interns
• Assist the social media manager with planning and filming Vine videos
• Partake in Twitter and Pinterest “parties”

Web Producer | New York, NY | August 2011 – February 2012

• Supported the entire Editorial and Sales & Marketing teams at iVillage as the only web producer (full-time, contracted employee)
• Produced content including up to ten articles and dozens of slide shows each week using Drupal, as well as built dozens of recipes each month
• Translated the needs of the Sales & Marketing staff for integrated sponsored content
• Researched, wrote and coded blog posts
• Researched, edited and sized photos for multiple slideshows
• Helped the Editorial and Marketing teams with various coding projects (Bridal Style Pile, Moen Bathroom Tool and Dream Kitchen Tool)
• Trained new editorial interns

Freelance Writer, Editor & Producer | Telecommute | August 2010 – July 2011

• Aided the iVillage Pregnancy & Parenting staff with writing and editing tasks as a part-time telecommute freelancer
• Aided the team with extensive editing, story and photo research projects
• Converted dozens of old Love & Sex articles and slideshows into new galleries
• Increased Love & Sex newsletter traffic by 571% with the slideshow conversions
• Updated outdated content with new links, text and images
• Created and updated “Eyebrow Titles” (a tagging tool) for every piece of existing Pregnancy & Parenting content including articles, slideshows and Q&As

Editorial Intern | New York, NY | June 2010 – August 2010

• Wrote and edited stories as a full-time editorial intern with iVillage‘s Pregnancy & Parenting team
• Updated weekly newsletters using Vignette
• Corrected HMTL issues using Drupal
• Created contact sheets in Excel
• Conducted market research using Omniture
• Collaborated on potential stories
• Researched photos

Southeast Ohio Magazine
Writer | Athens, Ohio | January 2011 – March 2011

• Researched and pitched articles and blog entries for Southeast Ohio Magazine
• Wrote and edited a feature article and a short blog entry

O’Bleness Memorial Hospital
Public Relations Intern | Athens, Ohio | December 2009 – February 2010

• Researched and developed stories as a Public Relations intern at Athens’ local hospital
• Composed press releases
• Designed brochures and newsletters using Adobe InDesign
• Conducted and transcribed interviews
• Took and edited photographs
• Assisted with various community events

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Her Campus – Ohio University Branch
Campus Correspondent | Athens, Ohio | January 2011 – June 2011

• Helped run a staff of 15+ writers and copy editors as a Campus Correspondent and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Ohio University Branch of HerCampus
• Lead weekly meetings
• Pitched and developed story ideas
• Wrote various articles
• Copy-edited multiple stories each week

Speakeasy Magazine
Section Editor | Athens, Ohio | August 2010 – June 2011

• Lead a small staff of writers as the Associate Editor for Speakeasy Magazine‘s High Brow section
• Pitched, developed and edited stories
• Helped younger writers perfect their grammar skills and writing styles

Thread Magazine
Writer and Blogger | Athens, Ohio | March 2010 – December 2010

• Wrote multiple feature stories as a founding staff writer for Thread Magazine
• Maintained a bi-weekly blog
• Conducted and transcribed extensive interviews

The Odyssey Yearbook
Senior Co-Head Editor and General Member | Cincinnati, Ohio | August 2004 – May 2007

• Helped run a large staff of students as the Co-Head Editor for Turpin High School’s annual yearbook
• Designed layouts using Adobe InDesign (co-designed the entire 2007 issue)
• Composed and edited multiple stories
• Lead staff meetings
• Coordinated interviews and photo shoots
• Helped develop younger writers’ writing techniques and grammar skills

SKILLS
Fluent in Spanish; Proficient with AP Style, CMS, Drupal, Google AdWords, Mac and PC operating systems, MS Office, QuarkXPress, Social Media Trends, Tumblr, Twitter and WordPress; Experience with BrightEdge, CSS, Final Cut, HTML, Illustrator, InDesign, Omniture, Photoshop, Quickbase, SEO and Vignette

EDUCATION
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio | August 2007 – June 2011
EW Scripps School of Journalism – BSJ in Magazine Journalism
College of Arts and Sciences – BA in Spanish
Cum Laude

Universidad de Castilla la Mancha
Toledo, Spain | January 2009 – June 2009
Study abroad winter and spring quarters 2009

University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio | Summer 2008 and 2009
Cumulative GPA: 3.905

HONORS & AFFILIATIONS
Dean’s List
Ohio University fall quarters 2009 and 2010, winter quarters 2008 and 20010, spring quarters 2008, 2009 and 2010; University of Cincinnati summer quarters 2008 and 2009

Organizations
Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity | March 2008 – June 2011
Society of Professional Journalists | August 2007 – June 2011

Awards & Scholarships
Ohio University Gateway Scholarship | August 2007 – June 2011
Turpin High School Odyssey Head Editor Award | May 2007