Journalist resume
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Johanna Greet
56 Hodges Road
Pilberry, NSW 2009 Australia
Mobile: 0903 222 343
Home: 02 9299 0709
Email: [email protected]
Summary
I have over seven years experience writing and editing for online and print media. I have held various editor and associate editor positions in some of Australia's forefront independent media publications. A consistently dependable team player, I thrive in a high-pressure environment, enjoy the challenges of meeting deadlines and managing a team, and am comfortable researching, writing and editing on a wide range of topics.
Education
Graduated: November 2008
Graduated: November 2001
Employment History
Various employers
Responsibilities:
- Pitch story ideas to editors
- Research and write stories for submission
- My work has been published in The Courier Pigeon,The Pilberry Morning Herald, The Bi-Monthly, Pen Club, Cleopatra, Sunday Magazine, yourcall.com and others
The Pilberry Morning Herald
Responsibilities:
- Commission submissions from contributors
- Prepare written and visual content to daily deadlines
- Manage staffing and budgets
- Write stories and editorials
Achievements:
- Developed and coordinated a political blog which has received submissions from around the world
- Contributed to site redesign and development
- Doubled traffic to site
- Managed a team of 36
Pollies & Dollies
Responsibilities:
- Project design
- Identity management
- Staff management
- Quality assurance
- Commission and edit submissions
Achievements:
- Managed an editorial and design staff of nine
- Increased readership by 20 per cent
- Developed an interactive online political portal which received an average of 10,000 hits per day
Cleopatra Magazine
Responsibilities:
- Commission and edit stories
- Make final decision about feature story selection and layout
- Liaise with managing director
- Staff management
Cleopatra Magazine
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the editor to commission stories and organise contracts
- Liaise with in-house teams of writers, photographers, printers, designers and production staff
- Organise and research projects to tight deadlines
- Subedit manuscripts
- Obtain rights to use material from other publications
- Write reports and articles
Skills
Category | Name | Proficiency | Yrs Experience | Last Used |
Administrative | Microsoft Office | Advanced | 4+ yrs | use currently |
Design/Media | InDesign | Advanced | 4+ yrs | use currently |
Quark | Advanced | 4+ yrs | use currently | |
Dreamweaver | Intermediate | 4+ yrs | use currently | |
Photoshop | Intermediate | 4+ yrs | use currently | |
IT | PC Platform | Advanced | 4+ yrs | use currently |
Mac Platform | Advanced | 4+ yrs | use currently |
References
Available upon request.