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St. Raphael School

Wrote, edited, and designed promotional materials for St. Raphael School and St. Raphael Nursery School. Helped design, generate content for, and launch new website. Photographed school events for internal and external purposes. Managed school's social media (launched one of the first Facebook Pages for a school in the Archdiocese of Washington). Facilitated media relations for coverage of school news. Promoted and supported major fundraising events (galas, golf tournaments, 5Ks). Assisted colleague in implementing development initiatives such as Wings multi-event sponsorship program and Sponsor-A-Student program.

Director of Communications

Worked as teacher's aide in preschool program for 4-year-olds.

Teaching Assistant

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Worked on universal photo desk covering news, sports, business and features. Approved photo requests (improving as necessary), assigned photographers to stories, edited	 film/digital images.

Picture Editor

Los Angeles Times

Responsible for generating all photography illustrating staff, freelance and wire stories for daily lifestyle section. Worked with photographers in cultivating story ideas and long-term projects; worked with designers in assuring appropriate and effective play of photographs. Served as back-up Sports Picture Editor, including during 1996 Summer Olympics.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Responsible for photography in daily lifestyle/entertainment section and seven weekly features sections. Proposed, organized and supervised program of assigning teams of photographers to Features Department. Designed packages with photography emphasis. Served as project editor for award-winning staff photographer covering Persian Gulf War.

Turner Broadcasting System

Served as liaison between research department and writers for on-air talent during live television broadcasts of international Goodwill Games in Seattle.

Researcher

San Jose Mercury News

Designed covers for daily lifestyle section and eight weekly feature sections. Coordinated with section editors, reporters, photographers and artists in producing dynamic packaging.

Page Designer

NBC News

Gathered facts and checked accuracy of information for on-air talent during Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Coordinated dispensation of immediate results to control room and venues.

Researcher, NBC Sports

Designed covers and inside pages for daily lifestyle section and oversaw production of pages. Responsibilities included occasional editing and makeup.

Layout Editor

North Coast Publishers

Edited stories, wrote headlines and designed pages for four San Diego County semiweeklies.

Copy Editor

Communications Professional (retired and not bored)

Experienced communications and development professional with a history of working in the education industry after transitioning from an extensive career in journalism. Skilled in writing and editing, photography, video production, graphic design (Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop), social media, and media relations. Detail-oriented with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from San Diego State University.

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