Primary Professional Experience

Editor-in-chief; Irrigation Association (Oct. 2019 to present)

  • Managing editorial content and strategy for two quarterly publications, Irrigation & Lighting and Irrigation Today, across multiple platforms including newsletters and website, to align with association messaging

  • Coordinating permanent and freelance staff to develop articles, editing all copy and providing guidance for layout using Adobe Creative Suite

  • Shepherded Irrigation & Lighting through a full rebrand in 2021, including adjusting audience focus, advertiser buy-in and editorial direction

  • Developing readership and industry surveys using SurveyMonkey and related reports with recommendations and evaluations

  • Arranging print production with vendor, managing ad materials and fulfillment

  • Representing publications at trade shows

Reporter; Rubber & Plastics News (April 2017 to Sept. 2019)

  • Worked with head editor to plan and write daily content for print and online

  • Wrote and reported deadline news alongside feature stories, designed pages using Quark Express

  • Represented publication at trade shows and reported on industry news

Managing Editor; Cannabis Business Times (Aug. 2015 to Jan. 2017)

  • Worked with head editor on daily content, edited and managed workflow for print publication and online, organized freelance staff

  • Wrote and edited daily and monthly articles for print, online and e-newsletters

  • Represented publication at trade shows

Digital Content Editor; Golf Course Industry Magazine (Oct. 2013 to Aug. 2015)

  • Developed and managed multiple concurrent category e-newsletter publications through an internal content management system

  • Wrote and edited articles; recorded, edited and produced award-winning podcasts using Audacity

Associate Editor; GIE Media (Jan. 2011 to Oct. 2013)

  • Composed regular articles and planned issues for two trade publications, Golf Course Industry and Snow

  • Managed social media and e-newsletters for editorial team

I am happy to discuss my full work history.

Education

Kent State University, 2006
Bachelor of Science in News
Concentration in Magazine Writing

Awards

Gardner Award, New Media - Publishing, 2014 Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association Awards, "Dog's best friend"

Turf Feature Article, Writing - First, 2014 Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association Awards, "Agronomy of scale"

Turf Feature Article, Writing - First, 2012 Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association Awards, "The wilt that wasn't"