Experiences at PR Newswire

At PR Newswire, I learned that you musn't ever let yourself settle into your job too much. By this, I mean that one must always push themselves to do more, exceed their manager's expectations and look for ways to improve their performance. In this very large company, I found myself unhappy being overlooked and unrecognized. It was then that I realized it was my sole responsibility to be a standout member of my editorial team. After that, I pulled together a simple sales/marketing email that earned me a $1,000 bonus and that year's sales award....

I edited multiple press releases and financial earnings reports daily, distributing them nationally/internationally and to thousands of online media sources. In this extremely deadline driven environment, I maintained positive customer relationships and expanded my knowledge of sales and marketing as well. I was also responsible for organizing the editorial team's sales and marketing efforts....

- Duties as editor and senior editor included proofreading press releases for publicly traded and private companies, non-profits and other organizations in a four-state region and preparing them for distribution to media outlets, online databases and financial disclosure points; client consultation, including complementary suggestive selling and assisting PR professionals in opportunities for them to get more pick up of their messages; as well as various supervisory functions, such as performing final checks on press releases for other editors, troubleshooting client issues and escalating them as needed and contributing to the weekly bureau editorial report.
- Visited and spoke to college public relations classes about what PR Newswire could offer them in their future careers.
- Served as acting supervisor as needed while a senior editor.
- Founded and single-handedly produced monthly newsletter specifically for the Texas PR Newswire bureaus....

During tenure as editorial supervisor, the Dallas bureau won the company's prestigious Editorial Department of the Year award. Oversaw the entire editorial department of the Dallas PR Newswire bureau. Exhibited multi-tasking ability in juggling tasks from many different internal and external clients while providing and assuring the entire team provided exemplary customer service. Compiled and analyzed weekly and monthly operations reports, worked on budgets, hired and trained new employees, provided monthly and yearly performance appraisals to staff and directly managed a team of five employees....