Editorial Supervisor
tags:
management
• communications
• leadership
• training
• hiring
• supervisory
How would you describe your time at PR Newswire?
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.... 
Senior Editor, Editor, Assistant Editor
tags:
customer service
• public relations
• teamwork
• proofreading
• leadership
• editing
• media relations
How would you describe your time at PR Newswire?
- 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....
Writer
tags:
editing
• interviewing
• writing
• people skills
How would you describe your time at Garland News?
Wrote sports, feature and news articles for the twice-weekly publication. Covered such topics as high school and collegiate sports, community features and city management.
Server, Host
tags:
people skills
• teamwork
• customer service
• service industry
How would you describe your time at Owens Restaurant?
Spent high school, college years as both server and host at family-oriented casual dining restaurant. Responsibilities included running cash register, greeting and serving customers and handling customer complaints. As a well-tenured staff member, trained many of the newly hired employees.
