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Senior Manager, Digital Media Communications

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Meticulous editor-producer of high quality content for all digital venues, including major websites, social media, blogs, enewsletters, mobile applications, and more. Skilled at conceptualizing, creating, packaging, and assembling multimedia content with attractive design and attention-getting language. Adeptly translates complex concepts into easily understood layman's terms, in every form from 140-character "tweets" up to extended features. Readily grasps the intended audience and edits with appropriate style, comprehension, and persuasiveness when necessary. Able to refine and polish content to achieve greater clarity and style in a more concise package. Proofreader-level copy editing ability, from grammar and style issues to nuances of accuracy and interpretation. Solid sense of usability, assessing aesthetics, navigation, eye flow, touch functionality, and the like. A quick master of many Web and text editing programs, content management systems, and email marketing platforms, including Ektron, Drupal, Eloqua, HootSuite, Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Contribute, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Photoshop, SnagIt, Quark, and similar tools. Extensive HTML experience. Specialties: Chicago and AP style expertise. Skilled in HTML; familiar with cascading style sheets, Java, other Web hard-coding. Often figures out workarounds that achieve desired results and meet critical deadlines. Driven by the pursuit of quality in everything I produce. "We are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good." — Vince Lombardi