Skills:
Proven ability to craft and edit clean, compelling copy for a wide range of audiences; exceptional copywriting, copy editing, proofreading, SEO writing, and fact-checking abilities; experience crafting copy for websites, traditional print publications, and tablet magazine; impeccable grammar and vocabulary with a firm handle of AP and Chicago styles; experience creating custom marketing copy and press releases for high-profile clients, including the Entertainment Software Association; experience with website publishing, content management systems, database management, HTML scripting, and multimedia production; experience managing an extensive list of freelance writers and artists, managing a monthly budget, setting and enforcing deadlines, and meeting deadlines in a professional, fast-paced, and team-oriented environment; have cultivated and maintained valuable press relationships, and collaborated with said contacts on high-profile projects and cover stories; have regularly traveled to cover international conventions and press events, such as E3, TGS, and PAX; knowledge of, experience with, and presence on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Reddit, Buzzfeed, and StumbleUpon; have scripted, shot, and acted in various videos that have garnered attention on a number of notable social networking sites and popular blogs; additionally, have scripted and shot custom video projects for clients such as Telltale Games; expertise with the Adobe Creative Suite, the Microsoft Office Suite, Final Cut Pro, Final Draft, Pro Tools, Mac OS, and Windows; adaptive, always open to collaboration, and can flourish in a deadline-driven environment.