Lindsay Jones
FREELANCE WRITER
Education
B.A., Journalism, Broadcast News
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications; magna cum laude, 2003
Minor in Fine Arts
Objective: Obtain a job writing interesting, informative, posts for your company’s blog.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
COMMUNITY MANAGER (September 2009 – Present)
POM Wonderful – Los Angeles , CA
· Manage and create annual content calendar
· Run weekly editorial meetings
· Write and source internal and external material for daily content
· Successfully created, launched and manage weekly sweepstakes that support marketing objectives
· Integrate community content with Twitter and Facebook
· Facilitate dialogue in the community
· Develop and launch online surveys and polls
TELEVISION HOST/COPY WRITER (fall 2008 - spring 2009)
· Co-hosted live morning show focused on local events and guest interviews
· Co-Director of Special Programming focusing on seasonal topics involving PLUM TV viewers
· Produced copy that aligned with the Plum TV Brand as well as our viewer demographic
FREELANCE FOOD WRITER (Oct 2007 - April 2008)
BOULEVARD MAGAZINE & GORGEOUS MAGAZINE – Los Angeles
· Contributed 1-2 restaurant reviews per issue
· Pitched unique story ideas to editor
· Magazine distribution - Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
STAFF BLOGGER (October 2007 – March 2008)
· In house blogger for DeLusciousLife – focused on food, beauty, health, travel, entertainment, & crafts.
· Wrote unique content daily for DelusciousLife.com
· Created blog name “DelusciousLife” and tag “It’s Your Life, Take Big Bites!”
COPY EDITOR (2006)
CHEF JEFF PARKER
· Provided recipe copy editing for Chef Jeff Parker: recipe developer for a personality on THE FOOD NETWORK.
BLOGGER (ongoing)
· Karmalizedlife.blogspot.com (personal blog)
· foodflirt90210.blogspot.com (personal blog)
· LA food blogging – la.foodblogging.com (contributing blogger)
ADDITIONAL FOOD EXPERIENCE
RECIPE DEVELOPMENT (November 2007)
· Developed 3 original cookie recipes and 3 original cupcake recipes exclusively for Crustacean, Beverly Hills
· Wrote creative descriptions for each product for Press release
FOUNDING OWNER COOKIES COUTURE, LLC (November 2004 - June 2007)
· Developed online, gourmet cookie boutique offering retail and wholesale
· Partial customer list: Whole Foods, Erewhon Market, Mulberry Pizza
· Custom recipe development
RECIPE DEVELOPMENT/CONSULTANT (Spring 2007)
NAMED BEST CUPCAKES IN PHOENIX BY PHOENIX MAGAZINE
· Provided on location consulting to help company open flag ship store in Scottsdale , Arizona
· Developed & designed 13 cupcake recipes for Cupcakes
Software skills
Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Office, MS Outlook, QuickBooks, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Blogging platforms including Wordpress and Typepad.
References furnished upon request.
